Bullying at school as a predictor of delinquency, violence and other anti‐social behaviour in adulthood

Abstract

Bullying seems to be a key risk marker for anti-social development. Therefore, studies on whole-school anti-bullying programmes and child-oriented or family-oriented strategies of crime prevention should be more integrated.

Problem behaviours, traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents: longitudinal analyses

“…The association/relationship between bullying and engagement in problem behaviours shown in this research and other bullying-related research (Bender & Lösel, 2011) suggests perpetrators can more easily deactivate moral controls to justify themselves and their negative behaviour, and that these cognitive mechanisms, in turn, can reinforce other negative behaviours (Menesini et al, 2003).…”

“…Recent studies have shown direct bullying to be a stronger predictor than indirect bullying of problem behaviours in adolescence (Bender & Lösel, 2011;Hampela et al, 2009). Problem Behaviour Theory suggests motives for involvement in problem behaviours include overt repudiation of conventional norms which result in a form of social control response (Jessor & Jessor, 1977).…”

“…Direct bullying perpetration has been found to be a stronger predictor than indirect bullying perpetration of violence, delinquency and other anti-social behaviours in adolescence (Bender & Lösel, 2011;Hampela, Manhalb, & Hayera, 2009), while indirect perpetration was a stronger predictor of weapon carrying than direct perpetration (Dukes et al, 2010).…”

“…As traditional bullying includes both direct and indirect forms and direct bullying has previously been linked with problem behaviours, we also examine the associations between these different forms of traditional victimisation and perpetration and levels of engagement in problem behaviours. Lastly, given that bullying at school has been found to be a gateway behaviour to other problem behaviours such as anti-social problems, delinquency, violence and aggression (Bender & Lösel, 2011), we examined whether cyberbullying also has a significant influence on levels of engagement in problem behaviours.…”

Bulliyng e o comportamento de jovens de escolas de ensino fundamental

“…6 A presença de público, com frequência, incentiva os ataques. 10 Os efeitos negativos do bullying não afetam apenas a vítima, mas também a família, a escola e até mesmo a sociedade, uma vez que estudos longitudinais têm demonstrado que crianças que são maltratadas são mais propensas a desenvolver comportamento antissocial, como o vandalismo, abuso de drogas e ataques violentos na vida adulta, [11][12][13] bem como baixa autoestima e menos empatia com outras pessoas.…”