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Defensive egotism and self-esteem: A cross-cultural examination of the dynamics of bullying in middle school

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The revised compensation model of aggression as discussed by the authors posits that bullying is driven by defensive personality, not low self-esteem, and it has been found that bullies and bully-victims score higher in defensive egotism than pure victims and controls but did not differ from each other.
Abstract
The revised compensation model of aggression posits that bullying is driven by defensive personality, not low self-esteem. Supporting research has failed to distinguish bullies vs. bully-victims (i.e., bullies who are also victims). In three studies with middle school students on two continents, pure bullies and bully-victims scored higher in defensive egotism than pure victims and controls but, unexpectedly, did not differ from each other. Low self-esteem was linked with victimization, high self-esteem with defending victims. Boys were higher than girls in bullying and physical aggression; girls were higher in social than physical aggression. Part of the lack of success of anti-bullying programs may be their failure to accommodate different types of bullies and different forms of bullying.

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Standing up to bullying: A social ecological review of peer defending in offline and online contexts

TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically reviewed the correlates associated with defending at different levels including: individual, peer, family, and school, and found that individuals who defend tend to be girls, have high empathy and low moral disengagement.
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Egotism and female managerial performance in South Africa: Evidence from SMEs in the agricultural sector

TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the perceived pitfalls of egotism among female entrepreneurs in South Africa, and further ascertain a unique strategy and group of accustomed performance fact factors.
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Men who batter

TL;DR: Men who batter argues that it is important to hear the story of the abusers, their reasons for acting the way they did, and even their life background to understand why some batterers act violently towards their intimate partners and to propose eventually some way-out.

Bullying and Resilience in Elementary School Children and Mitigating Pro-Social Behaviors

TL;DR: Bean et al. as discussed by the authors examined the relationship between bullying behaviors, as measured by the Personal Experiences Checklist (PECK), and resilience, and whether the prosocial behaviors of controling anger, solving problems, and cooperating with others during activities mitigated the effects of bullying behaviors.
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Effects of a cooperative learning intervention program on cyberbullying in secondary education: A case study

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of an intervention program, based on cooperative learning and involving the whole school community, on the emotional and social evolution of a student who had suffered cyberbullying was assessed.
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Multiple Regression: Testing and Interpreting Interactions

TL;DR: In this article, multiple regression is used to test and interpret multiple regression interactions in the context of multiple-agent networks. But it is not suitable for single-agent systems, as discussed in this paper.
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Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?

TL;DR: In this paper, both simple self-esteem and narcissism were measured, and then individual participants were given an opportunity to aggress against someone who had insulted them or praised them or against an innocent third person.
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Sex Differences in Aggression in Real-World Settings: A Meta-Analytic Review:

TL;DR: In this paper, meta-analytic reviews of sex differences in aggression from real-world settings are described, covering self-reports, observations, peer reports, and teacher reports of overall direct, physical, and indirect aggression.
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