Adolescents targeted for peer aggression are at risk of emotion dysregulation and social withdrawal—responses that predict increased victimization and impede the protective factors of peer support. This study examined victimized youth’s emotions and social appraisals following four common third-party peer actions. African American, European American, Mexican American, and Native American adolescents (N = 257, 53% female, M_age = 15 years) described their emotions and appraisals of third-party peer actions after the participants had been targets of peer aggression. As hypothesized, emotional well-being, indexed by low levels of internalizing emotions and high levels of positive emotions, was greater after third-parties tried to help participants calm their emotions and resolve problems than after third-parties amplified participants’ anger or avenged the victimized participants. Emotional well-being was greater after third-party revenge than after third-parties amplified participants’ anger. Participants also reported calming, resolving and to a lesser extent third-party revenge, were more helpful, valued, and evoked a greater desire to reciprocate than anger amplification. Few ethnic differences were found. We consider how positive emotions and social appraisals of third-party actions are likely to increase well-being for victimized youth. The findings emphasize the need for specificity in how researchers and practitioners categorize third-party peer actions. Encouraging the types of action that are most appreciated by victimized youth might help adolescents be more effective sources of support in the context of peer aggression.

以同伴攻击为目标的青少年有情绪失调和社交退缩的风险——这些反应预示着受害的增加并阻碍了同伴支持的保护因素。本研究在四种常见的第三方同伴行动后检查了受害青年的情绪和社会评价。非裔美国人、欧洲裔美国人、墨西哥裔美国人和美洲原住民青少年（N  = 257，53% 女性，M_年龄 = 15 年）描述了他们在参与者成为同伴攻击目标后的情绪和对第三方同伴行为的评价。正如假设的那样，在第三方试图帮助参与者平息他们的情绪和解决问题之后，以低水平的内化情绪和高水平的积极情绪为指标的情绪幸福感比在第三方放大参与者的愤怒或报复之后更好。受害的参与者。第三方报复后的情绪幸福感高于第三方放大参与者的愤怒后。参与者还报告说镇定、解决和较小程度的第三方报复，比愤怒放大更乐于助人、更重视和唤起更大的回报欲望。几乎没有发现种族差异。我们考虑第三方行为的积极情绪和社会评价如何可能增加受害青年的福祉。研究结果强调了研究人员和从业者如何对第三方同行行为进行分类的特殊性的必要性。鼓励受害青年最喜欢的行动类型可能有助于青少年在同伴攻击的情况下成为更有效的支持来源。