@ARTICLE{Popyk_Anzhela_Relationship_2024, author={Popyk, Anzhela and Pustułka, Paula and Wójcik, Małgorzata and Mondry, Maria}, number={No 2}, journal={Studia Socjologiczne}, pages={139-157}, howpublished={online}, year={2024}, publisher={Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii PAN}, publisher={Komitet Socjologii PAN}, publisher={Wydział Socjologii UW}, abstract={Bullying has long-lasting consequences for mental and physical health as well as relationships, but little is known about how bullying experiences at school-age impact social behaviors–and particularly social attachment–in adulthood. This qualitative study investigates the relationship between experiencing school bullying and social attachment patterns in early adulthood. The analysis comprises a retrospective study of young adults in Poland (n = 20) who were interviewed to investigate possible connections between their peer bullying experiences and current social lives. The findings reveal three major social attachment patterns in adulthood: social cushioning, anxious withdrawal, and desperate friendship-seeking. In the first pattern, a person acquires emotional and social security through attachment to a small peer circle. In the second, a young adult prefers solitude or limited social contact to avoid further negative experiences. In the third, a person seeks to be socially recovered and approved despite multiple failures and rejections.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Relationship Between School Bullying Victimization and Social Attachment Patterns in Adulthood}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/131934/PDF-MASTER/07_Popyk_Pustulka%20i%20inn_archivr.pdf}, doi={10.24425/sts.2024.151014}, keywords={bullying, school violence, peer relation, attachment pattern, early adulthood}, }