Bullying in school: nature, effects and remedies

Bullying in school: nature, effects and remedies

This review synthesizes recent research on bullying in school, a widespread social problem among school-age children in many countries. It begins with a theoretical examination of the definition of bullying, showing the multifaceted coercive behaviours of bullying. The review proceeds to demonstrate...

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Published in:Research papers in education Vol. 16; no. 3; pp. 247 - 270
Main Authors: Ma, Xin, Stewin, Len L., Mah, Deveda L.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Colchester Taylor & Francis 01-01-2001
Subjects:
Bullies
Bullying
Children
Counseling
Counselling
Educational Environment
Educational institution life
Educational sciences
Elementary Secondary Education
Intervention
Psychosociology of school environment
Quantitative analysis
Risk Reduction
School life
Schools
Social Acceptance
Social problems
Victimization
Victims
Intervention
Prevention
Bullying
Sociology of Education
Violence
School Life
Sex Difference
Victim
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Summary:This review synthesizes recent research on bullying in school, a widespread social problem among school-age children in many countries. It begins with a theoretical examination of the definition of bullying, showing the multifaceted coercive behaviours of bullying. The review proceeds to demonstrate the short- and long-term consequences of bullying for both victims and bullies. The authors outline individual characteristics of victims, bullies and bystanders as well as school characteristics of bullying. The authors examine, from the sociological perspective, the social tolerance of bullying, and provide theoretical bases for explaining bullying behaviours. The review ends with a discussion on successful prevention and intervention programmes of bullying as well as on the counselling aspects of bullying. In addition, the authors examine quantitative and qualitative methods commonly used in the research of bullying, evaluating each method and introducing new, promising quantitative and qualitative methods, and discuss future directions in the study of bullying in school.
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ISSN:0267-1522
1470-1146
DOI:10.1080/02671520126826