Hank, Crystal A. and Cohn, Tracy and Hastings, Sarah L. and Christensen, Niels Self-Compassion: A Proposed Moderator of the Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Risk -Taking Behaviors. 2017. Radford University, Dissertation. Radford University Scholars' Repository.
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Abstract
Research reflects a relationship between bullying victimization and risk-taking behaviors. Specifically, individuals who have experienced bullying victimization have also been found to engage in higher rates of risk-taking behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship, and to propose a potential moderator, self-compassion. It was hypothesized that individuals who had experienced bullying victimization, in middle or high school, would report higher frequencies of risk-taking behavior in young adulthood. However, those who had been victimized but who had higher ratings of self-compassion would report fewer risk-taking behaviors than those who had experienced the victimization and reported lower ratings of self-compassion. Results indicated a significant positive relationship between earlier experiences of bullying and risk-taking behaviors during the college age. Regression analyses indicated that experiences of bullying significantly predicted sexual risk-taking. Self-compassion was not found to moderate this relationship between experiences of bullying and risky sexual behaviors. Keywords: Bullying, Risk-Taking Behaviors, Self-Compassion, College Population
| Item Type: | Dissertation |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Radford University > College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences > Department of Psychology |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2017 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2023 17:04 |
| URI: | http://wagner.radford.edu/id/eprint/329 |
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