Selection and influence effects in defending a victim of bullying: The moderating effects of school context

Ruggieri, Sabrina; Friemel, Thomas; Sticca, Fabio; Perren, Sonja; Alsaker, Françoise (2013). Selection and influence effects in defending a victim of bullying: The moderating effects of school context. Procedia - social and behavioral sciences, 79, pp. 117-126. Elsevier 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.05.060

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In this paper we examined whether defenders of victims of school bullying befriended similar peers, and whether the similarity is due to selection or influence processes or both. We examined whether these processes result in different degrees of similarity between peers depending on teachers’ self-efficacy and the school climate. We analyzed longitudinal data of 478 Swiss school students employing actor-based stochastic models. Our analyses showed that similarity in defending behavior among friends was due to selection rather than influence. The extent to which adolescents selected peers showing similar defending behavior was related to contextual factors. In fact, lower self-efficacy of teachers and positive school climate were associated with increased selection effects in terms of defending behavior.

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