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Sibling and peer bullying victimization in adolescence: Masculinity, femininity, and the moderating role of sex and popularity
Gaunt, Lily Guy, Alexa Wolke, Dieter Lee, Kirsty
Gaunt, Lily
Guy, Alexa
Wolke, Dieter
Lee, Kirsty
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2024-01-30
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We investigated whether gender-typed traits (masculinity and femininity) contemporaneously predicted self-reported peer victimization, peer-reported peer victimization, and sibling victimization. We also tested the moderating role of sex and popularity.
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A sample of 2782 British pupils aged 11–16 from Central England, UK was screened for bullying involvement and popularity using self-report and peer nominations, and a subsample of 704 (52.7% girls) completed a measure of gender-typed traits (masculinity and femininity).
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Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed that low levels of masculine traits were associated with greater risk of self-reported peer victimization, there were no associations with peer-reported peer victimization, and low levels of feminine traits were associated with greater risk of self-reported sibling victimization. The effects were not moderated by sex, while popularity decreased the risk of self- and peer-reported peer victimization.
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Bullying prevention interventions could benefit from including the positive facets of feminine and masculine traits.
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Gaunt, L., Guy, A., Wolke, D. and Lee, K. (2024) Sibling and peer bullying victimization in adolescence : masculinity, femininity, and the moderating role of sex and popularity. Journal of Adolescence, 96(4), pp. 760-770. DOI:10.1002/jad.12296
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© 2024 The Authors. Published by Wiley. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12296
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The study was funded by the Undergraduate Research Support Scheme, University of Warwick, awarded to the first author. Kirsty Lee and Alexa Guy were supported by Departmental Fellowships to undertake this research. Dieter Wolke is supported by a UKRI Future Research grant (EP/X023206/1) under UK government's funding guarantee for ERC-AdG grants.