TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Self-Esteem in Pure Bullies and Bully/Victims: A Longitudinal Analysis JO - Journal of interpersonal violence A1 - Pollastri, Alisha R. A1 - Cardemil, Esteban V. A1 - O'Donnell, Ellen H. SP - 1489 EP - 1502 VL - 25 IS - 8 N2 - Past research on the self-esteem of bullies has produced equivocal results. Recent studies have suggested that the inconsistent findings may be due, in part, to the failure to account for bully/victims: those children who both bully and are victims of bullying. In this longitudinal study, we examined the distinctions among pure bullies, pure victims, bully/victims, and non-involved children in a sample of 307 middle school students. Analyses of cross-sectional and longitudinal results supported the importance of distinguishing between pure bullies and bully/victims. In addition, results revealed some interesting sex differences: girls in the pure bully and bully/victim groups reported significant increases in self-esteem over time, with girls in the pure bully group reporting the greatest increase, whereas boys in these groups reported no significant changes in self-esteem over time.

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LA - en SN - 0886-2605 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886260509354579 ID - ref1 ER -