School bullying and the ongoing social dynamics: A thematic analysis of young peoples' perspectives on a specific bullying case |
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Authors: | Camilla Forsberg |
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Institution: | Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Based on analyses of six individual interviews with young people from a sixth-grade school class, this study explores how young people talk about bullying and a particular bullying case in their class from various positions. Utilising thematic analysis, three themes were conceptualised as crucial in bullying: social status, powerful positions and fragile social positions. Symbolic interactionism, emphasising perspectives as constructed in interaction, were used to understand these social dynamics and bullying as a group phenomenon. The findings demonstrate the social landscape in which young people navigate, where social positions are in process but affected by their group norms. |
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Keywords: | bullying bystanders group norms social difference social positioning |
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