Bullying and victimization: Predictive role of individual, parental, and academic factors

This study explored the roles of individual factors (age, gender, locus of control, self-esteem, and loneliness), parenting style, and academic achievement in discriminating students involved in bullying (as bullies, victims, and bully/victims) from those not involved. Participants comprised 742 mid...

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Published in:School psychology international 2013-12, Vol.34 (6), p.658-673
Main Authors: Atik, Gökhan, Güneri, Oya Yerin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Acceptance
Age Differences
Bialer Cromwell Childrens Locus of Control Scale
Bullying
Foreign Countries
Gender
Gender Differences
Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Scale
Likert Scales
Locus of Control
Loneliness
Middle School Students
Middle Schools
Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale
Parent Role
Parenting Style Survey
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Personal Autonomy
Personal Orientation Inventory
Predictor Variables
Psychological Patterns
Questionnaires
Regression (Statistics)
Regression analysis
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale
Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale
Scores
Self Esteem
Supervision
Turkey
Victims
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Summary:This study explored the roles of individual factors (age, gender, locus of control, self-esteem, and loneliness), parenting style, and academic achievement in discriminating students involved in bullying (as bullies, victims, and bully/victims) from those not involved. Participants comprised 742 middle school students (393 females, 349 males). The results of multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that a higher locus of control, lower strictness/supervision scores, increased age, and being male increased the likelihood of being a bully; a higher locus of control, higher loneliness score, and a lower acceptance/involvement score increased the likelihood of being a victim; and higher loneliness and psychological autonomy scores and lower acceptance/involvement, strictness/supervision, and academic achievement scores increased the likelihood of being a bully/victim. Although parental style variables play an important role in involvement in bullying, the individual factor loneliness is a more powerful predictor than other predictors in discriminating victims and bully/victims from uninvolved students. Age and gender are stronger predictors than other predictors in discriminating bullies from uninvolved students.
ISSN:0143-0343
1461-7374
DOI:10.1177/0143034313479699