[Social reputation and relational violence in adolescents: the role of loneliness, self-esteem and life satisfaction].
The aim of the current study was to analyse the relationship among adolescents' social reputation--perceived and ideal--, relational violence at the school context and their specific psychosocial adjustment variables such as loneliness, self-esteem and life satisfaction. The sample comprised 1319 adolescents aged 11 to 16 years old. Results suggested that adolescents who wish for and seek a non-conforming social reputation (ideal) report more loneliness, have lower self-esteem and feel more dissatisfied with their lives, factors all linked to higher participation in behaviours involving relational violence. Conversely, adolescents who already have a non-conforming social reputation (perceived) report less feelings of loneliness and higher levels of self-esteem and life satisfaction, thus having less involvement in acts of relational violence. Associations among the variables included in the structural model were also analysed as a function of sex.
Facultat de Psicología, Universitat de València, Spain. david.moreno-ruiz@uv.es
David
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Moreno Ruiz
Estefanía
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Estévez López
Sergio
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Murgui Pérez
Gonzalo
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Musitu Ochoa
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012649:Self Concept; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology*; D012938:Social Perception; D013030:Spain; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*