“Just Teasing...”: Personality Effects on Perceptions and Life Narratives of Childhood Teasing

Georgesen, John C.; Harris, Monica J.; Milich, Richard; Young, Juliann

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“…In Study 1, we found that those who label others were more extraverted and less conscientious than their classmates. Our results are in line with findings by Georgesen et al () who showed that teasers are particularly low in agreeableness and conscientiousness and high in extraversion. Furthermore, our result on conscientiousness in those who label others underline recent findings that conscientiousness comprises interpersonal aspects (e.g.…”

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“…Furthermore, past research has yielded contradictory findings on the connection between agreeableness and being the target of teasing. Georgesen, Harris, Milich, and Young () did not find significant relations, but a study by Jensen‐Campbell et al () suggested that low levels of agreeableness predict becoming the target of victimisation. Because of these inconsistent findings, we tested the relation between agreeableness and being labelled a Streber in an explorative way.…”

Section: Personality and Being Labelledmentioning

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Being Called A ‘Streber’: The Roles of Personality and Competition in the Labelling of Academically Oriented Students

2013

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The current research investigated a phenomenon that has received little attention so far: the labelling of students who are characterised by a strong academic orientation. We analysed whether personality predicts being labelled a ‘Streber’ (literally a person who strives for success; German origin, similar to the English word ‘nerd’) and labelling others as Strebers. Besides individual characteristics, we examined the impact of the classroom context. In Study 1 (N = 317), eighth‐grade students nominated classmates who were considered to be Strebers and provided self‐ratings on how often they had labelled others as Strebers. In Study 2 (N = 358), using a round robin design, we had students rate each of their classmates on the extent to which the students perceived their classmates to be Strebers. Results showed that being labelled was associated with introversion and conscientiousness. Labelling others was related to extraversion, low conscientiousness and low agreeableness. Furthermore, the labelling and the expected relation between individual characteristics and labelling were stronger in high‐achieving than in low‐achieving classes. Results are discussed with respect to personality traits as potential risk factors in peer stigmatisation and the impact of the classroom context. Copyright © 2012 European Association of Personality Psychology

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Section: Personality and Being Labelledmentioning

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Being Called A ‘Streber’: The Roles of Personality and Competition in the Labelling of Academically Oriented Students

2013

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“…Several studies suggest that traits reflecting heightened reactivity toward negative stimuli (e.g., high Negative Emotionality/Neuroticism) and poor regulatory control (e.g., low Effortful Control, low Agreeableness, and low Conscientiousness) are associated with both perpetrating and being victimized by relational aggression (Bollmer, Harris, & Milich, 2006; De Bolle & Tackett, 2013; Jensen-Campbell & Malcolm, 2007; Georgesen, Harris, Milich, & Young, 1999; Gleason et al, 2004; Tani, Greenman, Schneider, & Fregoso, 2003; Marsee & Frick, 2007; Ojanen, Findlay, & Fuller, 2012; Tackett et al, 2013; Tackett et al, 2014). However, we know little about the degree to which these traits predict increases or decreases over time in relational aggression, due to the dearth of longitudinal research.…”

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Bidirectional pathways between relational aggression and temperament from late childhood to adolescence

Atherton

Tackett²,

Ferrer

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Journal of Research in Personality

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Relational aggression is linked to numerous adverse consequences. However, we know little about how temperament leads individuals to become perpetrators/victims of relational aggression, or how being a perpetrator/victim influences the development of temperament. We used longitudinal data from 674 Mexican-origin youth to examine relations between relational aggression and mother- and child-reported temperament from 5th grade (Mage=10.8; SD=0.60) through 11th grade (Mage=16.8; SD=0.50). Results show that: (a) high Negative Emotionality and low Effortful Control predicted increases in victimization; (b) low Effortful Control predicted increases in perpetration; (c) victims increased in Negative Emotionality and decreased in Effortful Control; and (d) perpetrators increased in Negative Emotionality and Surgency. Thus, temperament serves as both an antecedent to and a consequence of relational aggression.

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“…For example, memories of childhood teasing, in a non-clinical sample, have been found to be related to increased levels of depression, trait anxiety, social anxiety and anxiety sensitivity in adulthood (Roth, Coles, & Heimberg, 2002). In addition, selfreported history of teasing has been related to higher levels of neuroticism (Georgesen, Harris, Milich, & Young, 1999). Such findings raise the possibility that memories for childhood teasing may be a non-specific risk factor for a range of anxiety conditions.…”

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Preliminary Examination of the Relationship Between Anxiety Disorders in Adults and Self-Reported History of Teasing or Bullying Experiences

McCabe¹,

Antony²,

Summerfeldt³

et al. 2003

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

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This preliminary study examined the relationship between anxiety disorders and self-reported history of teasing or bullying experiences, comparing individuals with social phobia, obsessive compulsive disorder, and panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. Given that aversive conditioning experiences, such as severe teasing, have been proposed to play a role in the development of social phobia and that the core feature of social phobia is a fear of social situations in which a person may be embarrassed or humiliated, we hypothesized that the social phobia group would have a higher rate of self-reported teasing history than would the obsessive compulsive disorder or panic disorder groups. Consistent with this hypothesis, a relationship between reported history of teasing and diagnosis was found. A significantly greater percentage of participants in the social phobia group (92%) reported a history of severe teasing experiences compared with the obsessive compulsive disorder (50%) and panic disorder (35%) groups. History of teasing experiences was also significantly related to an earlier age of onset for all 3 anxiety disorders, and to a greater number of self-reported additional problems in childhood. These findings suggest further directions for research in this area and highlight the significant link between perceptions of teasing in childhood and social phobia.

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“Just Teasing...”: Personality Effects on Perceptions and Life Narratives of Childhood Teasing

Cited by 39 publications

References 32 publications

Being Called A ‘Streber’: The Roles of Personality and Competition in the Labelling of Academically Oriented Students

Being Called A ‘Streber’: The Roles of Personality and Competition in the Labelling of Academically Oriented Students

Bidirectional pathways between relational aggression and temperament from late childhood to adolescence

Preliminary Examination of the Relationship Between Anxiety Disorders in Adults and Self-Reported History of Teasing or Bullying Experiences

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