Psychological Predictors of Bullying in Adolescents From Pluricultural Schools: A Transnational Study in Spain and Ecuador

Frontiers in Psychology

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Antonio J. Rodríguez-Hidalgo¹  Yisela Pantaleón²  Juan Calmaestra¹ 

[1] Department of Psychology, Universidad de Córdoba;Department of Education, University Laica Eloy Alfaro of Manabí

关键词: bullying;    ethnic-cultural discrimination;    social skills;    empathy;    self-esteem;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01383

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study aimed to analyze the levels of personal aggression and victimization, ethnic-cultural aggression and victimization, self-esteem, empathy, social skills and gender in adolescents as potential predictors of bullying in Spain and Ecuador. The wide pluricultural sample comprised secondary education students from both countries ( N = 25,190, average age = 13.92, SD = 1.306; N Spain = 14,437; N Ecuador = 10,753), who took part in the study by filling in a self-report. The results revealed that predictive models of bullying for both countries explain 50–70% of variance. A transnational predictive pattern of personal victimization can be observed based on the levels of ethnic-cultural victimization, ethnic-cultural aggression, personal aggression, self-deprecation, and affective empathy. A transnational predictive pattern of personal aggression is evidenced depending on the levels of ethnic-cultural aggression, personal victimization, self-deprecation, ethnic-cultural victimization, and the fact of being female. We concluded that bullying can largely be predicted by involvement in ethnic-cultural discrimination. These results are discussed, and educational inferences are drawn for prevention.

【 授权许可】

CC BY