Background

Very-low-income students are a population at a high risk of perpetrating and suffering bullying at school, and at the same time the peer group at school is often one of the few sources of support for these minors.

Objective

This two-wave study is aimed to disambiguate the two different roles of peer acceptance and friendship on bullying and victimization in very-low-income adolescents, exploring the possible differential role of immigrant background.

Method

An online survey was administered to 249 early to late adolescents living below the poverty threshold (M_age = 12.76; SD_age = 2.34; 41.8% girls; 19.3% immigrants). A multivariate regression model with multi-group analyses was applied.

Results

Our results indicated that peer friendship was a protective factor against bullying as well as victimization, whilst peer acceptance was not protective. Only for natives (but not for immigrants), a high level of peer acceptance was a risk factor for bullying, and low school achievement was a risk factor for victimization. The persistence of victimization over time was significantly stronger for immigrants than for natives.

Conclusions

The study provides new insights for the unique protective role of classmates’ friendship in natives and immigrants, while acceptance appeared to be less relevant. Research and applied implications are discussed.

中文翻译：

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意大利原住民和移民极低收入青少年的欺凌和受害行为：理解同伴接纳和友谊的作用

背景

收入极低的学生是在学校容易遭受欺凌和遭受欺凌的人群，与此同时，在学校中的同伴群体经常是为这些未成年人提供支持的少数来源之一。

客观的

这项两波研究旨在消除同伴接纳和友谊在极低收入青少年中对欺凌和受害的两种不同作用，探讨移民背景的可能不同作用。

方法

对249名生活在贫困线以下的早期至晚期青少年进行了在线调查（M_年龄 = 12.76；SD_年龄 = 2.34； 41.8％的女孩； 19.3％的移民）。应用了具有多组分析的多元回归模型。

结果

我们的结果表明，同龄人的友谊是防止欺凌和受害的保护因素，而同龄人的接纳却不是保护性的。仅对于本地人（而不是移民），同龄人的高度接受是欺凌的风险因素，而学业成绩低是受害的风险因素。随着时间的流逝，移民的持久性比土著人强得多。

结论

该研究为同学的友谊在当地人和移民中的独特保护作用提供了新的见解，而接受似乎没有那么大的意义。讨论了研究和应用意义。