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THE EFFECT OF BULLYING AND THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ATTACHMENT AND HUMANITY-ESTEEM ON SELF-ESTEEM AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES
| Title: | THE EFFECT OF BULLYING AND THE MEDIATING ROLE OF ATTACHMENT AND HUMANITY-ESTEEM ON SELF-ESTEEM AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES. |
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| Name(s): |
Bater, Lovina, Author Renk, Kimberly, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Any type of bullying can become a traumatic event for a child, leading to lasting negative effects. Specifically, victimization may lead to numerous behavioral problems and lowered self-esteem. Also, the quality of attachment may have a predictive relationship with the victimization and the negative outcomes it may cause. Other research implied that a similar relationship may be found between retrospective bullying and humanity-esteem. Despite the collective research done on these variables, no study, until now, has looked at retrospective bullying, humanity-esteem, attachment, behavior problems, and self-esteem all together. This study not only looked at the relationships among these variables but also the role that humanity-esteem and attachment served between victimization, later behavior problems, and later self-esteem. One hundred thirty-six participants completed five questionnaires assessing experiences of retrospective bullying, humanity-esteem, current attachment relationships, behavior problems, and self-esteem. The results of this study indicated that participants who reported having been bullied previously also endorsed internalizing and externalizing problems as well as low self-esteem. Further, humanity-esteem and attachment both served as significant predictors of victimized individuals' behavioral problems and self-esteem. Such findings suggested that a higher view of humanity and secure attachment may serve as a protective factor against the negative outcomes that may be related to having been bullied. The importance of studying the relationships among these variables is discussed further. | |
| Identifier: | CFH0004489 (IID), ucf:45067 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-08-01 B.S. Sciences, Dept. of Psychology Bachelors This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
Bullying Victimization Self-esteem Humanity-esteem Attachment Behavioral Outcomes |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004489 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2014-08-01 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
