ERIC Number: EJ1019873
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Dec
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0143-0343
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Bullying and Victimization: Predictive Role of Individual, Parental, and Academic Factors
Atik, Gökhan; Güneri, Oya Yerin
School Psychology International, v34 n6 p658-673 Dec 2013
This study explored the roles of individual factors (age, gender, locus of control, self-esteem, and loneliness), parenting style, and academic achievement in discriminating students involved in bullying (as bullies, victims, and bully/victims) from those not involved. Participants comprised 742 middle school students (393 females, 349 males). The results of multinomial logistic regression analysis indicated that a higher locus of control, lower strictness/supervision scores, increased age, and being male increased the likelihood of being a bully; a higher locus of control, higher loneliness score, and a lower acceptance/involvement score increased the likelihood of being a victim; and higher loneliness and psychological autonomy scores and lower acceptance/involvement, strictness/supervision, and academic achievement scores increased the likelihood of being a bully/victim. Although parental style variables play an important role in involvement in bullying, the individual factor loneliness is a more powerful predictor than other predictors in discriminating victims and bully/victims from uninvolved students. Age and gender are stronger predictors than other predictors in discriminating bullies from uninvolved students.
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Middle School Students, Parent Role, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Locus of Control, Self Esteem, Psychological Patterns, Parenting Styles, Academic Achievement, Scores, Predictor Variables, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Nowicki Strickland Locus of Control Scale; Personal Orientation Inventory; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale; Rotter Internal External Locus of Control Scale
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