Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescents' Bullying-Related Indirect Defending, Outsider Behavior, and Peer-Group Status

Jeroen Pronk; Tjeert Olthof; Elisabeth A Aleva; Matty van der Meulen; Marjolijn M Vermande; Frits A Goossens

doi:10.1111/jora.12450

Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescents' Bullying-Related Indirect Defending, Outsider Behavior, and Peer-Group Status

Jeroen Pronk, Tjeert Olthof, Elisabeth A Aleva, Matty van der Meulen, Marjolijn M Vermande, Frits A Goossens

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During adolescence, youth become more likely to avoid involvement in witnessed bullying and less likely to support victims. It is unknown whether-and how-these bystander behaviors (i.e., outsider behavior and indirect defending) are associated with adolescents' peer-group status (i.e., popularity and social acceptance) over time. Cross-lagged path modeling was used to examine these longitudinal associations in a sample of 313 Dutch adolescents (Mage-T1 = 10.3 years). The results showed that status longitudinally predicted behavior, rather than that behavior predicted status. Specifically, unpopularity predicted outsider behavior and social acceptance predicted indirect defending. These findings suggest that a positive peer-group status can trigger adolescents' provictim stance. However, adolescents may also strategically avoid involvement in witnessed bullying to keep a low social profile.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87–99
Journal	Journal of Research on Adolescence
Volume	30
Issue number	S1
Early online date	29 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12450
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2020

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Longitudinal Associations Between Adolescents' Bullying-Related Indirect Defending, Outsider Behavior, and Peer-Group Status

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