Defensive Egotism and Bullying: Gender Differences Yield Qualified Support for the Compensation Model of Aggression

Autor/inn/en	Nail, Paul R.; Simon, Joan B.; Bihm, Elson M.; Beasley, William Howard
Titel	Defensive Egotism and Bullying: Gender Differences Yield Qualified Support for the Compensation Model of Aggression
Quelle	In: Journal of School Violence, 15 (2016) 1, S.22-47 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-8220
DOI	10.1080/15388220.2014.938270
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Gender Differences; Aggression; Grade 6; Personality Traits; Models; Teacher Surveys; Student Surveys; Behavior Rating Scales; Attribution Theory; Self Esteem; Interrater Reliability; Correlation; Hypothesis Testing; Defense Mechanisms; Victims of Crime; Psychological Patterns; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Geschlechterkonflikt; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Analogiemodell; Schülerbefragung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Interrater-Reliabilität; Korrelation; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Abwehrverhalten; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen
Abstract	According to the compensation model of aggression (Staub, 1989), some people bully to defend against their own feelings of weakness and vulnerability. Classmates and teachers rated a sample of American sixth graders in terms of trait: defensiveness (i.e., defensive egotism), self-esteem, bullying, and related behaviors. Consistent with the model, students' peer- and teacher-rated defensive egotism were positively associated with bullying and physical and social aggression, respectively. Students' peer- and teacher-rated self-esteem was negatively correlated with bully victimization and positively correlated with defending victims. Some findings were qualified by regression analyses using personality, gender, and their interaction as predictors of focal behaviors. The positive association between defensive egotism and bullying held only for boys; yet, at higher defensive egotism, girls were more socially aggressive than boys. The findings, along with previous research, suggest that bullying-reduction programs in schools include a component on the personality and motivational dynamics of bullies, victims, and victim defenders. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01