Extroversion and Child Bullies
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Running head: Extroversion and Child Bullies 1Extraversion Will Be a Leading Factor in Child BulliesbyCourse:Tutor:University:Department:Date:
Extroversion and Child Bullies 2IntroductionThere have been significant developments in the studies of child bullying. In the 60s up to70s, bullying as a behavior was perceived as an essential part of human growth anddevelopment. It was considered a passing rite for those who successfully went through it andto those who were afraid of the experience were branded as cowards. However, in the late 70spsychologists looked upon it as a problem of violence among children (Fine, 2014). The newassertions ignited interest in teachers and researchers who began to view it as an acceptablebehavior. Rigby (2008) assert that a child is victimized or abused when he or she iscontinuously prone to negative activities by one or multiple children. According to Salmivalli(2010), the four primary characteristic profiles that are common in violence against childrenincluded bullies, victims, bully/victims, and impartial or non-contributing children who areconsidered as guardians of victims or just observers. The behavior of bullying is defined as a disparity of power between two people, in which thepowerful person continuously inflicts harm on the weaker person. Child bullying is asignificant international matter with over 500 million children being involved in bullyingacross the globe annually (Book, Volk, & Hosker, 2012). Causes of bullying have majorlybeen attributed to personality differences such as Extraversion, Openness etc. the HEXACOpersonality model was developed as an extension of the Big Five personality model byincluding a sixth factor: Honesty-Humility. The HEXACO model constitutes Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness andExperience. Additionally, bullying has also been attributed to averagely increased rates ofcallous-unemotional (CU) traits which comprises of aspects like guiltlessness, poor effect,lack of empathy and taking advantage of others for personal benefit (Book, Volk, & Hosker,2012). Therefore, studies on the primary and single cause of bullying are few and scattered in
Extroversion and Child Bullies 3their measures. This research paper aims at singling out extraversion as the leading cause ofbullying in children. The paper begins by defining extraversion, then provides extant researchon personality traits and child bullying, the characteristics of a bully and a conclusion. Personality Trait: ExtraversionSeveral studies have examined the roles of personality traits in peer child violence(Mitsopoulou & Giovazolias, 2015; Book, Volk, & Hosker, 2012). A personality trait isdefined as an observed repetition of behavior in different settings. The HEXACO modelproposes the existence of six major dimensions of personality namely Honesty-Humility. TheHEXACO model constitutes Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness,Conscientiousness, Openness and Experience. However, this study focuses on extraversiononly as the leading cause of child bullies (Book, Volk, & Hosker, 2012). Extraverts are known for thriving on a social association, they are talkative, easily lead agroup, and voluntarily express their views and feelings, prefer being occupied, have a lot ofenergy, and like environments that are stimulating and challenging. Ryckman (2012)observes that extraverts are outgoing, impetuous, daring, assertive, and overriding.Additionally, it has been proved that those with high scores on extraversion undergo extrapositive emotions than the counterparts with lower scores. Cervone & Pervin (2015) note thatextraverts are active in social activities of large groups such as community undertakings,festivities, public demonstrations etc. Personality and participation roles in child bullyingThere are conceivable theoretical links between personality and participant roles in bullying.More Extravert children are most likely to become more popular (a similar case to extravertadults) and thus be more persuaded to assist others than the less extraverted children who are
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