Introduction A systematic meta-analysis was conducted of the association between
preference and popularity across childhood and adolescence. The role of development, sex …

Bullying is a group process in which youths have different roles (bully, assistant, reinforcer,
defender, outsider, victim). Although many studies have examined the group process of …

There is a long-standing debate on the goals that underlie adolescent socially coercive
behaviors, such as bullying, relational aggression, and instrumental aggression. Knowledge …

This study examined grade differences in the social status profiles and prevalence of
bullying participant roles. Participants were 598 primary school students (grades 4–6), 545 …

Resource Control Theory (Hawley, 1999) posits a group of bistrategic popular youth who
attain status through coercive strategies while mitigating fallout via prosociality. This study …

The current study examined the role of moral responsibility (ie, moral disengagement) and
social costs (ie, prioritizing popularity and classroom norms) in defending victims of bullying …

Abstract Background/Objective: Most studies have evaluated victimization at a single time
point, making it difficult to determine the impact of the time during which an individual is …

Dan Olweus pioneered research on school bullying and identified the importance of, and
risk factors associated with, bullying and victimization. In this paper, we conduct a narrative …

The aim of this study was to examine differences in perceived popularity and social
preference of bullying roles and class norms. In total, 1,339 students (48% girls) participated …

Whereas previous research with secondary school students has demonstrated that
popularity goals and actual popularity status are related to peer-reported aggression, it is …