ArticleEvolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behavior2015
Adolescent Bullying, Dating, and Mating : Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis.
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- Bullying perpetration and social status in the peer group: A meta-analysis.Journal of adolescence · 2023Pooled it
- Social anxiety moderates the association between adolescent irritability and bully perpetration.Development and psychopathology · 2025Article
- Attachment and Mindfulness as Mediators in the Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Personality Outcomes.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
- Benefits of Bullying? A Test of the Evolutionary Hypothesis in Three Cohorts.Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence · 2022Article
- The Relationship Between Dating Status and Academic and Social Functioning in Middle Adolescence.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2021Article
- Bullying Perpetration and Narcissistic Personality Traits across Adolescence: Joint Trajectories and Childhood Risk Factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Externalizing Behaviors Buffer the Effects of Early Life Adversity on Physiologic Dysregulation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Using a Mixed-Methods Approach to Analyze Traumatic Experiences and Factors of Vulnerability Among Adolescent Victims of Bullying.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Why do children and adolescents bully their peers? A critical review of key theoretical frameworks.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2018Review
- Cyberbullying: a storm in a teacup?European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2017Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits, Delinquency, and Current Dating Status in Adolescence.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
- Lynn'sJournal of criminal justiceArticle
- Temperament, Bullying, and Dating Aggression: Longitudinal Associations for Adolescents in a Romantic Relationship.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
Traditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in determining whether adolescents who bully others enjoy a key evolutionary benefit: increased dating and mating (sexual) opportunities. This hypothesis was tested in two independent samples consisting of 334 adolescents and 144 university students. The data partly supported our prediction that bullying, but not victimization, would predict dating behavior. The data for sexual behavior more clearly supported our hypothesis that bullying behavior predicts an increase in sexual opportunities even when accounting for age, sex, and self-reports of attractiveness, likeability, and peer victimization. These results are generally congruent with the hypothesis that bullying perpetration is, at least in part, an evolutionary adaptive behavior.
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