Citation

Zych I, Ttofi MM, Llorent VJ, Farrington DP, Ribeaud D, Eisner MP. Child Dev. 2018; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Cambridge University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cdev.13195

PMID

30566232

Abstract

Trajectories of stability and change in bullying roles were examined through a longitudinal prospective study of 916 school students followed up biannually from age 11 to 17. Perpetrators and victims had relatively stable trajectories with most of the children remaining in the same role over time or becoming uninvolved. Bully/victim was the most unstable role with frequent transitions to perpetrators or victims. Developmental change in bullying roles was found with a decrease in physical forms over time in bullies and victims but with persistently high perpetration and victimization in bully/victims. These findings open new horizons in research and practice related to bullying and can be useful for its early detection or design of targeted interventions.

© 2018 Society for Research in Child Development.

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