Journal article
Adolescent Bullying, Dating, and Mating
Abstract
Traditionally believed to be the result of maladaptive development, bullying perpetration is increasingly being viewed as a potentially adaptive behavior. We were interested in determining whether adolescents who bully others enjoy a key evolutionary benefit: increased dating and mating (sexual) opportunities. This hypothesis was tested in two independent samples consisting of 334 adolescents and 144 university students. The data partly …
Authors
Volk AA; Dane AV; Marini ZA; Vaillancourt T
Journal
Evolutionary Psychology, Vol. 13, No. 4,
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
December 1, 2015
DOI
10.1177/1474704915613909
ISSN
1474-7049