Sociometric Status of Participants Involved in School Bullying

Marcela Almeida Zequinão; Pâmella de Medeiros; Jorge Luiz da Silva; Beatriz Oliveira Pereira; Fernando Luiz Cardoso

doi:10.1590/1982-4327e3011

Sociometric Status of Participants Involved in School Bullying

Authors

Marcela Almeida Zequinão Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3570-5425
Pâmella de Medeiros Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9509-940X
Jorge Luiz da Silva Universidade de Franca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3727-8490
Beatriz Oliveira Pereira Universidade do Minho https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4771-9402
Fernando Luiz Cardoso Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3074-0988

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3011

Keywords:

bullying, status, victimization, vulnerability, sociometry

Abstract

The situation of social vulnerability hinders the integration processes and thus can foster problems in interpersonal interactions in school. This study aimed to analyze the sociometric status and its relationships with sex, age and profiles of bullying participation in children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability. A total of 409 students between the third and seventh grades of two public elementary schools in Florianópolis-SC participated in this study. The positive status was higher for boys (M = 11.07; SD = 8.52) and adolescents (M = 11.46; SD = 8.19) compared to girls (M = 8.55; SD = 5.60) and children (M = 8.83; SD = 6.56). The aggressors’ positive status was higher, with significant difference, compared to victims and non-participants of bullying (p = 0.008). In the context of bullying, aggressors’ high status can collaborate to their use of violence in conflict resolution or to gain peer popularity.

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Published

2020-07-07

Issue

Vol. 30 (2020)

Section

School and Educational Psychology

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Zequinão, M. A., Medeiros, P. de, Silva, J. L. da, Pereira, B. O., & Cardoso, F. L. (2020). Sociometric Status of Participants Involved in School Bullying. Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto), 30, e3011. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3011

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