Ploegman, Vera (2022) The indecisive nature of bully-victims: An interpersonal trait approach to explaining differences between bully-victims, bullies, and victims. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Bully-victims are associated with internalizing and externalizing problems but are often overlooked because of their low prevalence compared to bullies and victims. Previous literature (e.g., Kennedy et al., 2021) therefore calls for more inclusion of bully-victims in prevention and intervention programs. Description of differences between the three mentioned bullying groups has been approached with the Big Five personality traits by previous research. This apparently has not informed programs enough for them to become more inclusive of bully-victims. We examined the differences by focusing on interpersonal traits, since bullying occurs in interpersonal relationships. 260 adolescents (M_age = 17 years; 61% female, 37% male, 2% other) filled in two questionnaires on bullying experiences in the last month (32% bullies, 52% victims, 16% bully-victim), and on the following interpersonal traits: warmth, assertiveness, and angry hostility. We expected bully-victims to differ from bullies on warmth and to differ from victims on assertiveness and angry hostility. However, our results suggested that the groups are relatively similar on all three of the interpersonal traits, with the exception that bully-victims are significantly higher on angry hostility than bullies. This implies that bully-victims should be adopted as a separate group in intervention programs to stress their presence. Additionally, all groups show interpersonal behaviour that is associated with internalizing and externalizing problems, and that all would benefit from early recognition and interventions (e.g., training in assertiveness, aggression) to limit these problems. However, the current study design is underpowered, and thus the implications should be taken with caution.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Franzen, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Psychology (CP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2022 08:00 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2022 08:00 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1007 |
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