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The relation between bullying, victimization, and adolescents' level of hopelessness
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The relation between bullying, victimization, and adolescents' level of hopelessness.Siyahhan S, Aricak OT, Cayirdag-Acar N. SourceArizona State University, School of Social and Family Dynamics, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701, USA. sinem.siyahhan@asu.edu AbstractIn this study, 419 Turkish middle school students (203 girls, 216 boys) were surveyed on their exposure to and engagement in bullying, and their level of hopelessness. Our findings suggest that girls were victims of indirect (e.g. gossiping) bullying more than boys. Boys reported being victims of physical (e.g. damaging property) and verbal (e.g. teasing) bullying more than girls. While the level of hopelessness among victims of physical and verbal bullying was higher than non-victims, no difference was found between the victims of indirect bullying and non-victims. Students who never talked to their teachers and parents about bullying reported higher levels of hopelessness than others. The implications of the study for intervention and prevention programs are discussed. J Adolesc. 2012 Aug;35(4):1069-80. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.014. Epub 2012 Mar 29. The protective role of supportive friends against bullying perpetration and victimization.Kendrick K, Jutengren G, Stattin H. SourceSchool of Social Work, University of British Columbia, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z2. kristinkendrick@yahoo.com AbstractA crossed-lagged regression model was tested to investigate relationships between friendship support, bullying involvement, and its consequences during adolescence. Students, 12-16 years (N = 880), were administered questionnaires twice, one year apart. Using structural equation modeling, a model was specified and higher levels of support from friends were related to lower levels of bullying and victimization one year later. Additionally, a bidirectional relationship between victimization and depression was found, and greater property crimes commission was related to higher levels of future bullying. These findings support the 'friendship protection hypothesis' and suggest the quality of support in friendships can protect againstbullying victimization and perpetration. Prior research has shown that friendships can protect against victimization; however this is one of the few longitudinal studies to focus on the quality of friendship, rather than other characteristics of the friends. It is suggested that interventions should focus on increasing perceptions of support within existing friendships. J Adolesc. 2012 Aug;35(4):981-90. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2012.02.001. Epub 2012 Apr 3. What actually makes bullying stop? Reports from former victims.Frisén A, Hasselblad T, Holmqvist K. SourceDepartment of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Box 500, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden. ann.frisen@psy.gu.se AbstractSchool bullying is a serious, worldwide problem which is not easily counteracted. The present study focuses on the perspective of former victims, asking them what it was that made the bullying stop in their case. Participants were 273 18-year-old former victims in Sweden, a country in which schools are doing extensive work against bullying and the bullying prevalence is relatively low. Results showed that although support from school personnel was the most common reason that the former victims gave to why the bullying had ended, it was only mentioned by a fourth of them. In fact, it was almost equally as common that the bullying had ended in that the victims transitioned to a new school level or changed their way of coping with the bullying. Very few of the adolescents reported that the bullying had stopped due to support from peers. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2012 Aug;40(6):901-11. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9620-0. Bullying and PTSD symptoms.Idsoe T, Dyregrov A, Idsoe EC. SourceCentre for Behavioural Research, University of Stavanger, 4036, Stavanger, Norway. thormod.idsoe@uis.no AbstractPTSD symptoms related to school bullying have rarely been investigated, and never in national samples. We used data from a national survey to investigate this among students from grades 8 and 9 (n = 963). The prevalence estimates of exposure to bullying were within the range of earlier research findings. Multinomial logistic regression showed that boys were 2.27 times more likely to be exposed to frequent bullying than girls. A latent variable second-order model demonstrated an association between frequency of bullying exposure and PTSD symptoms (beta = 0.49). This relationship was not moderated by gender. However, the average levels of PTSD symptoms as well as clinical range symptoms were higher for girls. For all bullied students, 27.6% of the boys and 40.5% of the girls had scores within the clinical range. A mimic model showed that youth who identify as being both a bully and a victim of bullying were more troubled than those who were victims only. Our findings support the idea that exposure tobullying is a potential risk factor for PTSD symptoms among students. Future research could investigate whether the same holds for PTSD through diagnostic procedures, but this will depend on whether or not bullying is decided to comply with the DSM-IV classification of trauma required for diagnosis. Results are discussed with regard to their implications for school interventions. Int J Psychol. 2012 Aug 1. 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