Peer victimization in adolescence: The nature, progression, and consequences of being bullied within a developmental context^☆

Since Dan Olweus's seminal work on bullying in the 1970's (Olweus, 1978), there has been a concerted effort by investigators to identify the confluence of factors that contribute to peer victimization and its role in psychosocial development. Although the cause and consequences of peer victimization may include underlying, age‐invariant processes, the manifestation of these factors is, in part, driven by the developmental stage being studied....