Bullying as a Group Process in Childhood: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

Rambaran, J. Ashwin ^[1] ; Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^[1] ; Veenstra, René ^[1]
1. [1] University of Groningen
  
  University of Groningen
  
  Países Bajos
Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 91, Nº. 4, 2020, págs. 1336-1352
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This study investigates the dynamic interplay between bullying relationships and friendships in a sample of 481 students in 19 elementary school classrooms (age 8?12 years; 50% boys). Based on a relational framework, it is to be expected that friendships would be formed when two children bullied the same person and that children would start to bully the victims of their friends. Similarly, it is to be expected that friendships would be formed when two children were victimized by the same bully and that children would become victimized by the bullies of their friends. Longitudinal bivariate social network analysis supported the first two hypotheses but not the latter two. This study provides evidence for group processes in bullying networks in childhood.