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Peer victimization is more prevalent in early schooling and decreases as school goes on, possibly due to maturing and tolerating bullying less. Boys experience greater peer victimization overall, but girls and boys have similar levels of change in victimization throughout their schooling experiences. 

Peer Victimization Prevalence and Normative Trends

Ladd, G. W., Ettekal, I., & Kochenderfer-Ladd, B. (2017). Peer victimization trajectories from kindergarten through high school: Differential pathways for children’s school engagement and achievement? Journal of Educational Psychology, 109(6), 826–841. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000177

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