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Heterogeneity of adolescent bullying perpetrators : Subtypes based on victimization and peer status

Authors: Turunen Tiina, Malamut Sarah T., Yanagida Takuya, Salmivalli Christina

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication year: 2024

Journal: Journal of Research on Adolescence

Journal name in source: Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence

Journal acronym: J Res Adolesc

Volume: 34

Issue: 3

First page : 1018

Last page: 1034

ISSN: 1050-8392

eISSN: 1532-7795

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12986

Web address : https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12986

Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/454759227

Abstract

We identified different types of adolescent bullying perpetrators and nonbullies based on peer-reported bullying, victimization, and peer status (popularity, likeability, and rejection) and examined differences between bully subtypes in typical forms of bullying perpetrated. Moreover, we studied how bully subtypes differed from nonbullies with varying levels of victimization and peer status in academic and psychosocial adjustment. The study utilizes data from 10,689 adolescents (48.3% boys, mean age 14.7 years). Latent profile analysis identified three distinct subgroups of bullies: popular-liked bullies (13.5%), popular-rejected bully-victims (5.8%), and bully-victims (6.9%), and four groups on nonbullies. High-status bullies (popular-liked and popular-rejected) resembled nonbullies in many ways and had even lower social anxiety, whereas bully-victims were the most maladjusted group. Overall, popularity seems to protect adolescents from social anxiety, and victimization is related to internalizing problems. Results suggest that bullying, victimization, and peer status can be used to identify distinct subtypes of bullies.

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Funding information in the publication:
Research Council of Finland (INVESTResearch Flagship Center), Grant/AwardNumber: 320162; Eunice Kennedy ShriverNational Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment of the National Institutes ofHealth, Grant/Award Number: F32HD100054