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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Bullying Behavior"”.
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An exploration of communication and bullying behavior
… one is what motivates an individual to engage in bullying behavior and/or become a bully. Research statement two is the bully’s situational perceptions of bullying. Quantitative and qualitative research was implemented to set up the context and situation for underlying themes from the in-depth …
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A Comparison of Perceptions of Students, Parents and School Personnel Regarding Bullying Behavior
… STUDENTS, PARENTS AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL REGARDING BULLYING BEHAVIOR Joan Buchar July 2, 2004 52 Pages Directed by: Richard W. Wilson, J. David Dunn, Lisa L. Lindley Department of Public Health Western Kentucky University Bullying in America's schools is a problem that is, at best, a nuisance and at …
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The Student's Perspective: Exploring Ethnic Group Variances in Bullying Behavior Using Mixed Methods Research
<p>Although bullying is a widely recognized problem among school-aged youth, current research has failed to adequately consider whether ethnicity impacts students' involvement in, and perceptions of, bullying behaviors. This study employed a mixed methodology to examine how an ethnically diverse …
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Empathy As A Moderator Of Adolescent Bullying Behavior And Moral Disengagement After Controlling For Social Desirability
… has on the associations between adolescent bullying behavior and moral disengagement after controlling for social desirability (e.g., response bias). 676 students in 7th and 8th grade from a suburban middle school in Southeast Michigan participated in this study in the fall of 2012. </p> …
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Relational Aggression, Social Aggression, and Antisocial Personality Features: An Investigation of Bullying Behavior in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders
Bullying is a destructive subtype of aggression that can take direct and indirect forms. This study investigated relationships between two indirect forms of bullying (relational aggression and social aggression), the aggressor's level of interpersonal maturity, and antisocial personality features …
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An Economic Analysis of Children's Behavior and Academic Experiences in Canadian Schools
… empirical evidence of the school performance, bullying behavior, and language immersion of children in four chapters of the Ph.D. thesis. In the first chapter, the academic performance of children of immigrants is compared with that of their classmates of Canadian-born parents. The comparison …
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Bullying in college and relation to self-esteem and parenting styles
<p>This study investigates bullying in college and the relationship of bullying and self-esteem in the victims of bullying, as well as the relationship of parenting styles to bullying behavior. The study utilized <em>N</em> = 85 undergraduate students from a midsize northeastern university. The …
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Gender differences associated to style and type of bullying
… show more indirect and relational aggression bullying behavior, while boys will show more direct and physically aggressive bullying behavior (Bjorkqvist, Lagerspetz, & Kaukiainen, 1992). Girls prefer indirect aggression because they can manipulate others; while boys prefer direct aggression …
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Predictors of Bullying Behaviors Among Adolescents in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Self-Esteem, Emotional Intelligence and Moral Disengagement
<p>Problem</p> <p>Bullying issues are increasing among school-age children worldwide. Children and adolescents involved in bullying as victims, perpetrators, or both are likely to experience negative consequences on their emotional, social, and academic levels (Espelage & Holt, 2001). In spite of …
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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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Children’s Positive Peer Relationships and their Bullying Behaviors: A Latent Profile Analysis
… who maintain social resources despite bulling behaviors (e.g., van der Ploeg et al., 2020). Both reciprocated and one-sided (i.e., received and sent) positive peer nominations were used to distinguish socially meaningful subgroups. Participants included 659 children from 34 classrooms (M Age = …
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Perbedaan perilaku bullying ditinjau dari tipe pola asuh orang tua pada siswa-siswi MTsN 2 Kediri
… awal yang sekarang sering diberitakan di media. Bullying adalah sebuah tindakan atau perilaku agresi dan negatif yang dipelajari seseorang atau sekelompok orang untuk menyakiti orang lain secara berulang kali. Penelitian ini dilakukan di MTsN 2 Kediri untuk mengetahui perbedaan tingkat perilaku …
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Cyberbullying: When Bullies Follow You Home.
Researchers have studied adolescent bullying behavior since the 1970s, however, today's technological advances have opened the door to a new form of abuse. Teens can no longer escape the wrath of their bullies once they have left the school grounds, because bullies are following them home. …
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An exploratory study on the impact of alternative approaches to the treatment of bullying at the middle/high school level in a southern New Jersey public school district
… treatment and one curricular treatment on bullying behaviors within the context of a southern New Jersey school district. In the first study, 1280 middle school students were surveyed in the beginning of the school year and again at the end, after comprehensive treatment methods were …
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The initial construction of a roasting measure and examination of the associations among roasting, verbal bullying, social anxiety, and depression
… (Foster, 1974; Smitherman, 1977, 2000). Although bullying is receiving much attention in news and scholarship, what is largely overlooked among developmental scholars that might provide insight into the bullying behavior of school-age youth is roasting. Roasting and verbal bullying are not …
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The effects of character education on the behavior of 5th grade students
… education lessons to (a) decrease negative behaviors and (b) increase positive behaviors. Three character education lessons were taught over the period of one school week. Students completed reading, writing, and listening activities both collaboratively and independently. The focuses of …
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Examining the influence of hyperactive-impulsive symptoms, self control and peer competence on peer victimization and engagement in bullying
… of being victimized by peers and engaging in bullying behaviors (Unnever & Cornell, 2003;Wiener & Mak, 2009). In particular, the specific social skills of peer competence and self-control were examined to determine if there was a mediating or indirect effect on peer victimization or engagement …
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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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Bullying Behaviours, Helping Behaviours and the Academic Performance of Pupils with Disabilities Enrolled in Primary Schools in Tanzania.
The study aimed at investigating Bullying Behaviours, Helping Behaviours and Academic Performance of Pupils with Disabilities Enrolled in Primary Schools in Tanzania. It was deemed that pupils with disabilities encounter problems some of which are associated with bullying. The study was conducted …
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