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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 6/2014

01-06-2014 | Empirical Research

Beyond the Deficit Model: Bullying and Trajectories of Character Virtues in Adolescence

Auteurs: Lacey J. Hilliard, Edmond P. Bowers, Kathleen N. Greenman, Rachel M. Hershberg, G. John Geldhof, Samantha A. Glickman, Jacqueline V. Lerner, Richard M. Lerner

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 6/2014

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Abstract

Previous work on peer victimization has focused primarily on academic outcomes and negative indicators of youth involved in bullying. Few studies have taken a strength-based approach to examine attributes associated with bullies and victims of bullying. As such, we examined developmental trajectories of moral, performance, and civic character components, and their links to bully status using data from 713 youth (63 % female) who participated in Wave 3 (approximately Grade 7) through Wave 6 (approximately Grade 10) of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Latent growth curve analyses indicated that moral character was stable across waves, whereas civic character increased slightly by Wave 6. Trajectories for performance character varied; some youth alternatively displayed positive versus negative growth. Youth who reported bullying behavior reported lower initial levels of moral, performance, and civic character as compared to youth not involved in bullying. Bully–victims reported lower initial levels of moral and civic character as compared to youth not involved in bullying. Implications for future work examining character-related components in the context of peer victimization are discussed.
vorige artikel Profiles of Problematic Behaviors Across Adolescence: Covariations with Indicators of Positive Youth Development
volgende artikel Invited Commentary: Promotion and Prevention in Youth Development: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
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In this article, we use the term “character virtues,” and not “character strengths,” although the latter term has been used in the literature as well (e.g., see Lapsley and Narvaez 2006). However, in the PYD literature, strengths are defined as developmental assets (Benson et al. 2011), and we elected not to assume that the attributes of character we were assessing were strengths. We chose to test their empirical relationships with indicators of positive development.
 
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All analyses initially included tests for gender differences. None were found, and therefore we report no results linked to gender.
 
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Metagegevens
Titel
Beyond the Deficit Model: Bullying and Trajectories of Character Virtues in Adolescence
Auteurs
Lacey J. Hilliard
Edmond P. Bowers
Kathleen N. Greenman
Rachel M. Hershberg
G. John Geldhof
Samantha A. Glickman
Jacqueline V. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner
Publicatiedatum
01-06-2014
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-014-0094-y

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