Individual and Social Network Predictors of the Short-Term Stability of Bullying Victimization in the United Kingdom and Germany

Autor/inn/en	Sapouna, Maria; Wolke, Dieter; Vannini, Natalie; Watson, Scott; Woods, Sarah; Schneider, Wolfgang; Enz, Sibylle; Aylett, Ruth
Titel	Individual and Social Network Predictors of the Short-Term Stability of Bullying Victimization in the United Kingdom and Germany
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Psychology, 82 (2012) 2, S.225-240 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-0998
DOI	10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02022.x
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Individual Characteristics; Bullying; Questionnaires; Family Relationship; Foreign Countries; Social Environment; Social Networks; Peer Acceptance; Victims of Crime; Primary Education; Children; Student Evaluation; Friendship; Regression (Statistics); Identification; Educational Psychology; Germany; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Mobbing; Fragebogen; Ausland; Soziales Umfeld; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Primarbereich; Child; Kind; Kinder; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Freundschaft; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Deutschland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: There is still relatively little research on the social context within which bullying develops and remains stable. Aim: This study examined the short-term stability of bullying victimization among primary school students in the United Kingdom and Germany (mean age, 8.9 years) and the individual and social network factors that contributed to remaining a victim of bullying. Sample: The sample consisted of 454 children (247 males and 207 females). Methods: Participants completed questionnaires on bullying victimization at three assessment points over a 9-week period. Other measures consisted of self-reported demographic, peer, and family relationship characteristics. Social network indices of density, reciprocity, and hierarchy were constructed using friendship and peer acceptance nominations. Results: Relative risk analyses indicated a six-fold increased risk of remaining a victim at consequent follow-ups, compared to a child not victimized at baseline becoming a victim over the follow-up period. Individual characteristics explained substantially more variance in the stability of bullying victimization than class-level factors. Hierarchical logistic regression analyses revealed that being victimized by siblings and being rejected by peers predicted remaining a victim over a 9-week period. Conclusions: Bullying victimization among primary school students proved moderately stable over a 9-week period. Individual characteristics were more influential in predicting the stable victim role than class-level factors. Our findings have implications for the identification of stable victims in primary school and early preventative bullying programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10