Adolescent Bullying, Dating, and Mating
Traditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in determining whether adolescents who bully others enjoy a key evolutionary benefit: increased dating and mating (sexual) opp...
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| author | Anthony A. Volk Andrew V. Dane Zopito A. Marini Tracy Vaillancourt |
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| description | Traditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in determining whether adolescents who bully others enjoy a key evolutionary benefit: increased dating and mating (sexual) opportunities. This hypothesis was tested in two independent samples consisting of 334 adolescents and 144 university students. The data partly supported our prediction that bullying, but not victimization, would predict dating behavior. The data for sexual behavior more clearly supported our hypothesis that bullying behavior predicts an increase in sexual opportunities even when accounting for age, sex, and self-reports of attractiveness, likeability, and peer victimization. These results are generally congruent with the hypothesis that bullying perpetration is, at least in part, an evolutionary adaptive behavior. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57cff6e1ed724496b3b332349c05740a2022-12-22T01:55:27ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492015-11-011310.1177/147470491561390910.1177_1474704915613909Adolescent Bullying, Dating, and MatingAnthony A. Volk0Andrew V. Dane1Zopito A. Marini2Tracy Vaillancourt3Department of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, CanadaDepartment of Child and Youth Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, CanadaFaculty of Education and School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaTraditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in determining whether adolescents who bully others enjoy a key evolutionary benefit: increased dating and mating (sexual) opportunities. This hypothesis was tested in two independent samples consisting of 334 adolescents and 144 university students. The data partly supported our prediction that bullying, but not victimization, would predict dating behavior. The data for sexual behavior more clearly supported our hypothesis that bullying behavior predicts an increase in sexual opportunities even when accounting for age, sex, and self-reports of attractiveness, likeability, and peer victimization. These results are generally congruent with the hypothesis that bullying perpetration is, at least in part, an evolutionary adaptive behavior.https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704915613909 |
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