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Publication Date: 2015
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Students' Suggestions for Eliminating Bullying at a University
Meriläinen, Matti; Puhakka, Helena; Sinkkonen, Hanna-Maija
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, v43 n2 p202-215 2015
Students' suggestions for how to eliminate bullying at universities were gathered as part of an e-questionnaire sent to each university student (N = 10,551) at a Finnish university. The suggestions (n = 2804) regarding how to address bullying at universities were divided into the following four classes: support (944), punishment (78), support and punishment (65), and no suggestions (1717). Further analysis concerning support revealed the following five categories according to Houses' (1981) classification: instrumental/material support (n = 265), informational support (n = 263), emotional support (n = 139), and appraisal support (n = 69). In addition, there were 208 inexact suggestions regarding how to stop bullying. Analysis concerning resources for help revealed the following five categories: Finnish Students Health Service/student association/police/university priest (120), university teachers (49), other students/peer support (41) and administration (36). In this classification, there were 698 inexact suggestions. This is a sign of the difficulty in addressing bullying situations.
Descriptors: Bullying, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Internet, College Faculty, Social Support Groups, Classification, College Students, Punishment, Health Services, Student Organizations, Police, Clergy, Peer Groups
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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