The aim of the study has been to see if parent- youth relations have an impact on teenagers bullying behaviour and whether we can find any differences between boys and girls. To study this field we have used a quantitative approach using materials from Stockholmsenkäten 2014. In order to analyse the material we have used cross tables, indexes and multivariate cross tables analysis with associated significance test. In this study the attachment theory has been used. The results indicate that parent- youth relations seems to have an impact on teenagers bullying behaviour. The teenagers who bully others are more likely to have a bad parent- youth relations characterized by an insecure attachment to their parents. The opposite tends to apply for those who do not expose others to bullying, these teenagers usually have a good parent- youth relations where they have a secure attachment to their parents. Furthermore the result also indicate that the nature of the parent- youth relations along with if the adolescents expose others to bullying did not differ between boys and girls.

<p>The objective of this study was trying to understand bullying focusing on the bully. The questions at issue were: What can contribute in the making of a bully? What are the benefits and losses in bullying? What are the former bullies’ thoughts on bullying, now in comparison to in their youth. This was investigated with a qualitative approach from a former bullys perspective, hence three former bullies were interviewed. The result was presented in themes and was then analysed from a social psychological and social constructionist perspective. In the discussion the result was also compared to the previous research.</p><p>Results showed that all interviewed former bullies claim to have had a secure childhood. They all moved and transferred to another school, after which the bullying began or escalated. The interviewees or their friends started using tobacco, alcohol and drugs at an early age. They were deviant in several ways and the bullying was a part of their behaviour. The interviewees had a central position in their groups of friends. The interviewees testified that they had been aggressive and had a bad temper.</p><p>The interviewees used the bullying partly to conceal their insecurity. Often the bullying concerned status and struggle for social position. The interviewees did not feel remorse at the time and they did not see them self as bullies. Now they consider that what they did was wrong, but they do not feel guilt.</p>

The objective of this study was trying to understand bullying focusing on the bully. The questions at issue were: What can contribute in the making of a bully? What are the benefits and losses in bullying? What are the former bullies’ thoughts on bullying, now in comparison to in their youth. This was investigated with a qualitative approach from a former bullys perspective, hence three former bullies were interviewed. The result was presented in themes and was then analysed from a social psychological and social constructionist perspective. In the discussion the result was also compared to the previous research. Results showed that all interviewed former bullies claim to have had a secure childhood. They all moved and transferred to another school, after which the bullying began or escalated. The interviewees or their friends started using tobacco, alcohol and drugs at an early age. They were deviant in several ways and the bullying was a part of their behaviour. The interviewees had a central position in their groups of friends. The interviewees testified that they had been aggressive and had a bad temper. The interviewees used the bullying partly to conceal their insecurity. Often the bullying concerned status and struggle for social position. The interviewees did not feel remorse at the time and they did not see them self as bullies. Now they consider that what they did was wrong, but they do not feel guilt.