Schouten, Isabel (2022) A Glimpse into Personality Traits of Bullies, Victims and, Bully-victims. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Personality traits of individuals involved in bullying have been studied, however, not much research has been done on personality traits of bully-victims in comparison to bullies and victims. In this study, we assessed personality traits warmth, angry-hostility and assertiveness within victims, bullies and, bully-victims and examined whether bully-victims show personality traits more alike bullies or victims. We expected victims to score highest on warmth and bullies to score highest on angry-hostility and assertiveness. Bully-victims would score more like victims on warmth and more like bullies on angry-hostility and assertiveness. The sample consisted of N = 261 Dutch teenagers between 16 and 20 years old. The participants self-reported their bullying experiences using the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire and their personality traits were assessed based on the NEO-PI-R. We observed one significant difference, namely that bully-victims score higher on angry-hostility than bullies do. Bullies did not score significantly higher on angry-hostility than victims. Furthermore, no significant differences were found between the three groups on warmth and assertiveness. From this study, it seems that there is no relation between bullying experiences and personality traits warmth and assertiveness. To note, due to this study’s insufficient power, subtle differences between the groups could have been undetected and generalizability of our findings is limited.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Franzen, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Clinical Forensic Psychology and Victimology (FP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2022 06:48 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jul 2022 06:48 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1068 |
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