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Bullying Participant Role Behavior And Social And Emotional Outcomes, Bethany S. Beggs
Bullying Participant Role Behavior And Social And Emotional Outcomes, Bethany S. Beggs
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The current study was designed to investigate bullying participant role behavior and their associated social and emotional outcomes. Bullying is an important and prevalent problem in schools today, with participation in bullying indicating negative outcomes later in life. Data were collected from 303 students attending a middle school in the rural Midwestern United States. Participants were asked for demographic information and were given two measures: the Bullying Participant Behaviors Questionnaire (BPBQ) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). The bullying role behaviors from the BPBQ were used as independent variables: bully, victim, assistant, defender, and outsider. Four of the five …