Developmental Trajectories of (Cyber)Bullying Perpetration and Social Intelligence During Early Adolescence

Bibliographic Data

ID11670705
AuthorsSara Pabian (0000-0001-9676-7553, University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Heidi Vandebosch (0000-0001-6779-3170, University of Antwerp)
Year2014
Volume36
Issue2
Pages145-170
Publication date2014-11-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0272431614556891
OpenAlexW2030591770
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited53

The purpose of the present study is to examine bullying perpetration and social intelligence (SI), which is a sociocognitive characteristic that has been proposed as a possible regulator of traditional and cyberbullying. We compared SI for perpetrators and nonperpetrators of traditional bullying and/or cyberbullying and examined longitudinal associations. A four-wave panel study with 6-month time intervals was conducted among 1,103 adolescents. Latent class analysis was used to examine developmental trajectories of bullying across 2 years. Four profiles of adolescents were found: nonstop traditional bullies, (traditional and cyber) bullies with decreasing perpetration, (traditional and cyber) bullies with increasing perpetration, and noninvolved. No separate nonstop cyberbullying class was found. In a next step, latent growth curves of SI were calculated for each profile. Nonstop traditional bullies had the lowest levels of SI and their level remained low. Further implications of these results for prevention and intervention, and for research are discussed

Developmental psychology · Latent class model · NonStop · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Psychology