University of Groningen.
Child Dev. 2020 Jul;91(4):1336-1352. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13298. Epub 2019 Aug 19.
This study investigates the dynamic interplay between bullying relationships and friendships in a sample of 481 students in 19 elementary school classrooms (age 8-12 years; 50% boys). Based on a relational framework, it is to be expected that friendships would be formed when two children bullied the same person and that children would start to bully the victims of their friends. Similarly, it is to be expected that friendships would be formed when two children were victimized by the same bully and that children would become victimized by the bullies of their friends. Longitudinal bivariate social network analysis supported the first two hypotheses but not the latter two. This study provides evidence for group processes in bullying networks in childhood.
本研究调查了在 19 个小学教室中的 481 名学生样本中（年龄 8-12 岁；男孩占 50%），欺凌关系和友谊之间的动态相互作用。基于关系框架，可以预期当两个孩子欺负同一个人时，他们会建立友谊，而孩子会开始欺负他们朋友的受害者。同样，可以预期当两个孩子被同一个恶霸欺负时，他们会建立友谊，而孩子会成为他们朋友的恶霸的受害者。纵向二元社会网络分析支持了前两个假设，但不支持后两个假设。本研究为儿童欺凌网络中的群体过程提供了证据。
