Sociometric Status of Participants Involved in School Bullying

Zequinão, Marcela Almeida; Medeiros, Pâmella de; Silva, Jorge Luiz da; Pereira, Beatriz Oliveira; Cardoso, Fernando Luiz

doi:10.1590/1982-4327e3011

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School and Educational Psychology • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 30 • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-4327e3011 copy

Sociometric Status of Participants Involved in School Bullying

Status Sociométrico de Participantes Envolvidos em Bullying Escolar

Estatus Sociométrico de Participantes Involucrados en el Bullying en la Escuela

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

Abstract

The situation of social vulnerability hinders the integration processes and thus can foster problems in interpersonal interactions in school. This study aimed to analyze the sociometric status and its relationships with sex, age and profiles of bullying participation in children and adolescents in situations of social vulnerability. A total of 409 students between the third and seventh grades of two public elementary schools in Florianópolis-SC participated in this study. The positive status was higher for boys (M = 11.07; SD = 8.52) and adolescents (M = 11.46; SD = 8.19) compared to girls (M = 8.55; SD = 5.60) and children (M = 8.83; SD = 6.56). The aggressors’ positive status was higher, with significant difference, compared to victims and non-participants of bullying (p = 0.008). In the context of bullying, aggressors’ high status can collaborate to their use of violence in conflict resolution or to gain peer popularity.

Keywords:
bullying; status; victimization; vulnerability; sociometry

	Boys (n = 207)	Girls (n = 202)	U	p
	*M(SD)*	*M(SD)*
First to be chosen at physical education	5.37(4.12)	4.24(2.79)	16260.00	0.013
Last to be chosen at physical education	3.05(2.39)	2.55(2.03)	16904.00	0.055
Strongest	3.55(4.33)	1.17(1.85)	11100.00	0.001
Weakest	2.73(2.64)	2.02(2.14)	15889.50	0.004
First to be chosen for classroom activities	2.14(2.04)	3.15(2.33)	14044.50	0.001
Last to be chosen for classroom activities	2.97(2.38)	1.63(1.59)	12417.50	0.001
Positive status score	11.07(8.52)	8.55(5.60)	16185.50	0.011
Negative statusscore	8.75(5.50)	6.20(4.52)	13223.00	0.001

	Boys (n = 207)	Girls (n = 202)	U	p
	*M(SD)*	*M(SD)*
First to be chosen at physical education	4.51(3.51)	5.30(3.61)	14905.50	0.008
Last to be chosen at physical education	2.58(2.19)	3.17(2.25)	14710.50	0.004
Strongest	1.58(2.28)	3.68(4.69)	11705.50	<0.001
Weakest	2.49(2.47)	2.17(2.34)	16113.00	0.119
First to be chosen for classroom activities	2.74(2.37)	2.48(2.01)	17096.50	0.531
Last to be chosen for classroom activities	2.06(2.00)	2.71(2.30)	14826.00	0.006
Positive status score	8.83(6.56)	11.46(8.19)	13929.50	<0.001
Negative statusscore	7.13(5.22)	8.05(5.10)	15432.50	0.030

	Does not participate (n = 275)	Victim (n= 67)	Aggressor (n= 32)	Aggressor victim (n= 19)	p
	*M(SD)*	*M(SD)*	*M(SD)*	*M(SD)*	p
First to be chosen for classroom activities	2.53(2.26)	2.72(2.31)	3.39(2.04)	2.58(2.19)	0.117
Last to be chosen for classroom activities	2.02^a(1.94)	2.52(2.10)	3.00^b(2.44)	2.84(2.52)	0.044
First to be chosen at physical education	4.58^a(3.37)	4.17^a(2.82)	6.77^b(4.56)	4.79(2.30)	0.016
Last to be chosen at physical education	2.57^a(2.09)	2.67(2.18)	3.03(2.27)	4.00^b(2.08)	0.018
Strongest	2.18(3.14)	1.78(2.05)	3.06(3.26)	2.21(1.93)	0.233
Weakest	2.32(2.47)	2.80(2.72)	2.35(1.92)	2.16(1.92)	0.664
Positive statusscore	4.58^a(3.37)	4.17^a(2.82)	6.77^b(4.56)	4.79(2.30)	0.008
Negative statusscore	2.02(1.94)	2.67(2.18)	3.03(2.27)	4.00(2.08)	0.083

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[1] Correspondence address: Marcela Almeida Zequinão. Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina. Rua Paschoal Simone, 358, Florianópolis-SC, Brazil. CEP 88.035-001. E-mail: marcelazequinao@gmail.com