Bullies and victims: Their ego picture, ideal ego picture and normative ego picture

Author: Bjorkqvist, Kaj; Ekman, Kerstin; Lagerspetz, Kirsti

Description: The ego picture, ideal ego picture and normative ego picture of bullies and their victims in a school situation were measured with semantic differentials. The bullies considered themselves to be dominant, had high ideals concerning dominance and thought this was what the social norms require. They felt themselves to be impulsive and lacking in self-control. The victims considered themselves to be depressed, lacking in intelligence and personal attractiveness, and displayed in general feelings of inferiority. These characteristics can be partly a cause and partly an effect of the bullying situation. Girls scored in general lower than boys on socially valued characteristics and higher on socially undesirable ones.

Subject headings: Ego; Bullies; Victims; School; Female; Male

Publication year: 1982

Journal or book title: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volume: 23

Issue: 1

Pages: 307-313

Find the full text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9450.1982.tb00445.x

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Serial number: 3196

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