Bullying and victimization at school: personal and family parameters
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Bullying Victimization
Abstract
The present paper aims at describing the factors that contribute in the
development of bullying and victimization at school. Prior research has identified three distinct groups of children participating in the above phenomenon: bullies, passive victims and aggressive victims (or bully-victims). These groups have different profiles in their intraindividual
(personal), as well as their family environments. The most important personal characteristics refer to their temperament, the degree of psycho-pathology issues, gender and age. Further, differences have
been found in terms of attitudes such as attributions, and in terms of being different in a way that sets the individual apart from a mainstream group. Regarding family parameters, factors such as parental
involvement and parental style, as well as parental depression have been shown to be related to child bullying and victimization at school. Among the many explanatory models that have been suggested, very
popular are recently the transactional models, proposing that a bi-directional influence exists between parents and children.
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Ν. Γεωργίου Σ., & Φαίδωνος Φ. (2020). Bullying and victimization at school: personal and family parameters. Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society, 18(4), 484–502. https://doi.org/10.12681/psy_hps.23735
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