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The Association of Individual and Contextual Variables with Bullying Victimisation: A Cross-National Comparison between Ireland and Lithuania
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Pitsia, Vasiliki; Mazzone, Angela – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
Bullying victimisation is a reality in most schools around the world, with thousands of students being victimised on a daily basis. Given the prevalence of bullying victimisation at school, examination of what might prompt or prevent such behaviours is required. Therefore, this study examined the relationship of a number of individual and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Prevention, Context Effect
Academic Self-Concept Formation: Testing the Internal/External Frame of Reference Model, Big-Fish-Little-Pond Model, and an Integrated Model at the End of Primary School
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Kavanagh, Lauren – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2020
Given the significant role that academic self-concept plays in students' learning, understanding the psychological processes involved in its formation continues to be an important focus of enquiry. There is strong empirical support for two major models of academic self-concept (ASC) formation: the big-fish-little-pond (BFLP) model and the…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Self Concept, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns
Adolescents' Definitions of Bullying: The Contribution of Age, Gender, and Experience of Bullying
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Byrne, Hollie; Dooley, Barbara; Fitzgerald, Amanda; Dolphin, Louise – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2016
The aim of the present research was to examine adolescents' definitions of bullying in a nationally representative sample of adolescents in Ireland. Definitions of bullying were examined according to age, gender, and bullying experiences. A sample of 4358 adolescents aged 12-19 years (M = 14.99 years, SD = 1.63) provided their definitions of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bullying, Sample Size, Foreign Countries
Skills, Capabilities and Inequalities at School Entry in a Disadvantaged Community
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Doyle, Orla; McEntee, Louise; McNamara, Kelly A. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2012
Socioeconomic inequalities in children's skills and capabilities begin early in life and can have detrimental effects on future success in school. The present study examined the relationships between school readiness and socioeconomic (SES) inequalities using teacher reports of the Short Early Development Instrument (Janus et al. 2005) in a…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Disadvantaged, Hypothesis Testing
Environmental Perception of French and Some Western European Secondary School Students
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Bogner, Franz X.; Wiseman, Michael – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
This paper describes, by focusing on factor analytic structures, pupils' reactions towards the utilisation and preservation of nature. A previously hypothesised model based on these two domains (comprised of 5 primary factors) was shown to be valid for four different Western European pupil samples: CH, D, DK, IRL. The empirical basis of this…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis, Rural Areas
Pupils' Definitions of Bullying
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Guerin, Suzanne; Hennessy, Eilis – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2002
Although there has been a growing interest in research on bullying in the last decade the majority of studies have used definitions of bullying and victimisation derived from researchers' perceptions of the problem. The aim of the present study was to examine pupils' definitions of bullying in school. The participants were 166 pupils in the top…
Descriptors: Bullying, Intention, Urban Areas, Rural Areas