TY - JOUR AU - Palermiti, Anna L. AU - Bartolo, Maria G. AU - Musso, Pasquale AU - Servidio, Rocco AU - Costabile, Angela PY - 2022/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Self-Esteem and Adolescent Bullying/Cyberbullying and Victimization/Cybervictimization Behaviours: A Person-Oriented Approach JF - Europe’s Journal of Psychology JA - EJOP VL - 18 IS - 3 SE - Research Reports DO - 10.5964/ejop.5379 UR - https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/5379 SP - 249–261 AB - Although previous studies seemed to recognize negative associations between self-esteem and bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviours, the findings are controversial. The current study tried to shed light on this issue by using a person-oriented approach among Italian adolescents. Participants included 936 students aged 13-16 years. Different domains of self-esteem and bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviour during the previous 2-3 months were assessed through a self-administered questionnaire. The results suggested four self-esteem profiles, i.e., school/family-oriented, consistently high, self-derogation, and body/peer-oriented. Students in the consistently high self-esteem profile seemed to be more protected against bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviours compared to those in the self-derogation profile. The findings showed that among adolescents there is a degree of heterogeneity in the self-esteem domain associated with different levels of bullying/cyberbullying and victimization/cybervictimization behaviour. This suggests that different domains of self-esteem and their interdependencies play a crucial role during adolescence, with consequences also in terms of diverse patterns of active and passive aggressive behaviour. ER -