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Publication Date: 2021
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School Networks of Positive Relationships, Attitudes against Violence, and Prevention of Relational Bullying in Victim, Bystander, and Aggressor Agents
Journal of School Violence, v20 n2 p212-227 2021
This study analyzed how the relationships of adolescent students with their peers, the educational community, and their families, as well as their attitudes to school violence, influences becoming a relational bullying victim, a bystander, or an aggressor in a sample of 4,273 Spanish high school students, using Structural Equation Modeling. We applied multi-group analysis, separating girls (n = 2,022) from boys (n = 2,038). The results show that positive relationships serve as a protective factor against participation in situations of aggression and exert a significant influence on the acquisition of transformative attitudes toward violence. Such attitudes, in turn, significantly help prevent bullying. Slight differences were found between boys and girls: mainly in terms of the influence of relationships at school on attitudes toward violence, and the influence of attitudes toward violence on becoming a bullying aggressor, both scoring higher in girls.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes, Violence, Bullying, Victims, Student Behavior, High School Students, Aggression, Attitude Change, Prevention, Gender Differences, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship, School Personnel, Interpersonal Relationship, Family School Relationship, Peer Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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