A Qualitative Study of Peer Abuse and Its Effects: Theoretical and Empirical Implications

Ambert, Anne-Marie

doi:10.2307/352708

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“…Despite this, and in accordance with Ambert (1994), we believe that the qualitative results have opened up new pathways and queries to be investigated, as we have tried to set out throughout this article.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 49%

Students’ and Teachers’ Views of Gender-Related Aspects of Aggression

Jiménez

Navarro

2006

School Psychology International

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This article enquires into the role of gender in the use of different forms of aggression and in the appearance of conflicts within the interactions between students of 12-17 years of age. In order to understand both aspects, the conversational fragments of students and teachers from two high schools are expounded; discourses obtained using a qualitative methodology with focus groups and individual interviews. The results suggest that aggression is used as a tool to solve certain problems between pairs of the same sex, but is also present in relationships between genders as a form of intimidation that tries to influence heterosexual encounters. The aggression between genders adopts subtle and less visible forms than the aggression in pairs of the same sex due to the negative social opinion that exists about forms of aggression directed towards women. The information presented possesses implications for researchers and teachers if we bear in mind that relationships between genders at these ages reflect future relationships as adults.

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confidence: 49%

Students’ and Teachers’ Views of Gender-Related Aspects of Aggression

Jiménez

Navarro

2006

School Psychology International

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“…These studies consistently report that being with friends is the most important aspect of school life for most students (e.g., Corsaro and Eder 1990;Cusick 1973;Everhart 1983;Willis 1981) and that relational problems with peers are particularly distressing to adolescents (Ambert 1994). Part of the importance attributed to friendships derives from structural changes that occur in the school environment during the transitions from elementary to junior and senior high school.…”

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Delinquent Peers Revisited: Does Network Structure Matter?

Haynie

2001

American Journal of Sociology

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. This study examines whether structural properties of friendship networks condition the association between friends' delinquency and an individual's own delinquent behavior. Data from the Add Health allows a more accurate conceptualization of the peer network and a more rigorous measurement of peer delinquency than previous research. Findings from this study indicate that friends' delinquency is associated with an adolescent's own delinquency involvement. However, characteristics of adolescents' friendship networks, such as its density and adolescents' centrality and popularity, condition the delinquency-peer association. Network density, in particular, emerges as an important component of the delinquency-peer association, with very cohesive networks containing stronger delinquency-peer associations than those that are less cohesive. These findings suggest that it is necessary to consider the underlying structural properties of friendship networks in order to understand the impact of peer influence on adolescent delinquency.

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“…A few further qualitative, clinical and/or retrospective studies also contribute to our understanding of the relationship between victimization and distress, although less directly. Some of these are supportive of a relationship from victimization to distress, finding that the experience of earlier victimization may have continued effects into adulthood (Ambert, 1994; Hugh‐Jones & Smith, 1999; Olweus, 1993). However, others suggest the opposite, finding that (characteristics indicating) distress precedes victimization (Puig‐Antich et al , 1985; Troy & Sroufe, 1987).…”

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