SynthesisJournal of adolescence2023
Bullying perpetration and social status in the peer group: A meta-analysis.
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- Gene-environment interplay explaining individual variation in BMI outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using polygenic indices.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- Bullying perpetration and social status in the peer group: A meta-analysis.Journal of adolescence · 2023Pooled it
- From Social Status Insecurity to Popularity: Testing Bullying as a Strategy and Classroom Norms as a Moderator.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Do school bullies defend? The moderating roles of classroom bullying norms and parental autonomy support among Chinese adolescents.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Patterns and Transitions of Bullying Participant Roles: the Predictive Roles of Self- and Peer-perceived Peer Status.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Retrospective Perceptions of Income Inequality, School, and Neighborhood Conditions: Associations with Peer Victimization During Adolescence and Young Adulthood.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the revised Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire in Japanese adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Pressured to climb the social ladder: the role of popularity, social preference, and parents and friends in adolescents' popularity-motivated aggression.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Measuring health-related quality of life among school adolescents across Chinese Human Geography Regions: psychometric validation and norm development of the Mandarin Chinese self-reported KID-SCREEN-10 index.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Daily Perceptions of Social Status and Aggressive and Prosocial Behaviors on Social Media: The Moderating Role of Narcissism.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Defending Behavior and Victimization: Between- and Within-Person Associations.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Article
- Heterogeneity of adolescent bullying perpetrators: Subtypes based on victimization and peer status.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2024Article
- Standard Deviation vs. Gini Coefficient: Effects of Different Indicators of Classroom Status Hierarchy on Bullying Behavior.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
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- Aggressive and Defensive Behaviour, Normative, and Social Adjustment in the Complex Dynamics of School Bullying.Psychosocial intervention · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionAssociations between bullying perpetration and social status vary, not only between different facets of social status but also between bullying in primary versus secondary school. The main aim of the present study was to meta-analyse existing evidence regarding the prospective associations between bullying perpetration and various facets of social status, that is, popularity, peer acceptance, peer rejection, and social preference.
methodsElectronic databases were searched to identify studies on bullying perpetration and later social status published up to January 17, 2022. Multilevel random effects models were performed using Metafor and differences in effect sizes as a function of substantive and methodological moderators were tested.
resultsIn total, 116 effects were included from 18 publications, reporting on 17 different samples and more than 15,000 participants (mean age bullying assessment = 11.57 years, on average 51% female participants). Most samples were from the United States (7) or Europe (7). Overall, bullies were more popular, but also more rejected and scored lower on social preference compared with non-bullies. These associations remained when effects were adjusted for previous social status and other confounders. No link between bullying perpetration and acceptance was found. There was little evidence that effect sizes differed as a function of moderators.
conclusionsBullies become more popular over time, but also have a higher risk of being rejected and being less socially preferred. Bullying perpetrators are more popular but also more rejected by their peers. There is no evidence that these links differ depending on sex or age at which perpetrators bully, reporter or type of bullying.
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