Externalizing Behaviors Moderate the Effect of Bullying Victimization on Bullying Perpetration

Moderated regression analyses of samples of fifth to eleventh grade students (N=54,871 female; N=53,007 male) were used to examine the effects of externalizing behaviors and bullying victimization on bullying perpetration. Results indicated that the interaction of externalizing behaviors and bullying victimization predicted perpetration of both physical and nonphysical bullying.