Heterogeneity of adolescent bullying perpetrators : Subtypes based on victimization and peer status
: Turunen Tiina, Malamut Sarah T., Yanagida Takuya, Salmivalli Christina
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
: 2024
: Journal of Research on Adolescence
: Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
: J Res Adolesc
: 34
: 3
: 1018
: 1034
: 1050-8392
: 1532-7795
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12986(external)
: https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12986
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/454759227(external)
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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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
