Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. The Phenomenon of Bullying
1.2. Bullying in Adolescence and its Influence on Personality
2. Method
2.1. Design
2.1.1. Sample/Participants
2.1.2. Recruitment Process
2.2. Data Collection
2.2.1. Bull-S Test
2.2.2. EPQ-J Questionnaire
2.3. Ethical Considerations
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of the Study Sample
3.2. Descriptive Data on the Phenomenon of Bullying in this Study
3.3. Descriptive Data on the Personality Traits of the Study Participants
3.4. Correlation Between Socio-Demographic Variables and Bullying
3.5. Correlation Between Socio-Demographic Variables and Personality Traits
3.6. Correlation Between Bullying and Personality Variables
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Relevance to Clinical Practice and Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Category | Subcategories | % (n) |
---|---|---|
Student profile (n = 93) | Aggressor | 14.0 (n = 13) |
Victim | 14.0 (n = 13) | |
Type of abuse (n = 93) | No | 0 (n = 0) |
Insulting/threatening | 32.3 (n = 30) | |
Physical abuse | 10.8 (n = 10) | |
Rejection | 44.1 (n = 41) | |
Other | 12.9 (n = 12) | |
Place where abuse occurs (n = 93) | No | 2.2 (n = 2) |
In the classroom | 53.8 (n = 50) | |
At the playground | 20.4 (n = 19) | |
In the corridors | 6.5 (n = 6) | |
Other places | 17.2 (n = 16) | |
Frequency of abuse (n = 90) | Every day | 8.9 (n = 8) |
Once/twice a week | 22.2 (n = 20) | |
Rarely | 50.0 (n = 45) | |
Never | 18.9 (n = 17) | |
Severity (n = 87) | Hardy or non-severe | 42.5 (n = 37) |
Somewhat severe | 36.8 (n = 32) | |
Quite severe | 14.9 (n = 13) | |
Very severe | 5.7 (n = 5) | |
Safety in the education centre (n = 90) | Unsafe or hardly safe | 6.7 (n = 6) |
Somewhat safe | 20.0 (n = 18) | |
Quite safe | 33.3 (n = 30) | |
Very safe | 40.0 (n = 36) |
Dimension | Categories | % (n) |
---|---|---|
N | Highly stable (0–4 points) | 8.6 (n = 8) |
Stable tendency (5–9 points) | 32.3 (n = 30) | |
Stable (10 points) | 9.7 (n = 9) | |
Unstable tendency (11–15 points) | 32.3 (n = 30) | |
Unstable (16–20 points) | 17.2 (n = 16) | |
E | Highly stable (0–5 points) | 0 (n = 0) |
Stable tendency (6–11 points) | 8.6 (n = 8) | |
Stable (12 points) | 2.2 (n = 2) | |
Unstable tendency (13–18 points) | 31.2 (n = 29) | |
Unstable (19–24 points) | 58.1 (n = 54) | |
P | Highly stable (0–3 points) | 74.2 (n = 69) |
Stable tendency (4–7 points) | 21.5 (n = 20) | |
Stable (8 points) | 4.3 (n = 4) | |
Unstable tendency (9–12 points) | 0 (n = 0) | |
Unstable (13–17 points) | 0 (n = 0) | |
S | Sincerity (0–10 points) | 44.1 (n = 41) |
Social dissimulation (11–20 points) | 55.9 (n = 52) |
N | E | P | S | AB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victim or aggressor profile | 0.615 * | 0.445 | 0.370 | 0.474 * | 0.620 ** |
N | 1 | 0.488 | 0.216 | 0.275 | 0.529 ** |
E | 0.448 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.168 | 0.319 |
P | 0.216 | 0.250 | 1 | 0.292 * | 0.180 |
S | 0.275 | 0.168 | 0.292* | 1 | 0.243 |
AB | 0.529 ** | 0.319 | 0.180 | 0.243 | 1 |
Type of Abuse | Place | Frequency | Severity | Safety | |
Type of abuse | 1 | 0.688 ** | 0.376 ** | 0.201 | 0.193 |
Place | 0.688 ** | 1 | 0.665 ** | 0.587 ** | 0.409 |
Frequency | 0.376 ** | 0.665 ** | 1 | 0.254 * | 0.287 ** |
Severity | 0.201 | 0.587 ** | 0.254 * | 1 | 0.244 |
Safety | 0.193 | 0.409 | 0.287 ** | 0.244 | 1 |
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Pabón-Carrasco, M.; Ramirez-Baena, L.; Jiménez-Picón, N.; Ponce Blandón, J.A.; Martínez-Montilla, J.M.; Martos-García, R. Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010172
Pabón-Carrasco M, Ramirez-Baena L, Jiménez-Picón N, Ponce Blandón JA, Martínez-Montilla JM, Martos-García R. Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(1):172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010172
Chicago/Turabian StylePabón-Carrasco, Manuel, Lucia Ramirez-Baena, Nerea Jiménez-Picón, José Antonio Ponce Blandón, José Manuel Martínez-Montilla, and Raúl Martos-García. 2020. "Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1: 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010172
APA StylePabón-Carrasco, M., Ramirez-Baena, L., Jiménez-Picón, N., Ponce Blandón, J. A., Martínez-Montilla, J. M., & Martos-García, R. (2020). Influence of Personality Traits and Its Interaction with the Phenomenon of Bullying: Multi-Centre Descriptive Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(1), 172. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010172