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Furthermore, previous research has found associations between peer victimization, self-blame, and future victimization. There has been some debate in the literature regarding young children’s ability to make complex attributions. However, previous research has found support for critical self-blame attributions in young children. Previous work has also identified other attributions such as hostile intent attributions to be associated with future adjustment problems in young children. Using a sample of 116 children, the present early childhood study examined relational victimization and whether or not self-blame attributions such as characterological self-blame (CSB) and behavioral self-blame (BSB) as well as hostile attribution biases (HAB) play an important role in the development of future maladaptive outcomes such as victimization and internalizing problems. Using multiple informants, multiple methods, and a longitudinal design, the study conducted path analyses to explore the associations between peer relational victimization, self-blame attributions (CSB and BSB), hostile attributions (HAB), and maladjustment in early childhood. The present study did not find that CSB, BSB or HAB attributions mediated the association between relational victimization and future internalizing problems or relational victimization. However, the study found non-significant trends, suggesting possible support for CSB being positively associated with future relational victimization as well as relational victimization being negatively associated with BSB. In addition, concurrent associations were found for relational victimization’s association with internalizing problems. Implications of this work and findings are discussed.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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Furthermore, previous research has found associations between peer victimization, self-blame, and future victimization. There has been some debate in the literature regarding young children’s ability to make complex attributions. However, previous research has found support for critical self-blame attributions in young children. Previous work has also identified other attributions such as hostile intent attributions to be associated with future adjustment problems in young children. Using a sample of 116 children, the present early childhood study examined relational victimization and whether or not self-blame attributions such as characterological self-blame (CSB) and behavioral self-blame (BSB) as well as hostile attribution biases (HAB) play an important role in the development of future maladaptive outcomes such as victimization and internalizing problems. Using multiple informants, multiple methods, and a longitudinal design, the study conducted path analyses to explore the associations between peer relational victimization, self-blame attributions (CSB and BSB), hostile attributions (HAB), and maladjustment in early childhood. The present study did not find that CSB, BSB or HAB attributions mediated the association between relational victimization and future internalizing problems or relational victimization. However, the study found non-significant trends, suggesting possible support for CSB being positively associated with future relational victimization as well as relational victimization being negatively associated with BSB. In addition, concurrent associations were found for relational victimization’s association with internalizing problems. Implications of this work and findings are discussed.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. Please include the item's persistent URL [http://hdl.handle.net/. . .] in your request.**"],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/10477/80836"],"dc:language":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["State University of New York at Buffalo"],"dc:rights":["Users of works found in University at Buffalo Institutional Repository (UBIR) are responsible for identifying and contacting the copyright owner for permission to reuse. University at Buffalo Libraries do not manage rights for copyright-protected works and cannot assist with permissions.","Copyright retained by author."],"dc:subject":["clinical psychology","developmental psychology","psychology"],"dc:title":["Relational Victimization and Characterological Self-Blame in Young Children"],"dc:type":["Text","Dissertation"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-27T19:05:25Z"}