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Peer Relationships of Bullies, Victims and Bully/victims in Primary and Junior Middle Schools

WANG Mei-fang, ZHANG Wen-xin   

  1. School of Educational Science, Shandong Teachers' University, 250014
  • Online:2002-04-15 Published:2002-04-15

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Abstract: Bullies,victims,bully-victims and the not-involved were assigned to1089 primary and junior middleschool children by means of Olweus' Bully/victim Questionnaire.Children's peer acceptance,peer rejection andsocial status in the four groups were examined.It was found:(1) There were significant sex and grade differencesin the distribution of the four groups,with more boys classified as bullies but more girls as not-involved,and morechildren in primary schools involved in bullying than in junior middle schools.(2) Bullies had a highest score inpeer rejection and an average score in peer acceptance.(3) Victims and bully/victims had a higher score in peer rejection and a lower score in peer acceptance than not-involved children,however there existed sex differences in theassociation between victimization and social status,with male victims underrepresented in popular group,relative tomale non-victims,while female victims not.

Key words: bully, peer acceptance, peer rejection, social status, primary and middle school students

CLC Number: 

  • B844.1
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