Citation

Marraccini ME, Brick LAD, Weyandt LL. J. Am. Coll. Health 2018; 66(8): 799-808.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology , University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07448481.2018.1454926

PMID

29565751

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Although bullying is traditionally considered within the context of primary and secondary school, recent evidence suggests that bullying continues into college and workplace settings. Participants/Method: Latent class analysis (LCA) was employed to classify college bullying involvement typologies among 325 college students attending a northeastern university.

RESULTS: Four classes concerning bullying involvement were revealed: Non-involved (36%); Instructor victim (30%); Peer bully-victim (22%); and Peer bully-victim/ Instructor victim (12%).

CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study, which classified college bullying experiences by incorporating both peer and instructor (teacher and professor) bullying, add substantially to the literature by providing insight into patterns of relatively unexplored bullying behaviors.

Language: en

Keywords

Bullying; college; latent class analysis; professor; teacher