Peer Aggression and Sexual Harassment among Young Adolescents in a School Context: A Comparative Study between Finland and Turkey

Ulubas, Isik Z.; Björkqvist, Kaj

doi:10.17583/ijep.6853

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“…Individuals in the HAwS, HA and HSCR classes experience different forms of aggression, which confirms the tendency of co-occurrence of different forms (A. Arango et al 2016;Chung, Lee 2020;Ulubas-Varpula, Björkqvist 2021), including of traditional forms of aggression and cyber aggression (A. Arango et al 2016;Hamm et al 2015;Twardowska-Staszek et al 2018).…”

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“…Research indicates associations between the experience of different forms of traditional peer aggression (A. Arango, Opperman, Gipson, King 2016;Chung, Lee 2020;Ulubas-Varpula, Björkqvist 2021) and their relationship with cyber aggression (A. Arango et al 2016;Hamm et al 2015;Twardowska-Staszek, Zych, Ortega-Ruiz 2018).…”

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The Experience of Peer Aggression as a Heterogeneous Phenomenon: A Latent Class Analysis

Frankowiak

Kotyśko

2022

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Peer aggression, when escalated and regular, has negative consequences for proper psychosocial development. The main aim of this study was to identify classes among middle school students according to similarity in terms of experiencing particular forms and manifestations of peer aggression. Data were collected using a proprietary questionnaire, from which 10 questions forming indicators of experienced aggression (five forms, two manifestations each) were used for analysis. A total of 1.050 middle school students (525 boys and girls each) aged 13 and 14 participated in the study. The students most often experienced verbal and relational aggression, and least often sexual aggression. Boys were more likely to report experiencing physical and verbal aggression (being insulted), while girls reported being the target of gossip and cyber aggression (offensive comments). Using Latent Class Analysis, we analyzed a model with six classes as follows: Low all, High verbal and relational, High physical and verbal, High all without sexual, High all and High sexual, cyber and relational. The results show that the phenomenon of peer aggression is not homogeneous and that the design of preventive measures should take into account the specificity of the experiences of its victims.

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Section: Peer Aggression: Its Characteristics and Formsmentioning

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The Experience of Peer Aggression as a Heterogeneous Phenomenon: A Latent Class Analysis

Frankowiak

Kotyśko

2022

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“…In previous studies, adolescents have described verbally expressed sexual harassment to appear, for example, as sexual jokes, sexual or demeaning comments, attractiveness rating, comments of clothing or as unpleasant insinuations. Verbally expressed sexual harassment seems to be more common than invasive, physically expressed harassment [ 2 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. The literature has also identified online sexual harassment, for example, in a study among female adolescents in Croatia, the lifetime prevalence of online sexual harassment was 43 percent [ 31 ].…”

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The Perceptions of Sexual Harassment among Adolescents of Four European Countries

Sakellari

Berglund²,

Santala³

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Sexual harassment is a crucial public health issue among adolescents. In order to develop school health promotion programs, there is a need to involve adolescents themselves paying particular attention to their perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and practices. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore the adolescents’ perceptions about sexual harassment as well as the ways it could be prevented. Four focus groups were conducted during an online “camp” in autumn 2021, facilitated by members of SHEHAP project research team. Participants were secondary school students from Finland, Greece, Lithuania and Portugal. The qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. Concerning how participants perceive sexual harassment, the themes that emerged were: physically expressed sexual harassment; verbally expressed sexual harassment; virtually expressed sexual harassment; violation of self-determination. Virtual environment; school environment; public environment; familiar environment, were identified as the places where sexual harassment may occur. Finally, in regard to the participants’ views on the prevention of sexual harassment, the following themes emerged: youth education; adult education aiming teachers and parents; professional, peer and family support; official consequences; health education methods. The findings of the current study can be used for the development of school-based programs aiming to prevent sexual harassment among adolescents.

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Peer Aggression and Sexual Harassment among Young Adolescents in a School Context: A Comparative Study between Finland and Turkey

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The Experience of Peer Aggression as a Heterogeneous Phenomenon: A Latent Class Analysis

The Experience of Peer Aggression as a Heterogeneous Phenomenon: A Latent Class Analysis

The Perceptions of Sexual Harassment among Adolescents of Four European Countries

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