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  M (SD) Range 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Individual-level variables
1. Victim 0.16 (0.37) 0.00–1.00              
2. Peer-perceived aggression 0.12 (0.14) 0.00–0.86 0.13***             
3. Well-liked 0.14 (0.09) 0.00–0.54 −0.17*** −0.25***            
4. Popularity −0.02 (0.30) −0.94–0.95 −0.23*** 0.23*** 0.35***           
5. Cooperation 3.84 (0.63) 1.00–5.00 −0.27*** −0.06* 0.13*** 0.18***          
6. Conflict 2.75 (0.80) 1.00–5.00 0.34*** 0.17*** −0.14*** −0.07** −0.45***         
7. Cohesion 2.79 (0.80) 1.00–5.00 −0.18*** −0.08** 0.05* 0.04 0.55*** −0.46***        
8. Isolation 2.84 (0.82) 1.00–5.00 0.25*** 0.13*** −0.08*** −0.003** −0.39*** 0.58*** −0.44***       
9. Belonging 4.22 (0.78) 1.00–5.00 −0.43*** −0.10*** 0.19*** 0.25*** 0.61*** −0.42*** 0.41*** −0.37***      
10. Academic self-esteem 3.54 (0.69) 1.00–5.00 −0.07** −0.10*** 0.06*** 0.004 0.19*** −0.12*** 0.10*** −0.12*** 0.25***     
11. General self-esteem 4.03 (0.73) 1.17–5.00 −0.35*** −0.13*** 0.16*** 0.13*** 0.36*** −0.27*** 0.25*** −0.27*** 0.58*** 0.41***    
12. Social self-esteem 3.60 (0.77) 1.00–5.00 −0.40*** −0.09*** 0.27*** 0.43*** 0.44*** −0.30*** 0.27*** −0.25*** 0.62*** 0.29*** 0.53***   
13. Age 10.60 (0.50) 8.43–12.79 0.01 0.13** −0.09** 0.04 −0.002 0.03 0.04 0.09** −0.02 −0.15*** −0.05* −0.04  
14. Teacher-assigned grade 7.15 (1.36) 2.00–10.00 −0.11*** −0.17*** 0.22*** 0.10*** 0.04 −0.07* −0.08** −0.01 0.12*** 0.45*** 0.16*** −0.14*** −0.30***
  M (SD)   1 2 3           
Classroom-level variables
1. Aggressive popularity norma 0.28 (0.34) −0.41–1.20              
2. Aggressive descriptive norm 0.12 (0.04) 0.05–0.28 0.34**             
3. Classroom size 26.05 (4.25) 18–42 −0.12 −0.41**            

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. aFisher’s z-score correlation