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Bullies, Victims, and Bystanders

Understanding Child and Adult Participant Vantage Points

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Overview

  • Examines the ways in which bystanders can act to either fuel or deter bullying

  • Focuses on the roles of: bully, assistant, reinforcer, outsider, defender, and victim; and considers the influence of parents and teachers on the peer ecology and bullying dynamics

  • Expands our understanding of bullying as a group process and the implications for prevention and intervention

  • Highlights new findings and builds on foundational scholarship to present an in-depth exploration of bullying as a group process

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

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About this book

This book focuses beyond the bully-victim dyad to highlight how bullying commonly unfolds within a complex system that involves many individuals interacting with one another. As the vast majority of bullying episodes occur in front of a peer audience, this book examines the ways in which bystanders can act to either fuel or deter bullying. Each chapter highlights a particular participant role: bully, assistant, reinforcer, outsider, defender, and victim. Attention is also devoted to the important influence parents and teachers have on the peer ecology and bullying dynamics. By viewing bullying through the eyes of each individual role, the authors provide an in-depth exploration of bullying as a group process with special attention to implications for prevention and intervention. This book refreshes and expands our understanding of bullying as a group process by highlighting classic research while integrating new findings with attention to changing technology and the modernization of our society. It provides a unique resource that will appeal to teachers and educational psychologists in addition to researchers in the areas of psychology, public health, and education.




Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology and Philosophy, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, USA

    Lisa H. Rosen, Shannon R. Scott, Samuel Y. Kim

About the editors

Lisa H. Rosen is Associate Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Psychology Program at Texas Woman’s University, USA. Her research focuses on children’s peer relations. Her recent work centers on how parents and teachers can best support victimized youth.

Shannon R. Scott is Professor and Department Chair of the Psychology and Philosophy Department at Texas Woman’s University, USA. Her research focuses on body image, weight stigma, and anti-fat attitudes as well as examining the consequences of peer victimization.

Samuel Y. Kim is Assistant Professor and Director of the Specialist Program in School Psychology at Texas Woman’s University, USA. His areas of research interest include peer victimization, assessment, and the experience of Korean Americans.

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