“That’s how everything started to click” – the contextual factors shaping the bullying experience from the former victims’ perspective

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dc.abstract.enBullying is a multifaceted phenomenon requiring a wide-angle view considering the social, institutional, and cultural factors. The primary objective of the present study is to acquire in-depth insights into the narratives of former bullying victims, identify important contextual factors, and gain a better understanding of their influence on the formation of a comprehensive lived experience. Thus, this study employed the interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). The research sample comprised of nine polish women (21–34) who had experienced bullying during their education for more than six months. Results offer empirical insights into the underlying factors beyond bullying behavior, rooted in social reality (e.g., interpersonal relationships within social networks, understanding of intentionality, social support) and in perceived outcomes (e.g., suffered harm, unpleasant emotions, secondary losses). We identified the shared characteristics of bullying experiences and coded and themed them into the following categories: exclusion, double-dealing, intimate humiliation, self-image attack, and aggressive self-defense.
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dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Katowicach
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Społecznych w Warszawie
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Społecznych
dc.contributor.authorMróz, Jakub T.
dc.contributor.authorWójcik, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.authorPustułka, Paulina
dc.date.access2025-08-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-10T08:33:56Z
dc.date.available2026-06-10T08:33:56Z
dc.date.created2025-06-11
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical1-22
dc.description.sdgGoodHealthAndWellBeing
dc.description.sdgQualityEducation
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume39
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09518398.2025.2539360
dc.identifier.eissn1366-5898
dc.identifier.issn0951-8398
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1921
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09518398.2025.2539360
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki socjologiczne
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
dc.share.articleOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.enschool bullying
dc.subject.envictimisation
dc.subject.enbullying experience
dc.subject.eninterpretative phenomenological analysis
dc.subject.encontextual factors
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dc.title“That’s how everything started to click” – the contextual factors shaping the bullying experience from the former victims’ perspective
dc.title.journalInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle