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Predicting Adolescents’ Bullying Participation from Developmental Trajectories of Social Status and Behavior
Author(s) -
Pouwels J. Loes,
Salmivalli Christina,
Saarento Silja,
Berg Yvonne H. M.,
Lansu Tessa A. M.,
Cillessen Antonius H. N.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12794
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , psychology , aggression , developmental psychology , popularity , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , social psychology , medicine , environmental health
The aim of this study was to determine how trajectory clusters of social status (social preference and perceived popularity) and behavior (direct aggression and prosocial behavior) from age 9 to age 14 predicted adolescents’ bullying participant roles at age 16 and 17 ( n = 266). Clusters were identified with multivariate growth mixture modeling (GMM). The findings showed that participants’ developmental trajectories of social status and social behavior across childhood and early adolescence predicted their bullying participant role involvement in adolescence. Practical implications and suggestions for further research are discussed.