Peer victimization : An integrative review and cross-national test of a tripartite model
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Marsh, Herbert W., Guo, Jiesi, Parker, Philip D., Pekrun, Reinhard Herrmann, Basarkod, Geetanjali, Dicke, Theresa, Parada, Roberto H., Reeve, Johnmarshall, Craven, Rhonda, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Sahdra, Baljinder and Devine, Emma K.. (2023). Peer victimization : An integrative review and cross-national test of a tripartite model. Educational Psychology Review. 35, p. Article 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09765-x
Authors | Marsh, Herbert W., Guo, Jiesi, Parker, Philip D., Pekrun, Reinhard Herrmann, Basarkod, Geetanjali, Dicke, Theresa, Parada, Roberto H., Reeve, Johnmarshall, Craven, Rhonda, Ciarrochi, Joseph, Sahdra, Baljinder and Devine, Emma K. |
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Abstract | School victimization issues remain largely unresolved due to over-reliance on unidimensional conceptions of victimization and data from a few developed OECD countries. Thus, support for cross-national generalizability over multiple victimization components (relational, verbal, and physical) is weak. Our substantive–methodological synergy tests the cross-national generalizability of a three-component model (594,196 fifteen-year-olds; nationally -representative samples from 77 countries) compared to competing (unidimensional and two-component) victimization models. We demonstrate the superior explanatory power of the three-component model—goodness-of-fit, component differentiation, and discriminant validity of the three components concerning gender differences, paradoxical anti-bullying attitudes (the Pro-Bully Paradox) whereby victims are more supportive of bullies than of other victims, and multiple indicators of well-being. For example, gender differences varied significantly across the three components, and all 13 well-being indicators were more strongly related to verbal and particularly relational victimization than physical victimization. Collapsing the three components into one or two components undermined discriminant validity. Cross-nationally, systematic differences emerged across the three victimization components regarding country-level means, gender differences, national development, and cultural values. These findings across countries support a tripartite model in which the three components of victimization—relational, verbal, and physical—relate differently to key outcomes. Thus, these findings advance victimization theory and have implications for policy, practice, and intervention. We also discuss directions for further research: the need for simultaneous evaluation of multiple, parallel components of victimization and bullying, theoretical definitions of bullying and victimization and their implications for measurement, conceptual bases of global victimization indices, cyberbullying, anti-bullying policies, and capitalizing on anti-bullying attitudes. |
Keywords | multiple components of victimization; PISA cross-national comparisons; mental health and well-being; anti-bullying attitudes and policies; exploratory structural equation modeling; pro-bully paradox |
Year | 2023 |
Journal | Educational Psychology Review |
Journal citation | 35, p. Article 46 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 1573-336X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09765-x |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 1-51 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 15 Apr 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 10 Mar 2023 |
Deposited | 23 Jun 2023 |
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