Coolness and Social Vulnerability: Swedish Pupils' Reflections on Participant Roles in School Bullying

Autor/inn/en	Strindberg, Joakim; Horton, Paul; Thornberg, Robert
Titel	Coolness and Social Vulnerability: Swedish Pupils' Reflections on Participant Roles in School Bullying
Quelle	In: Research Papers in Education, 35 (2020) 5, S.603-622 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Strindberg, Joakim) ORCID (Horton, Paul) ORCID (Thornberg, Robert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0267-1522
DOI	10.1080/02671522.2019.1615114
Schlagwörter	Peer Acceptance; Student Attitudes; Bullying; Victims; Preadolescents; Elementary School Students; Grade 5; Grade 6; Public Schools; Social Desirability; Social Status; Peer Groups; Group Dynamics; Power Structure; Friendship; At Risk Persons; Moral Issues; Foreign Countries; Role Perception; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Mobbing; Victim; Opfer; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Soziales Bedürfnis; Sozialer Status; Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Gruppendynamik; Freundschaft; Risikogruppe; Moraltheorie; Ausland; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of the study was to examine Swedish school pupils' perspectives on why some pupils engage in bullying, support bullying or avoid standing up for the one(s) being bullied, despite a shared understanding that bullying is wrong. Through the use of focus group interviews combined with two bullying vignettes, a total of 74 pupils from grades 5 and 6 (i.e. 11-12 years of age) from two public primary schools in socioeconomically diverse areas were asked for their perspectives on various participant roles in bullying. In interpreting the vignette scenario, the participants emphasised the importance of perceived coolness, as well as the risk of being bullied. In seeking to avoid becoming a 'victim' of bullying, the situational roles of 'bully', 'assistant', 'reinforcer' and 'outsider' were understood as potential means for promoting, maintaining or protecting one's own social position. The findings of the study challenge previous understandings of bullying as an act of harmful or aggressive intentionality and rather highlight the relational and situational aspects of bullying. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01