Catherine R. South|Jane L. Wood
Bullying in prisons: the importance of perceived social status, prisonization, and moral disengagement
University of Kent|University of Kent
aggressive behaviorvolume 32 issue 5 p 490501 research article bullying prisons importance perceived social status prisonization moral disengagement catherine r south corresponding author catherine r south email protected department psychology university kent canterbury ukthe bracton centre bracton lane leyton cross road dartford kent da2 7ap uksearch papers authorjane wood jane wood department psychology university kent canterbury uksearch papers author catherine r south corresponding author catherine r south email protected department psychology university kent canterbury ukthe bracton centre bracton lane leyton cross road dartford kent da2 7ap uksearch papers authorjane wood jane wood department psychology university kent canterbury uksearch papers author first published 26 july 2006 httpsdoiorg101002ab20149citations 57aboutpdf toolsrequest permissionexport citationadd favoritestrack citation shareshare give accessshare full text accessshare fulltext accessplease review terms conditions use check box share fulltext version articlei read accept wiley online library terms conditions useshareable linkuse link share fulltext version article friends colleagues learn morecopy url share linkshare onemailfacebooktwitterlinkedinredditwechat abstract research focused environmental causes bullying prison neglected intrinsic characteristics bullies although importance social status prison noted one factor may influence bullying empirical research yet addressed main aim study investigate whether perceived importance social status prison motivates bullying subsidiary aim exploring whether moral disengagement prisonization influence relationship total 132 adult male prisoners interviewed categorized bully victim bullyvictim involved prevalence bullying high half prisoners victim perpetrator bullying predicted bullying positively related perceived importance social status prisoners involved bullying valued social status furthermore moral disengagement mediated relationship bullying social status prisonization also related perceived importance social status moral disengagement bullying concluded desire achieve social status prison may contribute bullying furthermore prisonized attitudes may instill values social status prisoners may also help facilitate cognitive distortions moral disengagement turn may serve maintain involvement bullying activity aggr behav 32112 2006 2006 wileyliss inc references adler ne epel es castellazzo g ickovics jr 2000 relationship subjective objective social status psychological physiological functioning preliminary data healthy white women health psychol 19 586592 anderson ca bushman bj 2002 human aggression annu rev psychol 53 2751 bandura 1991 social cognitive theory moral thought action wm kurtines jl gewirtz eds handbook moral behaviour development theory research applications hillsdale nj erlbaum pp 71129 bandura 1999 moral disengagement perpetration inhumanities special issue evil violence pers soc psychol rev 3 193209 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