The Interpersonal Worlds of Bullies

Abstract

Research has yet to examine the social influences of parents, peers, and partners on bullying. This study explored the impact of social relationships on bullies, victims, bully/victims, and uninvolved participants. A sample of 370 college-age participants was asked about bullying, family environment, friends' illegal behavior, and conflict resolution tactics in romantic relationships. Results indicated controls came from more secure and engaged families. Bully/victims reported friends engaging in more illegal behaviors than victims and uninvolved participants. Bullies and bully/victims reported more psychological coercion from their romantic partner. A logistic regression revealed peer illegal behaviors, psychological aggression, physical assault, and sexual coercion in romantic relationships best predicted bullies from non-bullies (67.3%). Based on these results, the interpersonal world of those involved with bullying significantly impacts behaviors.

Prevalencia y factores asociados con el acoso escolar en adolescentes

“…En esta investigación, al relacionar la disfuncionalidad familiar con el matoneo escolar, se evidenció que éstas son variables independientes; este resultado contrasta con el estudio realizado en Cali, en el que se encontró una asociación significativa entre ser víctima y reportar disfuncionalidad familiar leve y severa 35 . Otros estudios afirman que los niños víctimas de violencia familiar, también experimentan agresión en el colegio 37,38 En un estudio de casos y controles se indica que la poca seguridad, compromiso de la familia y preocupación entorno a esta predominaba en individuos que experimentaron acoso escolar (casos) 39 .…”

The Predictive Role of Maternal Parenting and Stress on Pupils’ Bullying involvement

“…However regarding parenting style, some different results have been found on the part of bullies (Atik & Güneri, 2013; Keelan, Schenk, McNally, & Fremouw, 2014; Shin, Hong, Yoon, & Espelage, 2014). For example, findings showed that parents of bullies were low in affection and restriction (Atik & Güneri, 2013), and rejected their children more than uninvolved students (Keelan et al, 2014; Shin et al, 2014).…”

“…However, considering parenting styles of victimized children, research has generally produced mixed evidence. Most studies have emphasized that victimized children generally come from families with harsh parenting styles (Atik & Güneri, 2013; Batanova & Loukas, 2014; Bjorkqvist & Österman, 2014; Gómez-Ortiz et al, 2016; Keelan et al, 2014). For instance, physical punishment (Bjorkqvist & Österman, 2014), maternal psychological control (Batanova & Loukas, 2014), and parents’ low warmth (Atik & Güneri, 2013) have been identified as risk factors for children’s victimization at school setting.…”

Prospective Relations between Family Conflict and Adolescent Maladjustment: Security in the Family System as a Mediating Process

“…With regard to emotional security, relations are found between early attachment security and the quality of later peer relations, especially in middle childhood and adolescence (Pallini, Baiocco, Schneider, Madigan, & Atkinson, 2014; Schneider, Atkinson, & Tardiff, 2001). Suggesting relations between peer problems and diminished security about the family system as a whole, in a study based on a community sample, Keelan, Schenk, McNally, and Fremouw (2014) reported that bullys, bully/ victims, and victims had lower scores on emotional security about the family based on the SIFS compared to control/normative families.…”