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Coping with peer arguments in school‐age children with bully/victim problems
Author(s) -
Bijttebier Patricia,
Vertommen Hans
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1998.tb01299.x
Subject(s) - victimisation , psychology , coping (psychology) , developmental psychology , neglect , peer victimization , social psychology , distancing , poison control , suicide prevention , clinical psychology , covid-19 , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , environmental health , psychiatry
Background and aims . This paper reports data on the relationship between bully/victim problems and the coping strategies used when confronted with a peer argument. Specifically, we examine the extent to which bully/victim problems are related to five types of coping strategies (Social Support Seeking, Problem‐Solving, Distancing, Internalising and Externalising). Sample . The sample consists of 329 children (168 boys, 161 girls), drawn from the fourth‐ through sixth‐grade classrooms of three Flemish elementary schools. Results and conclusion . In the correlational analyses, both victimisation and social neglect are shown to be related to internalising coping, whereas bullying is associated with externalising coping and with a lack of problem‐solving. Moreover, a positive relationship between victimisation and social support seeking was found. Separate analyses for boys and girls and a consecutive categorical approach provide a more precise picture of the link between social coping strategies and bully/victim problems.