Researchers face an important challenge when assessing peer victimization in children, since self-reports are often discrepant with parent-reports. A latent class analysis identified patterns of response to items assessing peer victimization, which were either divergent or convergent between the parent and the child. Classes were then compared on the child sexual abuse status and on various behavioral and social outcomes. Participants were 720 school-aged child victims of sexual abuse and a comparison group of 173 nonvictims and their caregivers. We identified two discordant subgroups (self-identified and parent-identified) and two concordant groups (nonvictims and concordant victims of peer victimization). Compared to children of the comparison group, sexually abused children were five times more likely to be identified as targets of peer victimization solely by their parent than the contrary. Sexually abused children with concordant reports of peer victimization showed the poorest adjustment on all studied outcomes assessed 6 months later. Children who discounted experiencing peer victimization while their parent reported it were also at risk of maladjustment. Results underscore the importance of supplementing self-reports with other available sources of information, especially in young and vulnerable populations who may be inclined to discount their victimization experiences.

研究人员在评估儿童同伴受害情况时面临一个重要挑战，因为自我报告通常与父母报告不一致。潜在类别分析确定了对评估同伴受害的项目的反应模式，这些模式在父母和孩子之间是不同的或趋同的。然后对班级的儿童性虐待状况以及各种行为和社会结果进行比较。参与者是 720 名学龄儿童性虐待受害者和 173 名非受害者及其照顾者的对照组。我们确定了两个不一致的亚组（自我认同和父母认同）和两个一致的群体（非受害者和同伴受害的一致受害者）。与对照组的孩子相比，受性虐待的儿童被父母单独认定为同伴受害目标的可能性是相反的五倍。有一致的同伴受害报告的性虐待儿童在 6 个月后评估的所有研究结果中显示出最差的调整。在父母报告的情况下，不重视同伴受害的孩子也有适应不良的风险。结果强调了用其他可用信息来源补充自我报告的重要性，特别是在年轻人和弱势群体中，他们可能倾向于低估他们的受害经历。在父母报告的情况下，不重视同伴受害的孩子也有适应不良的风险。结果强调了用其他可用信息来源补充自我报告的重要性，特别是在年轻人和弱势群体中，他们可能倾向于低估他们的受害经历。在父母报告的情况下，不重视同伴受害的孩子也有适应不良的风险。结果强调了用其他可用信息来源补充自我报告的重要性，特别是在年轻人和弱势群体中，他们可能倾向于低估他们的受害经历。