Victimization due to bullying and physical aggression in Samoan men and women |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Mailbox 206 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100191, PR China;2. Department of Mechanics, Polytechnic University of Milan, Via La Masa 34, Milan 20156, Italy;1. University of Bremen, Faculty 3 – Mathematics and Computer Science, Robotics Lab, Robert-Hooke-Str.1, Bremen 28359, Germany;2. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, DFKI Bremen, Robotics Innovation Center, Robert-Hooke-Str. 1, Bremen 28359, Germany;1. Management and Organizational Studies, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada;2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada;3. Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia;4. Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King''s College London, London, England, United Kingdom;5. Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia MO, USA |
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| Abstract: | In recent years, bullying has come into focus as a critically important social issue that demands empirical understanding to inform best practice regarding both intervention and prevention. In Western cultures, low physical aggression in boys, but high physical aggression in girls, predicts elevated victimization due to bullying, and we predicted that the same would be true cross-culturally. The present study sought to understand the role that physical aggression plays in victimization in Samoa, provide a prevalence estimate of the rate of bullying in the island nation, as well as validate the Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS; Shaw, Dooley, Cross, Zubrick, & Waters, 2013) in a cross-cultural context. In a sample of adult Samoan men and women (n = 214), men reported elevated rates of verbal, physical, and overall rates of victimization due to bullying in childhood compared to women, but no sex differences emerged in levels of physical aggression. Additionally, the FBS showed appreciable reliability, as well as a latent factor structure consistent with the findings of the scale's authors. Prevalence of victimization due to bullying in Samoa is comparable to that reported by other authors conducting cross-cultural research on this topic. |
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