Aggressors and Victims in Bullying and Cyberbullying: A Study of Personality Profiles using the Five-Factor Model

Bullying and cyberbullying are highly prevalent in today’s society. However, the personality profiles of different roles involved in this phenomenon remain little known. This study aims (1) to examine the association between bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents; and (2) to analyze the relations...

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Published in:The Spanish journal of psychology 2017, Vol.20, p.E76-E76, Article E76
Main Authors: Alonso, Cristina, Romero, Estrella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - physiology
Adult
Aggression - physiology
Agreeableness
Antisocial personality disorder
Behavior
Bullying
Bullying - physiology
Clinical and Health Psychology
Comorbidity
Conscientiousness
Crime Victims - classification
Crime Victims - psychology
Cyberbullying
Cybernetics
Female
Five factor model
Humans
Male
Neuroticism
Openness
Personality
Personality - classification
Personality - physiology
Personality traits
Psychology
Self report
Teenagers
Victimization
Young Adult
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Summary:Bullying and cyberbullying are highly prevalent in today’s society. However, the personality profiles of different roles involved in this phenomenon remain little known. This study aims (1) to examine the association between bullying and cyberbullying in adolescents; and (2) to analyze the relationship between bullying and cyberbullying in terms of the domains and facets of the five-factor model (FFM). A total of 910 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years old participated. They were administered self-report assessments of aggression and victimization in bullying and cyberbullying, as well as the JS-NEO-S questionnaire. The results provide evidence of co-occurrence between bullying and cyberbullying (p < .001). We observed higher neuroticism in victims and aggressor-victims, higher openness in victims, higher agreeableness in victims and non-aggressor non-victims and higher conscientiousness in non-aggressor non-victims as compared with the rest of the groups (p < .001). Comparison of the four cyberbullying groups showed that cybervictims score higher in neuroticism and openness, cybervictims and non-cybervictims non-cyberaggressors score higher in agreeableness and non-cybervictims non-cyberaggressors score higher in conscientiousness (p < .001) In conclusion, this study provides a broad, systematic view of the personality traits associated with different roles implicated in traditional bullying and cyberbullying.
ISSN:1138-7416
1988-2904
DOI:10.1017/sjp.2017.73