Citation

Kolbert JB, Crothers LM, Field JE. J. School Violence 2006; 5(1): 81-91.

Affiliation

Slippery Rock University, Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, McKay Education Building Room 006, Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1326, USA (jered.kolbert@sru.edu)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J202v05n01_06

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study assessed adolescent females' self-reported attraction and interest in dating adolescent male bullies and victims of bullying. Thirty-six 9th and 10th grade female adolescents (mean age = 15 years; 69.2% White; 30.8% Non-white) from a city high school in the Mid-Atlantic United States examined three photographs and listened to a verbal account portraying two adolescent males in an episode of physical and verbal bullying. Participants were significantly more likely to be attracted and interested in dating a male victim of bullying than a male bully.