@article{ref1,
title="Self-esteem and adolescent bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviours: a person-oriented approach",
journal="Europe's journal of psychology",
year="2022",
author="Palermiti, Anna L. and Bartolo, Maria G. and Musso, Pasquale and Servidio, Rocco and Costabile, Angela",
volume="18",
number="3",
pages="249-261",
abstract="Although previous studies seemed to recognize negative associations between self-esteem and bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviours, the findings are controversial. The current study tried to shed light on this issue by using a person-oriented approach among Italian adolescents. Participants included 936 students aged 13-16 years. Different domains of self-esteem and bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviour during the previous 2-3 months were assessed through a self-administered questionnaire. The results suggested four self-esteem profiles, i.e., school/family-oriented, consistently high, self-derogation, and body/peer-oriented. Students in the consistently high self-esteem profile seemed to be more protected against bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviours compared to those in the self-derogation profile. The findings showed that among adolescents there is a degree of heterogeneity in the self-esteem domain associated with different levels of bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviour. This suggests that different domains of self-esteem and their interdependencies play a crucial role during adolescence, with consequences also in terms of diverse patterns of active and passive aggressive behaviour.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1841-0413",
doi="10.5964/ejop.5379",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.5379"
}