The Relationship Between School-Aged Bullying and Trust,Shyness and Quality of Friendships in Young Adulthood

Abstract

We collected data on 170 college students to assess retrospective perception of school-aged bullying experiences, hardiness and aspects of friendships and romantic relationships on the dimensions of trust, relationship quality and shyness. We found that rates of reported victimization were positively correlated with contemporaneous shyness levels. We also noted a statistically significant, inverse relationship between retrospective victimization levels and both friendship quality and trust.

Keywords

bullying college students elementary students friendship intermediate students middle school students secondary students trust victimization

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