Social Withdrawal, Peer Rejection, and Peer Victimization in Taiwanese Middle School Students

Wei, Hsi-Sheng; Chen, Ji‐Kang

doi:10.1080/15388220802067755

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“…The nine adolescents who reported being bullied described episodes that can be categorized as relational bullying and confirm earlier research about the connection between internalized behavior like shyness and relational bullying (Bjørquist et al, 1992;Olweus, 1993;Storch et al, 2003;Wei & Chen, 2009). In addition, two participants described physical bullying (e.g., hitting and pushing).…”

Section: The Form Bullying Takes and The Adolescents' Reactionssupporting

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Listening to Shy Voices: Shy Adolescents’ Experiences with Being Bullied at School

Lund

Ertesvåg

Roland

2010

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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This study examined bullying related to adolescents exhibiting shyness as an emotional and behavioral problem in the school context. It is based on in-depth interviews and observations of severely shy girls between the ages of 14 and 18 years. Given this group of students' difficulties with social skills, peer rejection, and victimization, we sought to explore (a) the form that bullying takes, (b) the genders commonly represented among aggressors, and (c) the reasons that shy adolescents give for being bullied. Resultsshow that shy adolescents perceive a nonsupportive class environment to be a primary explanation for why they are bullied, and relational bullying is the dominant form of bullying exclusion.Keywords shyness, bullying, emotional and behavioral problems, adolescence Initiating, developing, and maintaining caring and committed relationships are the most important activities in our lives. Relationships are the core of our existence (Hart & Smith, 2002;Heidegger, 2002;Rutter, 1997). We are conceived within relationships, are born into relationships, and live our lives within relationships. We are dependent on other people for healthy development; for guidance in learning the essential competencies required to survive in our world; and for fun, comfort, love, and fulfillment. For this reason, it is of the greatest importance to highlight, prevent, understand, and discuss relationships that fail and to determine how negative relational patterns develop through bullying and victimization.Previous research has shown that shy adolescents have increased difficulties with social skills and peer rejection, which can lead them to become likely targets for victimization by their peers

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Section: The Form Bullying Takes and The Adolescents' Reactionssupporting

confidence: 75%

Listening to Shy Voices: Shy Adolescents’ Experiences with Being Bullied at School

Lund

Ertesvåg

Roland

2010

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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“…Studies on U.S. youth showed that lack of friends and poor peer status were associated with multiple forms of peer victimization (Wang et al 2009;Berger and Rodkin 2009;Nansel et al 2001). In their recent study on Taiwanese junior high school students, Wei and Chen (2009) also found the association between peer rejection and victimization. At the same time, experiencing school bullying itself is a risk factor of sexual harassment.…”

Section: Individual and Interpersonal Risk Factorsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Wei

Chen

2011

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This study examined the individual and interpersonal factors of peer sexual harassment victimization among Taiwanese adolescents. A random sample of 1,376 7th to 9th grade middle school students in Taichung City, Taiwan, completed questionnaires about their demographics, delinquency, peer/teacher interaction, and experience of being sexually harassed by peers. Approximately 25.4% of the respondents had suffered peer sexual harassment during the previous semester. Boys reported more exposure to sexual harassment than did girls. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed separately for boys and girls. Significant risk factors of peer sexual harassment victimization for both genders included being bullied by peers and teacher maltreatment. Boys' sexual harassment victimization was also associated with their involvement in fights. Peer relationship problems contributed to girls' sexual harassment victimization. These findings suggested the relevance of a hostile school climate to peer sexual harassment and the gender differences in risk factors.

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“…It is considered harmful for adolescents to stay in a bully-victim dyad, but positive affiliation with peers is regarded as a protective factor against victimization. Peer acceptance and having friends are associated with lower risk of being bullied and the discontinuation of victimization (Boulton et al, 1999;Cerezo & Ato, 2005;Hodges & Perry, 1999;Kochenderfer & Ladd, 1997;Wei & Chen, 2009). In some studies, victims experienced difficulty in forming friendships, had fewer reciprocal friends than non-involved adolescents, and their friends were lower in social adjustment (Ellis & Zarbatany, 2007;Scholte et al, 2009).…”

Section: Peer Victimization and Friendshipmentioning

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Friends can hurt you: Examining the coexistence of friendship and bullying among early adolescents

Wei

Jonson‐Reid

2011

School Psychology International

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Friendship is typically assumed to be a protective factor for victims of school bullying, so the possibility of victimization by friends is rarely explored. This study examines the prevalence of positive affiliation between the victims and aggressors in verbal and physical bullying. Peer nomination inventories were used to assess the friendship and dyadic bullying tendency among 237 Taiwanese middle school 7th graders. A total of 1,084 incidents of dyadic verbal bullying and 1,327 incidents of physical bullying were reported by the respondents. Friendship nominations among aggressors and victims could be unilateral (a peer nominates someone who does not in turn nominate them) or reciprocal (both the aggressor and the victim nominate each other as friends). Reciprocal nominations between victims and aggressors occurred in approximately 8% of cases of verbal bullying incidents and about 12% of physical bullying incidents. About 8% of victims of verbal or physical bullying unilaterally nominated the aggressor as a friend, with 9% and 12% of aggressors nominating victims as friends in the two cases. The selfreported strength of friendships was high among the reciprocal friends. Implications for the existence of bullying within friendship dyads for research and practice are discussed.

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Social Withdrawal, Peer Rejection, and Peer Victimization in Taiwanese Middle School Students

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

Listening to Shy Voices: Shy Adolescents’ Experiences with Being Bullied at School

Listening to Shy Voices: Shy Adolescents’ Experiences with Being Bullied at School

Factors Associated with Peer Sexual Harassment Victimization Among Taiwanese Adolescents

Friends can hurt you: Examining the coexistence of friendship and bullying among early adolescents

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