Journal article
A longitudinal study of bullying, dominance, and victimization during the transition from primary school through secondary school
British journal of developmental psychology, Vol.20(2), pp.259-280
Received 11 October 2000; revised version received 5 October 2001
06/2002
DOI: 10.1348/026151002166442
Abstract
Bullying and victimization were studied from a longitudinal, multi-method, multi-agent perspective as youngsters made the transition from primary through middle school. Generally, bullying and aggression increased with the transition to middle school and then declined. Bullying mediated youngsters' dominance status during the transition. Bullying may be one way in which young adolescents manage peer and dominance relationships as they make the transition into new social groups. Victimization declined from primary to secondary school. Correspondingly, youngsters' peer affiliations decreased, initially with the transition, and then recovered. Victimization, however, was buffered by peer affiliation, especially like most nominations relative to friendship nominations, during this time. Additionally, and consistent with the idea that bullying is used for dominance displays, cross-sex comparisons of aggressive bouts indicated that boys targeted other boys and did not target girls. Results are discussed in terms of the changing functions of aggression during adolescence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A longitudinal study of bullying, dominance, and victimization during the transition from primary school through secondary school
- Creators
- A. D. Pellegrini - University of MinnesotaJeffrey D. Long - University of Minnesota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of developmental psychology, Vol.20(2), pp.259-280
- Edition
- Received 11 October 2000; revised version received 5 October 2001
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1348/026151002166442
- ISSN
- 0261-510X
- eISSN
- 2044-835X
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2002
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics; Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984280833402771
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