The effects of victim of bullying reputation on adolescents’ choice of friends: Mediation by fear of becoming a victim of bullying, moderation by victim status, and implications for befriending interventions

Boulton, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2012.05.001

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“…Another limitation of this research is that the majority of studies relied on school samples where adolescents themselves completed questionnaires and did not collect reports from other sources (but see Boulton 2013;Graham et al 2006;Ma and Bellmore 2012;Perren et al 2013;Singh and Bussey 2011;Woodhouse et al 2012 who used peer nominations for victimization). Together with cross-sectional assessments, this likely results in shared method variance, which raises doubt as to whether direct and indirect effects in the studies reviewed here are over-estimated.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

What Explains Correlates of Peer Victimization? A Systematic Review of Mediating Factors

Kretschmer

2016

Adolescent Res Rev

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Being accepted by peers is central to health and wellbeing among adolescents whereas being the subject of peer/bullying-victimization can be perceived as significant interpersonal stress, resulting in compromised adjustment concurrently and long-term. Unfortunately, little is known about mechanisms that explain why peer victimization goes ''under the skin''. This systematic review aims to summarize the research on mediating pathways. A total of 65 articles were selected that explicitly examined mediation of associations between peer victimization in adolescence and concurrent and later outcomes. Most studies were based on North American and European samples and focused on internalizing or school-related outcomes. Mediation appears to be more stable by emotional states and symptoms than self-perceptions and attributions but results vary by outcome. Limitations concern the crosssectional design of most studies, geographic restriction, and widespread use of self-reports for assessments of exposure, mediator, and outcome.

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What Explains Correlates of Peer Victimization? A Systematic Review of Mediating Factors

Kretschmer

2016

Adolescent Res Rev

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“…The greater sense of perceived social disintegration can be explained by studies on cognitive dysfunction associated with sleep disorders which have found that young people with sleep problems tend to interpret daily events negatively (Alfano et al, 2009;Gregory et al, 2005). With regard to perceived social disintegration, it could be thought that, over and above the social difficulties produced by bullying itself (Boulton, 2013), victims who have subjective sleep disorders are likely to perceive this kind of signal even more negatively. Secondly, bullies who have irregular sleep schedules and those who lack sleep have higher externalizing behaviors (aggression and antisocial behavior) than bullies who do not ''mistreat'' their sleep.…”

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Bullying, sleep/wake patterns and subjective sleep disorders: Findings from a cross-sectional survey

Kubiszewski¹,

Fontaine²,

Potard³

et al. 2014

Chronobiology International

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The aim of this study was to explore: (a) sleep patterns and disorders possibly associated with adolescent bullying profiles (pure bully, pure victim, bully/victim and neutral) and (b) the effect of sleep on psychosocial problems (externalized and internalized) related to bullying. The sample consisted of 1422 students aged 10-18 (mean = 14.3, SD = 2.7; 57% male) from five socioeconomically diverse schools in France. Bullying profiles were obtained using the revised Bully-Victim Questionnaire. Subjective sleep disorders were assessed using the Athens Insomnia Scale. School-week and weekend sleep/wake patterns were recorded. Internalizing problems were investigated using a Perceived Social Disintegration Scale and a Psychological Distress Scale. Externalizing behaviors were assessed using a General Aggressiveness Scale and an Antisocial Behavior Scale. These questionnaires were administered during individual interviews at school. After controlling for effects of gender and age, victims of bullying showed significantly more subjective sleep disturbances than the pure-bully or neutral groups (p < 0.001). Bullies' sleep schedules were more irregular (p < 0.001 for bedtime irregularity and p<0.01 for wake-up time irregularity) and their sleep duration was shorter than their schoolmates (p < 0.001 for the school week and p < 0.05 for the weekend). There was an effect of sleep on psychosocial problems related to bullying, and our results indicate that sleep has a moderating effect on aggression in bullies (p < 0.001). This would suggest a higher vulnerability of bullies to sleep deprivation. These results show differences in sleep problems and patterns in school-bullying profiles. Findings of this study open up new perspectives for understanding and preventing bullying in schools, with implications for research and clinical applications.

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“…Much more research is needed on how these young people fare after interventions. Although befriending strategies are unlikely to be effective in middle school (Boulton, 2013), leveraging positive identity processes may enable educators to recruit compassionate assistance.…”

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Revenge is seductive, if not sweet: Why friends matter for prevention efforts

Frey

Pearson

Cohen

2015

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

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The effects of victim of bullying reputation on adolescents’ choice of friends: Mediation by fear of becoming a victim of bullying, moderation by victim status, and implications for befriending interventions

Cited by 40 publications

References 55 publications

What Explains Correlates of Peer Victimization? A Systematic Review of Mediating Factors

What Explains Correlates of Peer Victimization? A Systematic Review of Mediating Factors

Bullying, sleep/wake patterns and subjective sleep disorders: Findings from a cross-sectional survey

Revenge is seductive, if not sweet: Why friends matter for prevention efforts

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