Bullying among siblings: The role of personality and relational variables

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 921-939

  Menesini, Ersilia ^a   Camodeca, Marina ^b   Nocentini, Annalaura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SIBLING RELATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BULLYING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIBLING RELATIONS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 78049414670     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151009X479402     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Asendorpf, J.B., & van Aken, M.A.G. (2003). Personality-relationship transaction in adolescence: Core versus surface personality characteristics. Journal of Personality, 71, 629-666.
2. Bandura, A. (1973). Aggression. A social learning theory analysis. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
3. Bank, L., Burraston, B., & Snyder, J. (2004). Sibling conflict and ineffective parenting as predictors of adolescent boys' antisocial behavior and peer difficulties: Additive and interactional effects. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 14, 99-125.
4. Bank, L., Patterson, G.R., & Reid, J.B. (1996). Negative siblings interaction patterns as predictors of later adjustment problems in adolescents and young adult males. In G.H. Brody (Ed.), Siblings relationships: Their causes and consequences (pp. 197-229). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
5. Barbaranelli, C., Caprara, G.V., & Rabasca, A. (1998). BFQ-C Big Five Questionnaire for children. Manuale [Handbook]. Firenze, Italy: O.S.
6. Barbaranelli, C., Fida, R., Paciello, M., Di Giunta, L., & Caprara, G.V. (2008). Assessing personality in early adolescence through self-report and other-ratings a multitrait-multimethod analysis of the BFQ-C. Personality and Individual Differences, 44, 876-886.
7. Bollen, K.A. (1989). A new incremental fit index for general structural equation models. Sociological Methods and Research, 17, 303-316.
8. Brody, G.H. (1996). Sibling relationships: Their causes and their consequences. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
9. Brody, G.H. (1998). Sibling relationship quality: Its causes and consequences. Annual Review of Psychology, 49, 1-24.
10. Brody, G.H. (2004). Siblings' direct and indirect contributions to child development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 124-126.
11. Brody, G.H., Stoneman, Z., & MacKinnon, C. (1982). Role asymmetries in interactions between school-aged children, their younger siblings, and their friends. Child Development, 53, 1364-1370.
12. Brown, M.W., & Cudek, R. (1993). Alternative ways of assessing model fit. In K. Bollen & J.S. Long (Eds.), Testing structural equation models (pp. 136-162). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
13. Brunori, L. (1993). Influenze dell'ordine di genitura sullo sviluppo personale [Influences of birth order on personal development]. Età Evolutiva, 45, 120-126.
14. Byrne, B.M. (1998). Structural equation modeling with Lisrel, Prelis, and Simplis: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
15. Camodeca, M., & Goossens, F.A. (2005). Aggression, social cognitions, anger and sadness in bullies and victims. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46, 186-197.
16. Caspi, A., Roberts, B.W., & Shiner, R.L. (2005). Personality development: Stability and change. Annual Review of Psychology, 56, 453-484.
17. Caspi, A., & Shiner, R.L. (2006). Personality development. In N. Eisenberg (Ed.), Handbook of child development Vol 3: Social, emotional and personality development (pp. 300-305). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
18. Connolly, I., & O'Moore, M. (2003). Personality and family relations of children who bully. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 559-567.
19. Costa, P.T., Jr., & McCrae, R.R. (1997). Longitudinal study of adult personality. In R. Hogan, J. Johnson, & S. Briggs (Eds.), Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 269-292). San Diego, CA: Academic.
20. Criss, M.M., & Shaw, D.S. (2005). Sibling relationships as contexts for delinquency training in low-income families. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 592-600.
21. Duncan, R.D. (1999). Peer and sibling aggression: An investigation of intra-and extra-familial bullying. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14, 871-886.
22. Dunn, J. (2002). Sibling relationships. In P.K. Smith & C.H. Hart (Eds.), Childhood social development (pp. 223-237). Oxford: Blackwell.
23. Dunn, J. (2005). Commentary: Siblings in their families. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 654-657.
24. Dunn, J., & Kendrick, C. (1982). Siblings: Love, envy and understanding. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
25. Dunn, J., & Plomin, R. (1990). Separate lives: Why siblings are so different. New York: Basic Books.
26. Eisenberg, N., & Miller, P. (1987). The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors. Psychological Bulletin, 101, 91-119.
27. Endresen, I.M., & Olweus, D. (2001). Self-reported empathy in Norwegian adolescents: Sex differences, age trends, and relationship to bullying. In A. Bohart & D. Stipek (Eds.), Constructive and destructive behavior: Implications for family, school, and society (pp. 147-165). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
28. Fonzi, A. (Ed.), (1997). Il bullismo in Italia. Il fenomeno delle prepotenze a scuola dal Piemonte alla Sicilia. Ricerche e prospettive d'intervento [Bullying in Italy. School bullying phenomenon from Piedmont to Sicily]. Firenze, Italy: Giunti.
29. Furman, W., & Buhrmester, D. (1985). Children's perception of the qualities of sibling relationships. Child Development, 55, 448-461.
30. Gass, K., Jenkins, J., & Dunn, J. (2007). Are sibling relationships protective? A longitudinal study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 167-175.
31. Gest, S.D. (1997). Behavioral inhibition: Stability and associations with adaptation from childhood to early adulthood. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 467-475.
32. Gini, G., Albiero, P., Benelli, B., & Altoè, G. (2007). Does empathy predict adolescents' bullying and defending behavior? Aggressive Behavior, 33, 467-476.
33. Gottman, J.M. (1994). What predicts divorce? The relationship between marital processes and marital outcomes. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
34. Graziano, W. (2004). Personality development: An introduction toward process approaches to long-term stability and change in persons. Journal of Personality, 71, 893-904.
35. Hetherington, E.M. (1988). Parents, children and siblings: Six years after divorce. In R. Hinde & S.J. Hinde (Eds.), Relationships within families (pp. 311-331). Oxford: Clarendon.
36. Hetherington, E.M., & Clingempeel, W.G. (1992). Coping with marital transitions: A family system perspective. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 57(2-3 serial N. 227), 1-14.
37. Hetherington, E.M., Henderson, S.H., & Reiss, D. (1999). Adolescent siblings in stepfamilies: Family functioning and adolescent adjustment. Monograph of the Society for Research in Child Development, 64(4, serial N. 259), 1-209.
38. Hu, L., & Bentler, P.M. (1999). Cut-off criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives. Structural Equation Modeling, 6, 1-55.
39. Jolliffe, D., & Farrington, D.P. (2004). Empathy and offending: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 9, 441-476.
40. Kaukiainen, A., Björkqvist, K., Lagerspetz, K., Österman, K., Salmivalli, C., Rothberg, S., et al. (1999). The relationships between social intelligence, empathy, and three types of aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 25, 81-89.
41. Lecce, S. (2003). La qualità della relazione fraterna: cause e conseguenze [The quality of sibling relationship: Causes and consequences]. Età Evolutiva, 73, 109-119.
42. Lecce, S., Pinto, G., & Primi, C. (2002). La rappresentazione del rapporto fraterno tra armonia e conflitto: Uno studio evolutivo [The representation of sibling relationship between harmony and conflict: A developmental study]. Età Evolutiva, 73, 55-62.
43. MacKinnon-Lewis, C., Starnes, R., Volling, B., & Johnson, S. (1997). Perceptions of parenting as predictors of boys' sibling and peer relations. Developmental Psychology, 33, 1024-1031.
44. McCrae, R.R., & Costa, P.T. (1990). Personality in adulthood. New York: Guilford Press.
45. McElwain, N.L., & Volling, B.L. (2005). Preschool children's interactions with friends and older siblings: Relationship specificity and joint contributions to problem behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 486-496.
46. Menesini, E. (2005). Validazione delle scale SIB e I-SIB per la popolazione italiana [Validation of the SIB and I-SIB scales for the Italian population]. Internal report, Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy.
47. Menesini, E. (2008). School bullying in Italy: Nature, functions from childhood to adolescence and related interventions. In D. Pepler & W. Craig (Eds.), Understanding and addressing bullying: An international perspective, PREVnet Series, Volume 1. (pp. 253-270). Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
48. Muthen, L.K., & Muthen, B.O. (2006). Mplus user's guide. Los Angeles, CA: Author.
49. Olweus, D. (1993). Bullying at school. What we know and what we can do. Oxford: Blackwell.
50. Olweus, D. (1999). Sweden. In P.K. Smith, Y. Morita, J. Junger-Tas, D. Olweus, R. Catalano, & P. Slee (Eds.), The nature of school bullying. A cross national perspective (pp. 7-27). London: Routledge.
51. Ostrov, J.M., Crick, N.R., & Stauffacher, K. (2006). Relational aggression in sibling and peer relationships during early childhood. Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 241-253.
52. Parke, R.D., & Buriel, R. (1998). Socialization in the family: Ethic and ecological perspectives. In W. Damon & N. Eisenberg (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology (5th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 461-552). New York: Wiley.
53. Patterson, G.R. (1986). The contribution of siblings to training for fighting. A microsocial analysis. In D. Olweus, J. Block, & M. Radke-Yarrow (Eds.), The development of antisocial and prosocial behavior (pp. 235-261). New York: Academic Press.
54. Patterson, G.R. (2002). The early development of coercive family process. In J.B. Reid, G.R. Patterson, & J. Snyder (Eds.), Antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: A developmental analysis and model for intervention (pp. 25-44). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
55. Richmond, M.K., Stocker, C.M., & Rienks, S.L. (2005). Longitudinal associations between sibling relationship quality, parental differential treatment, and children's adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 550-559.
56. Salmivalli, C., Lagerspetz, K., Björkqvist, K., Osterman, K., & Kaukiainen, A. (1996). Bullying as a group process: Participant roles and their relations to social status within the group. Aggressive Behavior, 22, 1-15.
57. Sanson, A., Hemphill, S.A., & Smart, D. (2004). Connections between temperament and social development: A review. Social Development, 13, 142-170.
58. Schwartz, D., Proctor, L., & Chien, D.H. (2001). The aggressive victim of bullying: Emotional and behavioral dysregulation as a pathway to victimization by peers. In J. Juvonen & S. Graham (Eds.), Peer harassment in school (pp. 147-174). New York: Guilford Press.
59. Shiner, R.L. (2000). Linking childhood personality with adaptation: Evidence for continuity and change across time into late adolescence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 310-325.
60. Slomkowski, C., Rende, R., Conger, K.J., Simons, R.L., & Conger, R.D. (2001). Sisters, brothers, and delinquency: Evaluating social influence during early and middle adolescence. Child Development, 72, 271-283.
61. Smith, P.K., Morita, Y., Junger-Tas, J., Olweus, D., Catalano, R., & Slee, P. (Eds.), (1999). The nature of school bullying. A cross-national perspective. London/New York: Routledge.
62. Smith, P.K., Pepler, D., & Rigby, K. (2004). Bullying in school: How successful can interventions be? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
63. Snyder, J., Bank, L., & Burraston, B. (2005). The consequences of antisocial behavior in older male siblings for younger brothers and sisters. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 643-653.
64. Stauffacher, K., & DeHart, G.B. (2006). Crossing social contexts: Relational aggression between siblings and friends during early and middle childhood. Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 228-240.
65. Stocker, C.M. (1994). Children's perception of relationships with siblings, friends and mothers: Compensatory processes and links with adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 35, 1447-1459.
66. Sulloway, F.J. (1996). Born to be rebel: Birth order, family dynamics and creative lives. New York: Pantheon Books.
67. Tani, F., Greenman, P.S., Schneider, B.H., & Fregoso, M. (2003). Bullying and the Big Five. A study of childhood personality and participant roles in bullying incidents. School Psychology International, 24, 131-146.
68. Volling, B.L., McElwain, N.L., & Miller, A.L. (2002). Emotion regulation in context: The jealousy complex between young siblings and its relations with child and family characteristics. Child Development, 73, 581-600.
69. Wolke, D., & Samara, M.M. (2004). Bullied by siblings: Association with peer victimisation and behaviour problems in Israeli lower secondary school children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1015-1029.