HEXACO personality correlates of adolescents' involvement in bullying situations

Pronk, Jeroen; Olthof, Tjeert; Vries, Reinout E. de; Goossens, F.A.

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“…Alsheikh Ali, 2020;Chabrol et al, 2015;Lau & Marsee, 2013;Muris et al, 2013;Pabian et al, 2015;Sijtsema et al, 2019;Van Geel et al, 2017;Wright et al, 2020;Zhang & Zhao, 2020), while higher levels of benevolent characteristics such as fairness, sincerity, modesty, and lack of greed were associated with lower symptom levels of these externalizing disorders (cf. Allgaier et al, 2015;Book et al, 2012;Farrell & Volk, 2017;Geng et al, 2021;MacDonell & Willoughby, 2020;Pronk et al, 2021). These results were as anticipated and fully in keeping with what has been documented in adult populations (see for reviews: Ashton et al, 2014;Muris et al, 2017).…”

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“…A number of studies can be found exploring the relations between this personality factor (and the other HEXACO traits) and types of externalizing problem behavior. It was found that honesty-humility was negatively correlated with (cyber)bullying (Book et al, 2012;Farrell & Volk, 2017;Geng et al, 2021;Pronk et al, 2021), aggression (MacDonell & Willoughby, 2020, and antisocial behavior in general (Allgaier et al, 2015). Further, in most studies, the influence of honesty-humility on externalizing problems remained statistically significant when controlling for the other HEXACO traits (Book et al, 2012;Farrell & Volk, 2017;Pronk et al, 2021), with agreeableness sometimes also making a significant negative contribution.…”

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“…It was found that honesty-humility was negatively correlated with (cyber)bullying (Book et al, 2012;Farrell & Volk, 2017;Geng et al, 2021;Pronk et al, 2021), aggression (MacDonell & Willoughby, 2020, and antisocial behavior in general (Allgaier et al, 2015). Further, in most studies, the influence of honesty-humility on externalizing problems remained statistically significant when controlling for the other HEXACO traits (Book et al, 2012;Farrell & Volk, 2017;Pronk et al, 2021), with agreeableness sometimes also making a significant negative contribution. Thus, in keeping with what has been found in adults (e.g., Ashton et al, 2014), the honesty-humility personality factor appears to be a solid correlate of aggression and other antisocial behavior in children and adolescents.…”

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Good Traits, Bad Traits, and ‘Ugly’ Behavior: Relations between the Dark Triad, Honesty-Humility, Other HEXACO Personality Traits, and Externalizing Problems in Adolescents

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The present study investigated the relative contributions of the Dark Triad, honesty-humility, and other HEXACO traits to externalizing problems in young people. One-hundred-and-six adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years completed an online survey containing the Dirty Dozen for Youth as an index of the Dark Triad traits of psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism, the HEXACO-Middle School Inventory to assess honesty-humility as well as five other basic personality factors, and the Youth Self-Report to measure symptoms of oppositional-defiant disorder (ODD) and conduct disorder (CD). Results first of all showed that the Dark Triad traits were positively correlated with symptoms of ODD and CD, while the HEXACO factor of honesty-humility was negatively correlated with such symptoms. Further, both types of externalizing problems were associated with a unique set of personality correlates. More precisely, ODD symptoms were predicted by higher psychopathy and lower agreeableness and extraversion, while CD symptoms were predicted by higher psychopathy (and to some extent Machiavellianism) and lower honesty-humility, extraversion, and emotionality. It is concluded that the study of the role of temperament and personality in externalizing problems should take a broad perspective that includes malevolent and benevolent traits from various theoretical models.

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Good Traits, Bad Traits, and ‘Ugly’ Behavior: Relations between the Dark Triad, Honesty-Humility, Other HEXACO Personality Traits, and Externalizing Problems in Adolescents

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“…This fact suggests that extraversion contributes to the initiation of bullying among adolescents, as extroverts exhibit increased activity and this often leads them to behave recklessly, ignoring the potential for serious consequences or the threat of punishment (Bjornebekk, 2007). Connolly and O'More (2003) also found that aggressors exhibited higher levels of psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism than those who did not participate in bullying and, on the other hand, being victimized was positively related to emotionality and negatively to extraversion (Pronk et al, 2021).…”

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Examining the Relations among Extraversion, Neuroticism, and School Bullying among Lithuanian Adolescents

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European Journal of Contemporary Education

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School bullying still remains an important concern. While there is growing knowledge about the nature, extent and effects of school bullying, we still lacking research on personality traits and involvement in bullying. This article seeks to examine the relations between personality traits (extraversion and neuroticism) and being involved in school bullying (as bully, victim, or bullyvictim) among Lithuanian adolescents. We expected that higher scores on extraversion will be more positively related with adolescent bullying, as neuroticism will be more positively related with victimization. Additionally, we expected that both personality traits would predict adolescents' involvement in bullying (being bullies and victims). A sample of 766 adolescents (418 girls and 348 boys; ages between 13-and 15 years old) completed measures of extraversion and neuroticism, as well as measures of bullying in school. Results indicated that bullying in school remains a serious issue as more than half of adolescents' experience victimization and almost half of them were bullies themselves. Using logistic regression analyses, it was found that higher extraversion was positive predictor of being bullies, but not related with victimization. Higher neuroticism was positive predictor of victimization. The results reveal that both higher extraversion and neuroticism are positive predictors of being bully and victim. Taking together, the results added to scientific evidence that both personality traits could be predictors of adolescents' involvement in school bullying.

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“…Personality traits like honesty-humility, emotionality, agreeableness, and openness to experience were negatively related to bullying perpetration (Pronk et al, 2021). However, different results have appeared while studying different populations.…”

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Dark tetrad personality traits also play a role in bullying victimization

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Bullying refers to physical and/or psychological mistreatment or abuse by one individual or group toward another individual or group. Bullying is widespread in our society and carries considerable negative consequences. This phenomenon is caused by multiple factors, which include personality. Much more attention has been paid to the study of the perpetrators' negative personality traits than the victims. Several studies have examined the relationship between these traits—the Dark Triad or Dark Tetrad—and being a victim of bullying (or mobbing) in adults, especially in the workplace. However, only two studies have been located that have studied these relationships in adolescents. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the relationship between being a victim of bullying and the ark Tetrad traits, delving into the specific contribution of Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism in victims of bullying in Spanish adolescents. A cross-sectional study was carried out by administering the Short Dark Triad, the Assessment of Sadistic Personality, and the Peer Bullying Questionnaire to 393 adolescents aged 12–18 years (M = 14.18; SD = 2.52; 53.7% male). The Dark Tetrad traits predicted the victimization variables in the seven models analyzed, with the verbal abuse model being the model with the largest contribution. Of the four dark traits, sadism stands out as the trait with the highest specific contribution. Our results indicate, despite not implying a causal relationship, that those people with high scores in the Dark Tetrad traits tend to be more victimized by bullying. Knowing the personality traits of the bullying perpetrators and their victims, practitioners will have a complete picture of the personality variables that play a role in preventing bullying and its associated victimization.

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HEXACO personality correlates of adolescents' involvement in bullying situations

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

Good Traits, Bad Traits, and ‘Ugly’ Behavior: Relations between the Dark Triad, Honesty-Humility, Other HEXACO Personality Traits, and Externalizing Problems in Adolescents

Good Traits, Bad Traits, and ‘Ugly’ Behavior: Relations between the Dark Triad, Honesty-Humility, Other HEXACO Personality Traits, and Externalizing Problems in Adolescents

Examining the Relations among Extraversion, Neuroticism, and School Bullying among Lithuanian Adolescents

Dark tetrad personality traits also play a role in bullying victimization

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