The Pro-Bully Paradox: victimization relates to weaker anti-bullying attitudes, an effect largely specific to physical victimization¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Using a global victimization measure, OECD found students who were not frequently bullied reported stronger anti-bullying attitudes than frequently bullied students. → Herbert W. Marsh 2023 q2 i? Physical victimization correlated positively with pro-bully attitudes and negatively with pro-victim attitudes, a pattern evident only for the physical component. → Herbert W. Marsh 2023 (2)

Evidence¶

Herbert W. Marsh 2023¶

Herbert W. Marsh, Jiesi Guo, Philip D. Parker, Reinhard Pekrun, Geetanjali Basarkod, Theresa Dicke, et al. (2023). Peer Victimization: an Integrative Review and Cross-National Test of a Tripartite Model. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09765-x

q2 · i? · associational · r3

The review reports the OECD's PISA-based finding, from a global victimization measure, that "students who were not frequently bullied were more likely to report stronger anti-bullying attitudes" — victims had weaker, not stronger, anti-bullying attitudes. No effect size is printed.

"the OECD reported that “students who were not frequently bullied were more likely to report stronger anti-bullying attitudes” (OECD, 2019a, p. 46)."

Herbert W. Marsh 2023 (2)¶

Herbert W. Marsh, Jiesi Guo, Philip D. Parker, Reinhard Pekrun, Geetanjali Basarkod, Theresa Dicke, et al. (2023). Peer Victimization: an Integrative Review and Cross-National Test of a Tripartite Model. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09765-x

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The review attributes to Marsh et al. (2011) that "physical victimization positively correlated with pro-bully attitudes and negatively with pro-victim attitudes", with the pattern "only evident for the physical component"; pro-bully attitudes were nearly uncorrelated with relational and verbal victimization.

"physical victimization positively correlated with pro-bully attitudes and negatively with pro-victim attitudes. However, this pattern of relations was only evident for the physical component of victimization."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Safety — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Related Claims¶

• Antibullying attitudes are positively related to disciplining bullies, victim support, parental involvement, and involving peer bystanders — related
• A three-component (tripartite) model of victimization shows superior explanatory power to unidimensional and two-component models in cross-national PISA2018 data — related
• Student-reported teacher intercultural attitudes positively predict school belonging and negatively predict victimization frequency — related