Peer, self and teacher nominations of participant roles taken in victimisation by five- and eight-year-olds
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Monks, Claire 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2638-181X and Smith, Peter
(2010)
Peer, self and teacher nominations of participant roles taken in victimisation by five- and eight-year-olds.
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, 2 (4).
pp. 4-14.
ISSN 1759-6599 (Print), 2042-8715 (Online)
(doi:10.5042/jacpr.2010.0532)
Abstract
The aim of the current study was to develop and assess a method for obtaining peer-, self and teacher-nominations of the participant roles in peer victimisation appropriate for use with children between the ages of five and eight years. Sixty-eight five-year-olds and 69 eight-year-olds and their teachers took part. Peer-nominations (including self-nominations) were obtained from five- and eight-year-olds for participant roles of aggressor, reinforcer, assistant, defender, outsider, passive and provocative victim; and similar nominations from their teachers. At both ages, children were able to nominate for all the roles, and consistent gender differences were found. Test-retest reliability (over an interval of one week) was moderate to high for all roles in eight-year-olds, but only for aggressor and provocative victim, in five-year-olds. There was evidence for role discrimination, but five-year-olds gave similar nominations for aggressor and provocative victim. Within-class pupil agreement was significant for aggressor and provocative victim at both ages, and for passive victim and defender at eight years. Peer- and teacher-ratings showed better agreement with each other than with self-nominations. The findings are discussed in relation to children’s developing abilities to identify and report various roles, as well as developmental changes in the nature of peer-aggression.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | children, aggression, bullying, victim, defender, participant roles |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > L Education (General) |
| Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: | Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences |
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| Last Modified: | 14 Oct 2016 09:11 |
| URI: | http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/4495 |
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