Vinculação aos pares e comportamentos de bullying na adolescência: o efeito mediador da autoestima

Translated title of the contribution: Peer attachment and bullying behavior during adolescence: the mediational effect of self-esteem

Catarina Pinheiro Mota*, Denise Dias, Magda Rocha

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Abstract

The quality of the peer attachment established during adolescence has been discussed as a protecting factor towards the involvement in school violence. The presence of an association between peer attachment and the development of self-esteem could have a sig-nificant effect as a protecting factor against bullying during adolescence. The present study tested the pre-dictor effect of peer attachment on different bullying conduct, as well the mediational role of self-esteem on the same association. The sample consisted of 351 individuals of both genders, with ages between 12 and 17 years old. The use of a model structural equation allowed obtaining results that point to the existence of a peer attachment predictive effect on victimization and aggressive behavior. Results also showed a total negative mediational effect of self-esteem on the association between peer attachment and victimization, namely the physical aggression. There is also a partial negative mediational effect on the association between peer attachment and victimization behavior towards social exclusion and verbal aggression.

Translated title of the contributionPeer attachment and bullying behavior during adolescence: the mediational effect of self-esteem
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)48-65
Number of pages18
JournalAvances en Psicologia Latinoamericana
Volume38
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Adolescence
  • Bullying
  • Peer attachment
  • Self-esteem

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