Perceived Social Support among Bullies, Victims, and Bully-Victims

Autor/inn/en	Holt, Melissa K.; Espelage, Dorothy L.
Titel	Perceived Social Support among Bullies, Victims, and Bully-Victims
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36 (2007) 8, S.984-994 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0047-2891
DOI	10.1007/s10964-006-9153-3
Schlagwörter	Social Support Groups; Intervention; Bullying; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Adolescents; Mothers; Peer Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Mobbing; Angst; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group
Abstract	Research indicates that social support plays a protective role among adolescents, but little research has explicitly evaluated its function among youth involved in bullying. Accordingly, this study examined relations among social support, bully/victim status, and psychological distress in a sample of 784 ethnically diverse youth. We assessed differences in perceived social support across bully/victim subtypes, and evaluated peer and maternal social support as protective factors among victims, bullies, and bully-victims. Youth were classified as uninvolved (61.6%), as bullies (14.3%), as victims (12.5%), and as bully-victims (11.6%). Uninvolved youth reported the most peer and maternal social support and the least anxiety/depression. Multivariate analyses revealed that there was a significant interaction between bully/victim groups and peer social support. Specifically, bullies, victims, and bully-victims who reported moderate peer social support also indicated the least anxiety/depression. Results highlight the importance of encouraging youth to develop and effectively use peer support networks as part of bullying intervention programs. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10