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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on August 8, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2007 32(3):273-282; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl023
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Adolescent Male Bullies, Victims, and Bully-Victims: A Comparison of Psychosocial and Behavioral Characteristics

Judith A. Stein, PhD1, Richard L. Dukes, PhD2 and Jazmin I. Warren, BA1

1 Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles and, 2 Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Judith A. Stein, PhD, UCLA Department of Psychology, Franz Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1563. E-mail: jastein{at}ucla.edu.


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Objective To determine among male adolescents whether bully-victims would report the poorest psychosocial health, the worst attitudes toward school, more problem behavior (delinquency, weapons possession, and substance use), and more physical injury compared with bullies, victims, and neutral students. We also assessed ethnic differences in bullying category membership. Methods Employing multisample latent variable models, we contrasted 1,312 males in grades 7–12 classified as bullies (n = 299), victims (n = 180), bully-victims (n = 195), and neutral (n = 638) on school attitudes, psychosocial health, problem behaviors, and physical injury. Results Hypotheses were generally confirmed, especially contrasts between bully-victims and neutrals. However, bullies did not have better school attitudes than bully-victims, and victims only marginally reported better psychological health than bully-victims. The boys of mixed ethnicity were more likely to be victims. Conclusions Greater awareness of the problems associated with boys who both bully and are victimized is necessary for improved intervention.

Key words: bullies; bully-victims; mixed ethnicity; victims; weapon possession.

Received November 29, 2005; revision received March 27, 2006; revision received June 7, 2006; accepted July 12, 2006


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