"I Laughed Along for Years But Hated It Inside:" Understanding Nuance in Peer Teasing Experiences Using a Thematic Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Peer teasing is ubiquitous, yet ambiguous in nature. Despite recent attempts to delineate and clarify differences in teasing experienced as playful versus harmful, there remains overlap and complexity in these interactions. In the current study, we present a conceptual model of teasing, which includes many nested features that dynamically interact within a teasing episode. Using this conceptual model to guide our work, the goal of the current study was to use qualitative inquiry to bring further conceptual clarity to the overlap between teasing that is experienced as playful versus harmful.

Method

Using semi-structured interviews, we asked university students (N = 27; 63% female, 18-25 years old) in Ontario, Canada, to describe a teasing interaction from their a

SUBMITTER: Andrews NCZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12682243 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature