Targets of peer mistreatment: Do they tell adults? What happens when they do?

Using data from 3305 students mistreated by peers two to three times per month or more often, we examined predictors of targets' telling adults at home and school about what happened. Grade, being in special education, having lower socioeconomic status, and physical and forms of social mistreatment were predictors of telling an adult at school. Grade, being in special education, race/ethnicity, experiencing some forms of social mistreatment and...