A psychosocial profile of adolescent aggressors and school victims: Analysis of gender differences

This study aims to analyse the psychosocial profile of adolescent aggressors, victims, aggressors/victims and non-involved students, taking into account gender differences. The psychosocial profile of adolescents is defined in the present study according to the following adjustment indicators: overall self-esteem, satisfaction with life, depressive symptomatology, nonconformist reputation and community involvement. Participants were 1884 Spanish students (52% boys and 48% girls), age range 11 to 17 years (M = 13.7, SD = 1.4). Analysis of variance results indicate that adolescent aggressors/victims show the least adaptive psycho-social profile, while non-involved adolescents obtained the most adaptive profile among the four groups analysed. Also, we found significant differences between boys and girls in the psycho-social profile of aggressors, victims and non-involved students. However, aggressors/victims do not show gender differences in any of the variables analysed. We discussed the practical implications of these results.