Peer victimization and aggression based on adolescence stages: an exploratory study

J. González-Cabrera, I. Montiel, J.M. Machimbarrena, D. Baridón-Chauvie, R. López-Carrasco and J. Ortega-Barón ()
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J. González-Cabrera: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)
I. Montiel: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)
J.M. Machimbarrena: University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
D. Baridón-Chauvie: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)
R. López-Carrasco: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)
J. Ortega-Barón: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja (UNIR)

Child Indicators Research, 2022, vol. 15, issue 6, No 10, 2155-2170

Abstract: Abstract Peer violence among adolescents raises social concern in schools due to the magnitude of the phenomenon and the associated psychological damage. Studies have shown that the prevalence of peer victimization and aggression and the types of associated behaviors vary across age groups. However, this problem has not yet been analyzed as a function of the different stages of adolescence (early adolescence, middle adolescence, late adolescence, and emerging adulthood). The primary objectives of the present study were to analyze the prevalence of victimization and aggression and to examine the differences in the participants’ total scores as a function of these four stages of adolescence. The sample was composed of 6,280 Spanish participants (63.2% male) between the ages of 11 and 22 years, from 24 non-university educational centers. The highest prevalence of peer violence (37.7% victims and 39.7% aggressors) was found in middle adolescence. However, the total scores of victimization and aggression were higher in early adolescence than in any other stage (p

Keywords: Peer victimization; Aggression; Bullying; Adolescence; Stage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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