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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Bully victim"”.
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Examining the evolution of bully-victim behaviour in South African high school students
Bully-victims have not been studied extensively in the South African context and studies regarding cyber bullying are not keeping up with this widespread of ICTs. There is a large scale of research that focuses on bullying and victimisation, but not much on bully-victims in general which makes it …
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The Utility of the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire in Identifying Stably Peer-Victimized Children
<p>I evaluated the utility of using the Olweus Bully/Victim Questionnaire (OBVQ) in identifying stably peer-victimized children. Participants were 676 fourth grade students from 37 classrooms in ten public schools. Stable peer victims were identified as children who met elevated levels of peer …
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Factors that Influence Mobile Bully-victim Behaviour on Mobile Social Networks: The Case of Facebook
Mobile bullying on social networks is a growing problem in South African public high schools. It is described as a fairly new form of cyber bullying which is conducted using a mobile phone through communication channels such as text messages, emails, Instant messaging and other chat rooms such as …
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Examining the extent to which mobile bully-victim behaviour is a consequence of social integration or aggressive behaviour
The absence of a framework or policy to address bullying in South Africa compels the country to rely on pieces of legislation that are closely related to anti-bullying laws such as the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 and Protection from Harassment Act 71 of 2011. Over-reliance on pieces of legislation …
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Identifying female mobile bully-victim characteristics in selected high schools in South Africa: towards an anti-bullying mobile application
… the majority of learners' years in high school, bullying is one common experience that pervades those years of transitioning to adulthood. The bullying phenomenon has been studied over a few decades and we have basically come to understand that bullying is any situation where a perpetrator, over …
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Bullies And Victims In Middle School
… Michigan participated in this study to assess bully/victim behavior. Sixth and seventh grade students were assessed along a continuum of interpersonal behavior (social information processing, emotion-related regulation, and social skills). The Olweus Bully/Victim measure was used to assess …
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Towards a mobile application to aid law enforcement in diagnosing and preventing mobile bully-victim behaviour in Eastern Free State High Schools of South Africa
Mobile bully-victim behaviour is one cyber aggression that is escalating worldwide. Bully-victims are people who bully others but are also victimised by peers. The behaviour of bully-victims therefore swings between that of pure bullies and pure victims, making it difficult to identify and prevent. …
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Implementing a bully prevention program at the sixth grade level
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine bully-victim behaviors and intervention strategies using case study research design in order to develop and implement a bully prevention program. Participants in this study were limited to students, parents, and teachers on one of three sixth grade teams. …
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Electronic Bullies, Victims, and Bully-Victims: An Examination of Life Satisfaction In Middle School Students
<p>Electronic bullying is considered by many to be the newest form of aggressive bullying behavior. This paper examines the relationships among electronic bullying and victimization and the domains of life satisfaction in middle school students. A total of 843 7th and 8th grade students were …
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An Examiniation of Anti-Bullying Research and Programs: 1988-2002
… paper reviews literature from 1988-2002 on anti-bullying research and anti-bullying programs. It focuses on the research and remedies to bully/victim interactions that are a major contributor to unsuccessful peer relationships among elementary school students. The purpose of this literature …
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Identifying the characteristics of socially integrated mobile bully-victims using a mobile application
The prevalence of mobile bully-victim behaviour is increasing on popular mobile social networks. Mobile bullying is a sub-type of cyberbullying committed using mobile technology. Mobile bully-victims are individuals who exhibit both bullying and victimisation behaviour. While there are different …
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Bullying and self-esteem
… the relationship between the amount of bullying a victim endures and levels of self-esteem of those victims. The sample was made up of of 124 students, 68 male and 56 female, attending a large middle school in a middle-class neighborhood in Southern New Jersey. All of the students were …
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Adult Survivors of Adolescent Bullying: An Exploration of Long Term Effects
Although school bullying has well documented psychological and social consequences for victims, very few studies have explored the long-term correlates in adult survivors of bullying. The current investigation examined results from a survey of retrospective memories of bullying victimization and …
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Rejection Sensitivity and Social Support as Predictors of Peer Victimization among Youth with Psychiatric Illness
… of social support predicted concurrent peer victimization in a sample of adolescents with psychiatric illness. Participants included 43 adolescents, aged 12-18 with diverse psychiatric diagnoses, who were recruited from a summer residential treatment program. Participants completed measures …
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Personality profiles of bully perpetrators and bully victims as a basis for identifying social transactional games
… working with children about issues regarding bullying in childhood and adolescence. By using the Transactional Analysis (TA) theory, this research project aimed to describe possible social transactions that occur between bully perpetrators and bully victims, and to examine these social …
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Teste de atribuição das emoções em situações de bullying - AESB: evidências psicométricas
Bullying is a phenomenon constantly growing, so it is very valuable validation tests that assist professionals from different areas to know how the perception of children against this aggressive behavior. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the evidence of validity and accuracy of the assignment test …
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Potential Empathy Deficits, Motivations, and Desistence in Traditional and Cyber Bullies
Bullying is a serious phenomenon that includes behaviors conducted in a variety of mediums, including face-to-face (i.e. traditional bullying) and through technology (i.e. cyberbullying). This study examined differences between traditional bullies and cyberbullies in empathy deficits, motivation to …
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United We Stand: The Possibilities of Museums, Schools, and Anti-Bullying
… Health and Human Development (NICHD) described bullying as “widespread in American schools.” The results of an extensive survey throughout the United States revealed that over 16% of school children reported that they were recently bullied. As of 2013, the Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum in Ewing, …
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Social-Emotional Processing and Bullying Behaviour
Bullying is a prevalent form of aggressive behaviour that is associated with negative social, emotional, and educational outcomes for children involved in bullying and victimization. Prevalence and negative outcomes associated with bullying has lead researchers to examine potential individual …
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Cyber bullying among Arab American and other ethnic groups and its relationship to self-esteem and academic functioning of middle and high school students
… of the Internet and Smartphones entered cyber bullying, which is prevalent among teenagers. Cyber bullying is defined as “the willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices” (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009, p. 5).</p> <p>The purpose of this …
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