Harmful Peer Aggression in Four World Regions: Relationship between Aggressed and Aggressor

Grace Skrzypiec; Earvin Alinsug; Ulil Amri Nasiruddin; Eleni Andreou; Antonella Brighi; Eleni Didaskalou; Annalisa Guarini; Tali Heiman; Soon Won Kang; Soonjung Kwon; Dorit Olenik-Shemesh; Rosario Ortega-Ruiz; Eva M. Romera; Christina Roussi-Vergou; Damanjit Sandhu; Iwona Sikorska; Mirella Wyra; Juzhe Xi; Chih Chien Yang

doi:10.1080/15388220.2020.1808789

Harmful Peer Aggression in Four World Regions: Relationship between Aggressed and Aggressor

Grace Skrzypiec, Earvin Alinsug, Ulil Amri Nasiruddin, Eleni Andreou, Antonella Brighi, Eleni Didaskalou, Annalisa Guarini, Tali Heiman, Soon Won Kang, Soonjung Kwon, Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, Rosario Ortega-Ruiz, Eva M. Romera, Christina Roussi-Vergou, Damanjit Sandhu, Iwona Sikorska, Mirella Wyra, Juzhe Xi, Chih Chien Yang

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Research is sparse on who targets whom in peer aggression. In this study, we investigated the harm associated with the type of relationship between aggressed and aggressor with an international sample of over 5,000 students aged 11–16, living in 12 nations. Best friends and individuals with whom the respondent had no relationship were the least likely to engage in aggression, while one-third of peer aggression could be attributed to friends (not best friends), and classmates/peers. Greater harm was experienced between best friends only when it involved relational aggression, such as spreading rumors and being left out. Harm from aggression varied by world location and number of different experiences of aggression, while gender and age differences were inconsistent. Intervention programs could take advantage of the vital role that friends play as socializing agents during adolescence that focus on the harmfulness of aggression undertaken in the guise of a joke.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-16
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of School Violence
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2020.1808789
State	Published - 2021

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This work was supported by the Flinders University [Establishment Grant and Medium Grant].

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© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Keywords

Peer relations
adolescence
friendship
harm
peer aggression
relational aggression

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Skrzypiec, G., Alinsug, E., Amri Nasiruddin, U., Andreou, E., Brighi, A., Didaskalou, E., Guarini, A., Heiman, T., Kang, S. W., Kwon, S., Olenik-Shemesh, D., Ortega-Ruiz, R., Romera, E. M., Roussi-Vergou, C., Sandhu, D., Sikorska, I., Wyra, M., Xi, J., & Yang, C. C. (2021). Harmful Peer Aggression in Four World Regions: Relationship between Aggressed and Aggressor. Journal of School Violence, 20(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2020.1808789

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