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• Ψάλτη, Αναστασία

Students involved in bullying incidents at school adopt a specific status type (bully, victim, bully-victim, not-involved). This paper attempts to present an analytic picture of these four status types using a large, representative sample of n = 3869 of the Greek student population from primary and secondary schools. Results indicate that almost half of the participating students at both school levels were classified as bullies, victims, or bully-victims. Significant differences were noted among the four status types and across school levels in terms of individual, school-related, and bullying-related characteristics. The phenomenon appears to get worse in secondary school. Implications for practice are also discussed.

• Psychology
• Educational sciences

• Aggressiveness
• Students
• Statistics

bullying, victim, primary school, secondary school, status types, Greece

Περιέχει πίνακες και βιβλιογραφία, The study is part of a greater research project en titled `Gender identity, ethnic identity, andschool violence: A study of violence and victimization in schools', which was conducted by theDepartment of Psychology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in collaboration with theDepartment of Early Childhood Care & Education of the Alexander Technological EducationalInstitute of Thessaloniki, in Greece (PYTHAGORAS - EPEAEK ΙΙ: co-funded by the EuropeanUnion- European Social Fund and national funds)

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