Journal of Criminology

Research Article

Attachment to Parents and Peers as a Parameter of Bullying and Victimization

Table 2

Hierarchical regression analysis predicting bullying and victimization from parents’ and peers’ quality of relationship.
 Dependent measures
  BullyingVictimization
Step  1 β β
Mother trust −.06 −.02 
Mother communication−.13*  .07 
Mother alienation−.01 .12 
Father trust −.02 −.05 
Father communication−.01 −.01 
Father alienation.17**  .16** 
Peers trust−.25** −.39** 
Peers communication−.09  −.10 
Peers alienation.07 .16.15**.24
Step  2 β β
Gender × mother trust−.07  .01 
Gender × mother communication−.03 .00 
Gender × mother Alienation.10 .07 
Gender × father trust−.08 −.01 
Gender × father communication .09 .01 
Gender × father alienation.18** .20** 
Gender × peers trust−.29**  −.42** 
Gender × peers communication.08 .14 
Gender × peers alienation.10.05−.48** .04
P < .05 and **P < .01.