TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Aggression and Sexual Harassment among Young Adolescents in a School Context
T2 - A Comparative Study between Finland and Turkey
AU - Ulubas-Varpula, Isik Zeliha
AU - Björkqvist, Kaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - The study investigates peer aggression and sexual harassment among young adolescents in Finland and Turkey. Sex differences and the interaction effect between country of residence and sex are also examined. A questionnaire was completed by 1,747 adolescents (1, 268 from Finland, 479 from Turkey, Mage = 14.1). Six different forms of aggression (physical, verbal, indirect, cyber, verbal sexual harassment, physical sexual harassment) were examined. More adolescents from Turkey, and more boys, were found to be involved in aggression as both victims and perpetrators compared to adolescents from Finland and girls. The interaction effect was significant between country of residence and sex with being a boy from Turkey was related to having the highest involvement in cyber aggression, verbal sexual harassment, and physical sexual harassment, as both victim and perpetrator. Regarding victimization from indirect aggression, girls from Finland scored higher than Turkish girls, while boys from Turkey scored higher than Finnish boys.
AB - The study investigates peer aggression and sexual harassment among young adolescents in Finland and Turkey. Sex differences and the interaction effect between country of residence and sex are also examined. A questionnaire was completed by 1,747 adolescents (1, 268 from Finland, 479 from Turkey, Mage = 14.1). Six different forms of aggression (physical, verbal, indirect, cyber, verbal sexual harassment, physical sexual harassment) were examined. More adolescents from Turkey, and more boys, were found to be involved in aggression as both victims and perpetrators compared to adolescents from Finland and girls. The interaction effect was significant between country of residence and sex with being a boy from Turkey was related to having the highest involvement in cyber aggression, verbal sexual harassment, and physical sexual harassment, as both victim and perpetrator. Regarding victimization from indirect aggression, girls from Finland scored higher than Turkish girls, while boys from Turkey scored higher than Finnish boys.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Finland
KW - Peer aggression
KW - School
KW - Sexual harassment
KW - Turkey
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118958334&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.17583/ijep.6853
DO - 10.17583/ijep.6853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85118958334
SN - 2014-3591
VL - 10
SP - 199
EP - 221
JO - International Journal of Educational Psychology
JF - International Journal of Educational Psychology
IS - 3
ER -