More specifically, hostile attribution bias has been associated with reactive aggression, as opposed to proactive aggression, as well as victimization.
Simply put, the vision of the museum was to assist in mitigating and preventing future victimization through understanding the meaning behind offender behavior.
Indeed, they found that peer victimization in middle childhood was associated with behavioral maladjustment on both a concurrent and prospective basis.
While physical victimization can be easily noticed, for example by the presence of bruises and scratches, relational victimization is harder to detect.
Verbal bullying may lead obese children to internalize such stereotypes, and victimization of all types may elicit social withdrawal or retaliatory behaviors that confirm stereotypes.