Identifying Relational Bullying Through Attitudes, Bullying Experiences, and Status Among a Diverse Group of Adolescents

• In Event: 73.062 - Poster Session 17
  In Poster Session: 73.062-5 - Current Topics in Counseling and Education

Abstract

The following study examined discrete differences in relational bullying behavior among adolescents. A diverse group of students ranging from middle school to high school (n = 14023) were surveyed regarding their pro-bullying attitudes, perceived social power or social status, and whether they had perpetrated relational bullying towards another student. Utilizing latent class analyses, the researchers concluded on a 4-class model that suggested the following classes: “relational bullies”; “conditional bullies with pro-bullying attitudes”; “conditional bullies with anti-bullying attitudes”; and “anti-bullies.” Suggestions for researchers, psychologists, educators and other professionals were made.

Authors

• Ann Young Kim, University of Southern California

• Chad Allen Rose, University of Missouri - Columbia

• Cynthia G. Simpson, Houston Baptist University