Empirically Based Classification of Peer Violence in a Nationally Representative Sample of Adolescents: a Latent Class Analysis

The aim of the study was to investigate the pattern of traditional- and cyberbullying, and fighting involvement and identify its most important correlates in a nationally representative sample. We analyzed the data of Hungarian 11–18-year-old adolescents in the framework of the Health Behaviour in S...

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Published in:International journal of mental health and addiction 2021-10, Vol.19 (5), p.1745-1758
Main Authors: Várnai, Dóra E., Horváth, Zsolt, Jármi, Éva, Urbán, Róbert, Demetrovics, Zsolt, Németh, Ágnes, Kökönyei, Gyöngyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community and Environmental Psychology
Cyberbullying
Drug use
Families & family life
Health behavior
Health Psychology
Latent class analysis
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Questionnaires
Rehabilitation
School environment
Students
Teenagers
Victimization
Violence
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Summary:The aim of the study was to investigate the pattern of traditional- and cyberbullying, and fighting involvement and identify its most important correlates in a nationally representative sample. We analyzed the data of Hungarian 11–18-year-old adolescents in the framework of the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study. A latent class analysis was performed first and afterwards a multinomial logistic regression analysis to examine factors explaining class membership. Four latent classes were identified: “high probability involvement in all forms of violence”; “low involvement in any forms of violence”; “predominantly involved in traditional bullying and fighting”; “high engagement in online victimization”. As no clear victim or perpetrator group was identified, a high overlap between these violence involvement statuses is reinforced.
ISSN:1557-1874
1557-1882
DOI:10.1007/s11469-020-00260-w