This study investigated students' perspectives about bullying towards same-country and immigrant peers. Thirtyfive Italian and immigrant students (age range: 11–15) took part to the study. Participants were probed with two bullying scenarios, depicting respectively a new classmate from another Italian city and from a foreign country. A Grounded Theory approach was adopted to examine participants' perspectives about the motives for bullying. Findings showed that a process of socializing deviance is at the core of both forms of bullying. This social process refers to a series of shared beliefs within the peer group about the victim's deviant features. Three sub-categories related to both forms of bullying emerged from the core concept: (a) Rejecting the newcomer deviance, (b) Rejecting physical deviance, (c) and Rejecting personality deviance. These sub-categories were related to the sub-categories of bullying towards immigrant peers: (d) Rejecting cultural deviance, (e) and Learned racism. Findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical relevance.

Mazzone, A., Thornberg, R., Stefanelli, S., Cadei, L., Caravita, S. C. S., "Judging by the cover": A grounded-theory study of bullying towards same-country and immigrant peers, <<CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW>>, 91; 91 (N/A): 403-412. [doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.029] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/123798]

"Judging by the cover": A grounded-theory study of bullying towards same-country and immigrant peers

Stefanelli, Sara;Cadei, Livia;Caravita, Simona Carla Silvia
2018

Abstract

This study investigated students' perspectives about bullying towards same-country and immigrant peers. Thirtyfive Italian and immigrant students (age range: 11–15) took part to the study. Participants were probed with two bullying scenarios, depicting respectively a new classmate from another Italian city and from a foreign country. A Grounded Theory approach was adopted to examine participants' perspectives about the motives for bullying. Findings showed that a process of socializing deviance is at the core of both forms of bullying. This social process refers to a series of shared beliefs within the peer group about the victim's deviant features. Three sub-categories related to both forms of bullying emerged from the core concept: (a) Rejecting the newcomer deviance, (b) Rejecting physical deviance, (c) and Rejecting personality deviance. These sub-categories were related to the sub-categories of bullying towards immigrant peers: (d) Rejecting cultural deviance, (e) and Learned racism. Findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical relevance.
2018
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Mazzone, A., Thornberg, R., Stefanelli, S., Cadei, L., Caravita, S. C. S., "Judging by the cover": A grounded-theory study of bullying towards same-country and immigrant peers, <<CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW>>, 91; 91 (N/A): 403-412. [doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.06.029] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/123798]
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