Abstract

This study was done to identify group bullying adolescents' psychological traits in narcissistic propensity, dominance, social and academic competition and Machiavellian beliefs according to their group bullying experiences as bullies, victims, bulli-victims and a few-bullying experience. The subjects were 408 male and female junior highschool students in the four junior highschools in K-city. Group Bullying Scale which combined both Bullying-Behavior Scale and Peer-Victimization Scale was administered. Narcissistic personality inventory(NPI), dominance scale, social and academic competition scale(SACS) and kiddie-mach scale were administered. And the four groups' defferences were measured. The results of this study were as follows: First, there were significant differences in the three sub-scales of NPI, entitlement, power and superiority among the four groups. Especially, the highest degree of entitlement and power appeared in the bully group. Superiority appeared most in a few-bullying experience group. Second, there were significant differences in dominance. The bully group showed most dominant among the groups. Third, there was significant difference among the four group in school conscientiousness scores. Fourth, there were significant differences in the scores of Machiavellian beliefs among the four groups. Implications for future researches and bullying prevention programs for school bullies, bully-victim, victims were suggested.