| dc.contributor.author | Serdiouk, Marina | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main aim of this study was to examine the relation between perceived friend
intervention and individual-level bullying and intervention. The mediating role of beliefs
about aggression and attitudes toward victims was also investigated. One hundred eighteen
students (49 boys and 69 girls) in grades 6 to 8 completed a questionnaire that included
items measuring bullying, intervention, beliefs about aggression, and attitudes toward
victims. The results of the multilevel analysis revealed that children in friendship groups
with low levels of perceived friend intervention were less likely to intervene, but were not
more likely to bully. Attitudes toward victims and normative beliefs about aggression did
not mediate a relation between perceived friend intervention and individual intervention
and bullying. Self-reported bullying had a moderate negative correlation with positive
attitudes toward victims and a positive correlation with beliefs about aggression. Propensity
to intervene had a moderate positive correlation with positive attitudes toward victims and
a small negative correlation with positive beliefs about aggression.
Although the mediation model tested in the current study was not supported, this study
provides a foundation for studying group-level processes that may influence children's
intervention in bullying situations. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Effect of Perceived Friend Intervention on Individual-level Bullying and Intervention | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-05T17:52:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-05T17:52:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33574 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bullying in schools. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bullying -- Prevention. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Interpersonal relations in children. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Human Sciences and Education | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Human Development and Family Science | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Human Development and Family Science | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Hektner, Joel | |
