| Title: |
Are Victims of Bullying Primarily Social Outcasts? Person-Group Dissimilarities in Relational, Socio-Behavioral, and Physical Characteristics as Predictors of Victimization |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Kaufman, Tessa M. L. (ORCID 0000-0003-0191-953X); Laninga-Wijnen, Lydia; Lodder, Gerine M. A. |
| Source: |
Child Development. Sep-Oct 2022 93(5):1458-1474. |
| Availability: |
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
17 |
| Publication Date: |
2022 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Victims; Bullying; Peer Acceptance; Peer Relationship; Student Behavior; Social Behavior; Physical Characteristics; Predictor Variables |
| DOI: |
10.1111/cdev.13772 |
| ISSN: |
0009-3920; 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: |
Existing literature has mostly explained the occurrence of bullying victimization by individual socioemotional maladjustment. Instead, this study tested the person-group dissimilarity model (Wright et al., "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology," 50: 523-536, 1986) by examining whether individuals' deviation from developmentally important (relational, socio-behavioral, and physical) descriptive classroom norms predicted victimization. Adolescents (N = 1267, k = 56 classrooms; M[subscript age] = 13.2; 48.7% boys; 83.4% Dutch) provided self-reported and peer-nomination data throughout one school year (three timepoints). Results from group actor--partner interdependence models indicated that more person-group dissimilarity in relational characteristics (fewer friendships; incidence rate ratios [IRR][subscript T2] = 0.28, IRR[subscript T3] = 0.16, fewer social media connections; IRR[subscript T3] = 0.13) and, particularly, lower disruptive behaviors (IRR[subscript T2] = 0.35, IRR[subscript T3] = 0.26) predicted victimization throughout the school year. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2022 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1346707 |
| Database: |
ERIC |