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Bullying Begets Bullying: A Contagion Model of Bullying in Chinese Adolescents
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Zhou Limin; Hu Chunguang; Huang Jie – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Previous studies have suggested that bullying may be contagious in adolescents. The present study examined whether ego depletion mediated the association between peer bullying and participant bullying and whether the mediating process was moderated by participant trait self-control. A sample of 2217 Chinese high school students (16.92 ± 0.94…
Descriptors: Bullying, Adolescents, Models, High School Students
Parental Styles and Adolescent Externalizing Problems: A Cross-Lagged Model Examining the Direction of Influence
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Georgiou, Stelios N.; Charalampous, Kyriakos – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The present study aimed at examining the transactional effects between parental styles and adolescent externalizing problems. The total sample included 868 students, 410 preadolescents (M[subscript age] = 10.63, SD = 0.63) attending the last two grades of elementary school and 458 early adolescents (M[subscript age] = 12.65, SD = 0.67) attending…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, High School Students, Adolescents, Early Adolescents
Influence of Peer Social Experiences on Positive and Negative Indicators of Mental Health among High School Students
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Suldo, Shannon M.; Gelley, Cheryl D.; Roth, Rachel A.; Bateman, Lisa P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Modern definitions of complete mental health include both positive and negative indicators of psychological functioning. We examined the associations between peer relationships (victimization and receipt of prosocial acts) and multiple indicators of mental health that represent subjective well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, positive and negative…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Peer Relationship, Antisocial Behavior, Prosocial Behavior
Correlates of Gay-Related Name-Calling in Schools
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Slaatten, Hilde; Hetland, Jørn; Anderssen, Norman – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine whether attitudes about gay-related name-calling, social norms concerning gay-related name-calling among co-students, teacher intervention, and school-related support would predict whether secondary school pupils had called another pupil a gay-related name during the last month. A total of 921 ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Homosexuality, Social Bias, Antisocial Behavior
Deleterious Effects of Psychotherapy and Counseling in the Schools
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Nicholson, Heather; Foote, Catherine; Grigerick, Sarah – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
Providing individual and group counseling has become an identified role for school psychologists working in the school setting. There is an extensive research base that highlights positive outcomes and supports the use of a variety of counseling methods when working with children and adolescents. However, there may exist a host of other outcomes,…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Adolescents, Group Counseling, Psychotherapy
Teenage Girls' Perceptions of the Functions of Relationally Aggressive Behaviors
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Reynolds, Bridget M.; Repetti, Rena L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
Adolescent girls reported on their experiences both as perpetrators and as victims of several distinct forms of relational aggression. Details of these incidents were gathered from 114 ethnically diverse ninth and tenth graders via a secure online survey. The frequency with which girls perpetrated or were targeted for particular acts of relational…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Grade 10, Adolescents