Perceived Characteristics of Victims according to their Victimized and Nonvictimized Peers

Autor/inn/en	Almeida, Ana; Caurcel, Maria-Jesus; Machado, Jose-Cunha
Titel	Perceived Characteristics of Victims according to their Victimized and Nonvictimized Peers
Quelle	In: Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 4 (2006) 2, S.371-396 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1696-2095
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Adolescents; Foreign Countries; Victims of Crime; Cultural Differences; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Stereotypes; Peer Relationship; Participation; Attitude Measures; Personality Traits; Individual Characteristics; Profiles; Portugal; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausland; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Kultureller Unterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Klischee; Peer-Beziehungen; Teilnahme; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Personality traits; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Spanien
Abstract	This study investigates perceived characteristics of victims of peer bullying in a sample of 1237 adolescents (mean age is 13.3 years-old) in two southern European countries. Focusing upon perceived characteristics of victimized peers, the main goal was to inspect how descriptions of the victims varied according to country, age, gender, victimization status (whether aggressor, bystander or victim) and self-reported experience as participant in bullying interactions. Results showed that the perceived vulnerability of the victims is accentuated as adolescents grow older and that boys as compared to girls take a more critical attitude towards victims. Aggressors describe the victim less favourably and with greater vulnerability, while bystanders and other adolescents who have experience as a victim or are currently peer-rated as victims hold less stereotyped perceptions and they assign the victims more socially desirable attributes. Findings are discussed in terms of their implications for research and intervention. (Contains 1 footnote, 11 tables, and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://www.investigacion-psicopedagogica.org/revista/new/english/index.php
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Update	2017/4/10