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Bullying is a significant global issue affecting adolescents, with serious implications for their overall well-being (Waseem & Nickerson, 2023). Previous research has identified a negative correlation between engagement in bullying perpetration and life satisfaction (Nixon, 2014; Reijntjes et al., 2010). Life satisfaction refers to an individual's assessment of their overall quality of life (Huebner, 1994). Less research has investigated associations with school satisfaction, defined as a student's evaluation of their school experience (Baker & Maupin, 2009). The current study examined the associations among the five bullying participant role behaviors (i.e., bully perpetration, assisting, defending, victimization, and outsider) and life and school satisfaction among over 1,000 middle school students in the U.S. A Qualtrics survey utilized the Bullying Participant Behaviors Questionnaire (Demaray et al., 2014), the Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 1991), and the Multidimensional Students’ Life Satisfaction Scale (Huebner, 2001). Two preliminary regression analyses were performed, with the bullying participant role behaviors as independent variables and gender and grade level as control variables. The analyses revealed significant associations among bullying role behaviors and both school satisfaction (p < .001) and life satisfaction (p < .001). Specifically, bully perpetration and victimization were significantly and negatively associated with school satisfaction, while victimization also showed a significant and negative association with life satisfaction. Conversely, defending behavior was significantly and positively associated with both school satisfaction and life satisfaction. Study limitations and implications for both research and practice will be discussed.
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bullying participant role behaviors, school satisfaction, life satisfaction
| Please indicate what type of scientific contribution it is | Quantitative method study |
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Scientific |
