The association between bullying, domestic maltreatment, and personality traits among adolescents within a group of Armenian schools in Lebanon

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The aim of this study was to identify the association between bullying, child domestic maltreatment, and personality traits among adolescents within a group of Armenian schools in Lebanon. Participants were 185 students in grades 7 to 10, attending Armenian schools in Beirut and its suburbs. The study depended on the self-report method, where participants supplied demographic information and filled in three questionnaires: Illinois Bully Scale, International Child Abuse Screening Tool – Children’s Version (ICAST – CH) and Personality Inventory for DSM-5 Brief Form (PID-5-BF) Child Age 11 – 17. Results, calculated by using ANOVA and Pearson correlation, indicated a statistically significant difference at the level of physical abuse between “victim” and “control” groups. Also, there were significant correlations between the “antagonistic” and “disinhibition” maladaptive personality traits and being a bully. The outcome of this study indicated the necessity of entailing parental and school guidance for preventing physical abuse ,as well as concentrating on identifying the bully personality implicated in antagonism and disinhibition maladaptive personality traits within a group of adolescents attending Armenian schools in Lebanon