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1 {{expandable summary="Study: Race, Social Networks, and School Bullying"}}
2 Source: Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
3 Date of Publication: 2006
4 Author(s): Robert Faris
5 Title: "Race, Social Networks, and School Bullying"
6 DOI: SOURCE REQUIRED
7 Subject Matter: Sociology, School Bullying, Race, Peer Networks, Adolescent Behavior
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9 {{expandable summary="📊 Key Statistics"}}
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11 General Observations:
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13 35% of students engaged in bullying; 32% reported being bullied.
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15 12% experienced both roles (bully and victim).
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17 60% of bullies and victims reported weekly bullying.
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19 Subgroup Analysis:
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21 Latinos had the highest bullying outdegree (0.91) and indegree (0.86).
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23 White students were more often victims, despite lower perpetration rates.
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25 Girls reported higher mean indegree and outdegree than boys.
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27 Most bullying occurred within racial and gender groups.
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29 Other Significant Data Points:
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31 Direct verbal abuse was most common; physical violence less so.
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33 African-American students more often used physical bullying; White students favored indirect aggression (e.g., rumor-spreading).
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35 Peer nominations revealed more bullying than self-reports.
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38 {{expandable summary="🔬 Findings"}}
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40 Primary Observations:
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42 Bullying behavior aligns with two models: deviance/delinquency and “status insecurity.”
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44 Bullies often have aggressive peers, low school/parent attachment, and depressive symptoms — but are also socially popular, engaged in extracurriculars, and from higher SES backgrounds.
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46 Minority students gain more popularity from bullying than White peers.
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48 Subgroup Trends:
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50 Interracial bullying was less common than intraracial bullying.
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52 Racial diversity increased total bullying but had no impact on interracial bullying rates.
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54 Specific Case Analysis:
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56 Dyadic analysis (bully-victim pairs) showed bullying was most common between socially close individuals with small differences in social status.
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58 More attractive and physically developed teens were more likely to be bullies.
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61 {{expandable summary="📝 Critique & Observations"}}
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63 Strengths of the Study:
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65 Innovative network-based measure of bullying using mutual peer nominations.
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67 Nuanced treatment of race beyond “control variable” status.
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69 Cross-chapter integration of sociological, psychological, and criminological theories.
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71 Limitations of the Study:
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73 Focused on rural North Carolina; generalizability to urban or national populations is limited.
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75 Did not analyze subsequent waves due to data unavailability.
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77 Cultural and psychological interpretations occasionally lack rigor in operationalization.
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80 {{expandable summary="📌 Relevance to Subproject"}}
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82 This dissertation is foundational for exploring racialized patterns in bullying as social and networked phenomena.
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84 It offers quantitative backing for minority aggressor patterns, potentially aligning with broader critiques of how racial dynamics are normalized or obscured in academic framing.
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86 Reinforces how institutional and peer-level factors can incentivize aggression, especially in high-diversity, low-cohesion environments.
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89 {{expandable summary="🔍 Racial Bias Examination"}}
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91 The study acknowledges racial disparities in bullying rates but avoids attributing moral agency to minority aggressors. Instead, explanations defer to structural oppression narratives (e.g., “oppositional culture” or “status insecurity”).
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93 White students’ higher victimization is noted but never problematized as a racialized pattern.
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95 Author exhibits deference to DEI-aligned theories (e.g., “cool pose” and “acting White” penalties) while bypassing exploration of whether minority bullying may reflect targeted aggression toward White peers.
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97 No exploration of anti-White motives or racial animus despite data showing asymmetric bullying directionality.
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100 {{expandable summary="📄 Other Wiki Pages That Should Reference This Study"}}
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102 [[Discrimination Against White Students>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Discrimination/Discrimination%20Against%20White%20People/Discrimination%20Against%20White%20Students/]]
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104 [[Racial Bias in School Discipline>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Education/Racial%20Bias%20in%20School%20Discipline/]]
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106 [[Peer Victimization Trends>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Youth%20Issues/Peer%20Victimization%20Trends/]]
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108 [[Multiracial Violence Patterns>>path:/bin/view/Main%20Categories/Race%20and%20Crime/Multiracial%20Violence%20Patterns/]]
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111 {{expandable summary="📄 Download Full Study"}}
112 [[Download Full Study>>attach:Race__social_networks__and_school_bullying.pdf]]
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