RT Article
T1 A Multilevel Analysis of the Relation Between Bullying Roles and Social and Emotional Competencies
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 11/12
SP 5122
OP 5144
A1 Coelho, Vítor Alexandre
A2 Sousa, Vanda
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1760354082
AB This study investigated how social and emotional competencies are related to middle school students’ involvement in bullying, and whether class-levels variables influence this association. There were 668 participants (Mage = 12.73, SD = 1.08) who participated in a screening for inclusion in a social and emotional learning program. Results showed that students not involved in bullying displayed higher levels of self-esteem than students involved in bullying in any role (victims, perpetrators, or bully-victims), higher levels of self-control and social awareness than perpetrators and bully-victims, and higher levels of responsible decision making than bully-victims. Gender did not moderate the relation between any bullying roles and social and emotional competencies, but class size moderated the relation between being a bully/victim and self-esteem and between being a bully and self-control. These results supported the relevance of including class-level variables when analyzing the relation between bullying and social and emotional competencies.
K1 class-level variables
K1 middle school
K1 social and emotional competencies
K1 Bullying
DO 10.1177/0886260518801943