The article I found is titled Examining Student Responses to Frequent Bullying: A Latent Class Approach by Tracy Evian Waasdorp and Catherine P. Bradshaw. This article is published in the Journal of Educational Psychology. The article discusses bullying and the ways in which students respond to frequent victimization by peers. The study explores whether there are groups of children who display similar patterns of responses to constant bullying. An examination of the patterns of responding, characteristics of victimization, and internalizing or externalizing symptoms are interpreted through data from 4,312 frequently victimized middle school and high school students. The research topic centers around the responses to bullying, while the research question of “Are there similar patterns of responses of bullying based on characteristics of the victimization?” focuses on the specific and patterned responses of frequent victimization. This study requires descriptive research because the study focuses on events occurring in a school to understand what is happening, how it is happening, and how those involved explain the event. The type of data needed for this study is shallow opinions and attitudes because an anonymous online survey is the data collection method of the bullying in a Maryland school district. Students responded to select questions so the researchers could investigate whether students externalized or internalized their problems, evaluate the extent and frequency of victimization, and interpret whether the forms of victimization were direct or indirect. The data collection site is both the sample and the population. I found this type of research to be thorough and detailed. The study successfully investigated the responses of bullying and found four common patterns of responses, which are passive and low, active and support-seeking, aggressive, and undifferentiated. I think the choice to research those who are victimized rather than the perpetrators of the bullying behavior are note-worthy aspects of the research because the study aims to identify improved coping strategies for those experiencing victimization.

Waasdorp, T.E. & Bradshaw, C.P. (2011). Examining Student Responses to Frequent Bullying:     A Latent Class Approach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103(2), 336-352.