Hines Cameron, Spadafora Natalie, Lambe Laura, Craig Wendy
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Brock University, Catharines, Canada.
Aggress Behav. 2025 Mar;51(2):e70024. doi: 10.1002/ab.70024.
This study evaluated the bidirectional associations between peer defending and social status (perceived popularity and likability) as well as gender and grade differences in these associations. Cross-lagged panel models were used to assess these longitudinal relationships in a sample comprised of elementary school students (Grades 5-8, N = 301, M = 12.38, collected in May and November 2019) and high school students (Grades 9-12, N = 296, M = 15.69, collected in November 2022 and May 2023) collected from five schools in southern Ontario, Canada. Findings revealed that overall, popularity and likability predicted future peer defending, and students who defended others became more liked over time. Additionally, our exploratory analyses indicated that boys in elementary school who defended became more popular overtime. These findings extend previous investigations into the bidirectional associations between social status and peer defending, while considering the impacts of gender and cohort. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of their novelty and considerations for bullying prevention programs.
本研究评估了同伴捍卫与社会地位（感知到的受欢迎程度和亲和力）之间的双向关联，以及这些关联中的性别和年级差异。交叉滞后面板模型用于评估这些纵向关系，样本包括来自加拿大安大略省南部五所学校的小学生（5 - 8年级，N = 301，平均年龄12.38岁，于2019年5月和11月收集）和高中生（9 - 12年级，N = 296，平均年龄15.69岁，于2022年11月和2023年5月收集）。研究结果显示，总体而言，受欢迎程度和亲和力可预测未来的同伴捍卫行为，且随着时间推移，为他人辩护的学生变得更受欢迎。此外，我们的探索性分析表明，小学阶段为他人辩护的男孩随着时间推移变得更受欢迎。这些发现扩展了先前对社会地位与同伴捍卫之间双向关联的研究，同时考虑了性别和群体的影响。将根据这些发现的新颖性以及对预防欺凌项目的考量来讨论其意义。
