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Bullying and Social Information Processing: Do the Characteristic Biases Continue into Adulthood?

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2005, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Psychology (Arts and Sciences).

The purpose of the current study is to examine the self-report of childhood bullying experiences among college students and their current endorsement of aggression and biases in social information processing. Results indicated that bullies in childhood endorse higher levels of proactive and reactive aggression than those who were not bullies; childhood victims report higher levels of reactive aggression than non-victims. In relation to social information processing, a discriminant function analysis distinguished those who were bullies from those who not bullies on measures of possessing a positive attitude toward aggression and having a low self-efficacy in their belief to stay out of fights. Contrary to previous literature, victims of childhood bullying were no different on scores of hostile attribution bias from non- victims. In conclusion, the current study found support that some of the biases that are characteristic of bullies in childhood were biases for those with a childhood history of bullying.

Christine Gidycz (Advisor)
147 p.

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  • Nigoff, A. (2005). Bullying and Social Information Processing: Do the Characteristic Biases Continue into Adulthood? [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1129926777

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Nigoff, Amy. Bullying and Social Information Processing: Do the Characteristic Biases Continue into Adulthood? 2005. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1129926777.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Nigoff, Amy. "Bullying and Social Information Processing: Do the Characteristic Biases Continue into Adulthood?" Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1129926777

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)