The Dynamic Associations between Social Dominance Goals and Bullying from Middle to Late Childhood: The Moderating Role of Classroom Bystander Behaviors

Autor/inn/en	Pan, Bin; Garandeau, Claire F.; Li, Tengfei; Ji, Linqin; Salmivalli, Christina; Zhang, Wenxin
Titel	The Dynamic Associations between Social Dominance Goals and Bullying from Middle to Late Childhood: The Moderating Role of Classroom Bystander Behaviors
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 115 (2023) 2, S.349-362 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/edu0000776
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Grade 3; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Peer Relationship; Power Structure; Audiences; Reinforcement; Intervention; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Grade 5; Grade 6; Victims; Classroom Environment; Class Size; Males; Females; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Peer-Beziehungen; Spectator; Zuschauer; Positive Verstärkung; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Victim; Opfer; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassengröße; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Social dominance goals have been conceptualized as orientations toward powerful and prominent positions in the peer group. Although previous studies have identified social dominance goals as one of the main motivations behind bullying, few studies have disentangled the time-invariant (average level) from the time-varying (year-to-year) effects of social dominance goals. The present study simultaneously examined the time-invariant and time-varying associations between social dominance goals and bullying, along with the moderating effects of classroom bystander behaviors (reinforcing the bully and defending the victim). A Chinese sample of third graders (n = 615, 46.5% girls, M[subscript age] = 9.29 years, SD = 0.40) and fourth graders (n = 559, 44.9% girls, M[subscript age] = 10.31 years, SD = 0.40) in four schools was surveyed three times (in May 2018, May 2019, and June 2020). Social dominance goals and bullying were self-reported. Classroom reinforcing and defending were assessed by averaging peer-reported reinforcing and defending scores for each classroom at each time point. Three-level models revealed significant time-variant and time-invariant effects of social dominance goals on bullying in classrooms with relatively low levels of defending behavior. These results suggest that both persistent and temporary social dominance goals might motivate children to engage in bullying, but peers' defending behaviors mitigate this tendency. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01