The Interpersonal Worlds of Bullies: Parents, Peers, and Partners
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Research has yet to examine the social influences of parents, peers, and partners on bullying. This study explored the impact of social relationships on bullies, victims, bully/victims, and uninvolved participants. A sample of 370 college-age participants was asked about bullying, family environment, friends’ illegal behavior, and conflict resolution tactics in romantic relationships. Results indicated controls came from more secure and engaged families. Bully/victims reported friends engaging in more illegal behaviors than victims and uninvolved participants. Bullies and bully/victims reported more psychological coercion from their romantic partner. A logistic regression revealed peer illegal behaviors, psychological aggression, physical assault, and sexual coercion in romantic relationships best predicted bullies from non-bullies (67.3%). Based on these results, the interpersonal world of those involved with bullying significantly impacts behaviors.
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Keelan et al. found that bullies, bully/victims, and victims scored lower on SIFS emotional security about the family than control/normative families.
“Suggesting relations between peer problems and diminished security about the family system as a whole, in a study based on a community sample, Keelan, Schenk, McNally, and Fremouw (2014) reported that bullys, bully/ victims, and victims had lower scores on emotional security about the family based on the SIFS compared to control/normative families.”
From Prospective Relations between Family Conflict and Adolescent Maladjustment: Security in the Family System as a Mediating Process (2015) · cites this paper as Keelan, Schenk, McNally, and Fremouw, 2014
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- Authors
- Keelan, C. M., Schenk, A. M., McNally, M. R., & Fremouw, W. J.
- Affiliations
- West Virginia University (US)
- ORCID
- McNally, Matthew R.
- Venue
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-12-03
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1338-1353
- ISSN
- 0886-2605 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-6518
- OpenAlex
- W2033934079
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Social Sciences › Health › Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Keywords
- bullying, bully-victims, university students, family environment, peer influence, illegal behavior, romantic relationships, psychological coercion, sexual coercion, physical assault, psychological aggression, conflict resolution, social control
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Parent-Child Relations, Peer Group, Social Behavior, Crime Victims, Young Adult, Bullying
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