Perceived Parenting, Self and Psychopathology: Psyche of School Going Adolescent Bully-Victims of Kolkata Metropolitan

School bullying is a still less addressed issue in India and yet an irrevocable phenomenon. The bullyvictim group considered to be a minority has been explored in the present study. Sample size of present study comprised of 211 males and 93 females screened from 813 adolescents as bully-victims, using Adolescent Peer Relations Instrument (APRI) and subsequently categorised into four subgroups keystoned on high and low experiences of bullying and victimization. Participants aged 12–14 years; (class VI-VIII) from Co-education English Medium Day schools of Kolkata Metropolitan were selected. Assessment focused on perceived parental behaviour, anger, self-concept and psychopathology. Data analysis was divided into three phases. For Phase I and II: One way ANOVA complemented by Post Hoc Tukey's H S D was computed respectively for males and females. Results revealed significant differences among the subgroups of male bully-victims with respect to parental behaviour, state anger, trait anger, anger expression-out, social and competence self-concept and externalising behaviour. In females significant differences were obtained in parental behaviour, trait anger, anger expression-out, competence self-concept and prosocial behaviour among the subgroups. Phase III: On comparing the two sexes statistically using matched group and parametric t-test significant differences were obtained on the type of bullying and victimisation, parental behaviour and self-concept. In conclusion study calls for awareness to ameliorate the well being of adolescent bully-victims studying in middle school, for the school is to the child as the society is to the adult.