Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Education (Educational Psychology) in the Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education Faculty of Education at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2012. / Cyberbullying is a new form of bullying and harassment that is also referred to as electronic or online bullying. It may involve the following: sending mean, vulgar or threatening messages or images, posting sensitive or private information online, pretending to be someone else online in order to make a person look bad or intentionally exclude a person from an online group. Viewed as covert psychological bullying conveyed through electronic means it has been identified as the most problematic form of emerging cruelty among adolescents in schools. Existing research studies on cyberbullying suggests that it is increasing at a phenomenal rate and it is not clear whether online perpetrators and victims possess the same characteristic behaviours and psychosocial profiles as their traditional bullying counterparts. However in South Africa there is a paucity of research. The present study seeks to examine the behavioural and psychosocial factors associated with cyberbullying among Grade 8 to 10 learners, in a cross-section of schools, in KwaZulu-Natal. The purpose of the research was to determine: the prevalence of cyberbullying; the relationship between age, gender, rural and urban dichotomy and socioeconomic status of victims and perpetrators of cyberbullying; school personnel’s management of cyberbullying; and the relationship between psychosocial factors and behavioural characteristics and cyberbullying. Two questionnaires were used. The first was a 3-part psychosocial questionnaire and the other a cyberbullying questionnaire (Riebel, Jager, & Fischer, 2008). The data from this study confirms that cyberbullying is prevalent in various forms, in secondary schools, in KwaZulu-Natal. The total sample was N=450. Of which 199 (44.22%) reported that they were victims or perpetrators of cyberbullying. There were 127 (28.22%) who identified themselves as victims and 72 (16.0 %) admitted to be perpetrators. The most frequent form of cyberbullying experienced was rumours and slander using the internet or cellular phone. The electronic communication preferences of participants were: instant messaging (50%); 47% used social networking; about 44% used chatrooms and 32% used email. Females spent more time in chatrooms and sent more instant messages than the males. The results show that friends and fellow learners were responsible for the cyberbullying most frequently. The victims rarely choose to reveal that they were cyberbullied to their teachers. Participants chose their friends as the primary person to talk to about their victimisation while the secondary person was their parents. Teachers were the last person of choice to seek help. Comparison of victims, non-victims, perpetrators and non-perpetrators of cyberbullying on the Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS), indicated that victims of cyberbullying were the most dissatisfied group (9.83%) while perpetrators reported high satisfaction. There was a significant difference between victims and non-victims on their performance on the psychological well-being scale and this was also the case for perpetrators and nonperpetrators of cyberbullying. Victims did not like themselves; expressed a poor sense of self, low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence and had more negative self-perceptions which affected their psychological well-being. They expressed feeling of helplessness, loneliness, sadness, despair, anger, and self loathing. Perpetrators also had strong feelings of worthlessness, guilt, sadness and hopelessness. They were tearful and expressed a loss of interest in daily activities, experienced difficulty cThe behavioural characteristics described by the groups showed considerable variations. Victims of cyberbullying rated themselves highest on being serious and they rated themselves lower on being friendly, emotional, stubborn and happy. Perpetrators of cyberbullying rated themselves highest on being aggressive, nervous, stubborn, happy, awkward and sad. Victims and perpetrators had experienced more difficulty learning to read and were in trouble more often in school than the non-victims and non-perpetrators. Cyberbullying is prevalent in South African secondary schools, among Grade 8, Grade 9 and Grade 10 learners and occurs among males and females, from rich and poor backgrounds, rural and urban areas irrespective of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Implications of these results are discussed with special focus on intervention and management of cyberbullying concentrating on school work and expressed a lack of enthusiasm and motivation.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the dynamics of bullying behaviors of parents towards teachers in the workplace-the school. The topic of parent bullying is under-researched, thus, this study seeks to address and examine the gap in the research. The target population of 130 teachers was taken from a Mid-Atlantic State in suburban Excellence High School . Teachers were provided a survey questionnaire to investigate the extent to which confrontational parents try to bully teachers. Teachers (117) served as respondents and used survey methodology to record their responses. An exploratory, descriptive and confirmatory analysis was used to answer the research questions posed. Specifically, this study sought to answer the following five questions: (1) What types of parent bullying behaviors at school do teachers experience? In what form and how often? (2) What consideration has been given to leaving the teaching profession after a parent-bullying episode? (3) What types of parent bullying behaviors are seen as subtle or blatant by teachers? (4) What triggers initiate a parent-bullying incident? (5) Do teachers' experiences of bullying parents vary according to age, gender, ethnicity, grade level and teaching experience? Nine types of parent behaviors and the demographic variables of teachers were compared which included the teacher's age, gender, ethnicity, number of years of teaching experience, and the teachers' current teaching level were compared. Face-to-face survey administration was used to collect the data. Statistical procedures were conducted and included: One Way ANOVA, Cronbach's Alpha Test for Reliability, and Chi Square . Frequency and percentages were calculated to determine the statistical significance of the findings. The findings indicated a statistical significance between physical assault and male teachers. Further, statistical significance was revealed between property vandalism and gender of teacher, ethnicity, and age variables. Teachers are more likely to be verbally abused by parents ho try to confront teachers. Bullying incidents most often occurred on the Internet, classroom, or school office. Triggers that caused confrontation that indicted statistical significance were: (1) student removal of a student from a sports team, (2) had homework issues, (3) showed low grades on a report card, (4) low scores on a test, and (5) low attendance rates. Teachers reported blatant, out in the open, and in your face behaviors to describe the bullying incident committed by parents. However, despite encountering incidents of bullying by parents, teachers did not consider leaving the profession. Almost half of the teachers surveyed reported experiencing some form of abuse directed toward them by a parent. / Ed. D.

Thesis (M. A.) --University of Limpopo, 2019. / Bullying seems to be prevalent in most secondary schools, and teachers have a daily task of dealing with it. In South Africa, there are many issues which influence teachers’ management of bullying, such as community violence and parental attitudes. Teachers’ abilities to identify and respond to incidents of bullying, and their knowledge of bullying behaviour can have an impact on anti-bullying strategies. Secondary school management as well as parents have a responsibility towards efforts to eliminate bullying in schools. Failure to reduce bullying in secondary schools would result in high failure rates and poor concentration on school work among learners. This study aimed to describe teachers’ perspectives on learner bullying at Schools A and B. This study used Albert Bandura’s (1977) Social Learning Theory which offers a theoretical framework that helped the researcher find meaning in respect of the roles of the bully, victim and offenders. The study followed a qualitative approach, using focus group sessions to collect data in order to explore teachers’ experiences of bullying. The qualitative data were analysed by means of thematic analysis to present the collected data. The responses were recorded in the form of writing. The data was thoroughly structured into themes. Information obtained from respondents was treated with great confidentiality. Purposive and availability sampling were used to identify potential respondents who were asked to volunteer to be part of the study. The research findings specified that teachers experience and observe a wide variety of bullying behaviour which takes place at different sites, both inside and outside the school grounds. Moreover, the teachers conveyed numerous factors which they experienced as pertaining to bullying and emphasised the perceived effects. In addition to this, the participants shared knowledge about their teaching practices and recommended a few approaches on how to deal with bullying more effectively in their schools.

Childhood bullying affects over 25% of today’s youth and causes up to 160,000 missed school days per year. Bullying causes short and long term adverse effects to both mental and physical health. Many organizations encourage healthcare providers to take an active role in bullying prevention. However, there has been little research into the role of primary healthcare providers regarding childhood bullying and the effectiveness of different approaches to screening and management. Therefore the purposes of this dissertation were to a) explore childhood bullying and the role of the healthcare provider in bullying prevention, b) develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of Hensley’s Healthcare Provider’s Practices, Attitudes, Self-confidence, & Knowledge Regarding Bullying Questionnaire. Pediatric healthcare providers were asked to participate in this study if they conducted well-child exams on a weekly basis. Information on the provider’s current bullying assessment practices, attitudes, self-confidence, and knowledge regarding bullying was gathered. Results indicated that approximately one-half (46.6%, n=55) of the healthcare providers reported assessing their patients for bullying behaviors during well-child exams. The strongest predictor of positively assessing for bullying was attitudes, recording an odds ratio of 1.24. This indicated for every one-unit increase in attitudes score, the odds of assessing for bullying will be 24% higher. The odds ratio of self-efficacy or self-confidence was 1.18, indicating that for every one-unit increase in self-efficacy score, the odds of assessing for bullying will be 18% higher.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2018-10-23T18:03:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Sandra Burin Sbardelotto.pdf: 3694700 bytes, checksum: 9cf1e5f789b51bbb8d179b341bad52ee (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-23T18:03:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013 - Sandra Burin Sbardelotto.pdf: 3694700 bytes, checksum: 9cf1e5f789b51bbb8d179b341bad52ee (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-03 / Based on the premise that bullying encompasses a veiled form of violence present in almost all the educational institutions across the globe, we sought in this research not only verify the presence of the phenomenon by the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina - Campus Sombrio, as, also, understand and analyze the phenomenon of school bullying, perform an intervention by an extension work through an awareness campaign with the students of the institution. The methodology of this study was divided into three stages: the first stage, we sought to know the reality of the phenomenon at the Federal Institute Catarinanse, Campus Sombrio. At this stage, it was used as a tool for data collection a semistructured questionnaire, applied in 90 students in the classes of 2nd and 3rd year of High School and Technical Course as well as a consultation with individual records of students - administered by the General Coordination Support Educating. In the second stage, held an intervention with an anti-bullying campaign, with development activities with students in order to discuss, understand, think about the consequences, the protagonists and the importance of fighting him at the Institute. In the third stage, was assessed with the project participants with a questionnaire open. The research showed not only the presence of bullying at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, as well as vertical upwardbullying and cyberbullying. These findings, per si, justify this work and the pursuit of dissertative awareness campaign developed in Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Campus Sombrio. However, as shown by the results, its efficiency depends on the future continuation of the program for a longer period of time, and by implementing and developing new coping strategies and combating school bullying. Put another way, the program requires adjustments: high temporal amplitude and greater involvement of the school community so that its efficiency is assured and its benefits are enjoyed by all involved in the phenomenon of bullying. Thus, it may contribute to the behavioral and personal enrichment of the members of the school community, and the eradication of school bullying. / Partindo-se da premissa de que o bullying encerra uma forma de viol?ncia velada presente na quase totalidade das institui??es de ensino em todo o globo, buscou-se, nesta pesquisa, n?o apenas constatar a presen?a do fen?meno junto ao Instituto Federal Catarinense - Campus Sombrio, como, tamb?m, compreender e analisar o fen?meno do bullying escolar, realizar uma interven??o mediante um trabalho de extens?o atrav?s de uma campanha de conscientiza??o com os alunos da institui??o. A metodologia deste trabalho foi dividida em tr?s etapas: na primeira etapa, buscou-se conhecer a realidade do fen?meno no Instituto Federal Catarinense, Campus Sombrio. Nesta etapa, usou-se como ferramenta de coleta de dados um question?rio semiestruturado, aplicado em 90 alunos das turmas de 2? e 3? anos do Ensino M?dio e do Curso T?cnico, bem como uma consulta ?s fichas individuais dos alunos, ? administrada pela Coordena??o Geral de Apoio ao Educando. Na segunda etapa, realizou-se uma interven??o com uma campanha antibullying, com desenvolvimento de atividades junto aos alunos com o prop?sito de discutir, compreender, pensar nas consequ?ncias, nos protagonistas e na import?ncia de combat?-lo no Instituto. Na terceira etapa, foi feita a avalia??o do projeto junto aos participantes com aplica??o de um question?rio aberto. A pesquisa evidenciou n?o apenas a presen?a do bullying no Instituto Federal Catarinense, como tamb?m o bullying vertical ascendente e o cyberbullying. Estas constata??es, per si, justificam a realiza??o deste trabalho dissertativo e o prosseguimento da campanha de conscientiza??o desenvolvida no Instituto Federal Catarinense, Campus Sombrio. No entanto, conforme mostram os resultados obtidos, sua efici?ncia futura depende do prosseguimento do programa por um per?odo maior de tempo, bem como mediante a aplica??o e o desenvolvimento de novas estrat?gias de enfrentamento e combate ao bullying escolar. Dito de outra maneira, o programa requer ajustes: maior amplitude temporal e um envolvimento maior da comunidade escolar para que sua efici?ncia seja assegurada e seus benef?cios sejam desfrutados por todos os envolvidos no fen?meno do bullying. Dessa forma, o mesmo poder? contribuir para o aprimoramento pessoal e comportamental dos membros da comunidade escolar, e na erradica??o do bullying escolar.

Thesis (M.I.T.)--The Evergreen State College, 2009. / Title from title screen (viewed 7/15/2009). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94).

Thesis (M. A. (Research Psychology)) --University of Limpopo, 2016 / The study investigated prevalence rates and psychological consequences of bullying in schools within the Sekgosese West Circuit, Capricorn District, Limpopo Province. Participants were identified and drawn through stratified random sampling. The final sample consisted of 670 learners enrolled for Grades 8, 9 and 10, 49% of whom fell in the 14-15 years old age group, and 56% being female. Data were collected using a structured, composite questionnaire, within a cross-sectional research design. The results of the study show that most bullies and the bullied-bullies were male learners, and rates of the bullied were evenly split between male and female learners. The largest proportions of bullies and the bullied-bullies were the youngest and the oldest age groups. The oldest group was the largest group of the bullied. The largest proportions of the bullies and the bullied were in grade 8, and the proportion of the bullied-bullies was almost the same in grades 8 and 10, edging the proportion found in grade 9. The investigation also found that learners who were not involved in bullying experienced the least amounts of psychological distress. However, the bullies, bullied and bullied-bullies obtained mean scores that were not statistically different from each other from the measures of psychological distress used in this study. It is concluded from the results of the study that bullying is common in the Sekgosese West Circuit, and its psychological consequences are same for all the learners who involved in bullying one way or another. It is recommended that the study be replicated in other districts of Limpopo, and the context of bullying itself be considered as a candidate for inclusion in future studies. Key words: Bullied, bully, bullied-bully, learners, psychological distress

Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005. / Bibliography: leaves 48-50.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om mobbningen kan påverka hälsa och livskvalitet hos de drabbade. I studien ingick sju personer som utsattes för kränkande behandlingar under sin skolgång. Studien gick ut på att fånga informanternas upplevelse kring mobbningen och därför valdes en kvalitativ inriktning med dataanalys baserad på grounded theory. Informanterna fick fritt berätta om sin upplevelse kring mobbning, i form av en semistrukturerad intervju som innehöll följande moment: hemsituation, skolsituation och livet under och efter mobbningen. Analysarbete resulterade i kärnkategorin ”Samhällsmisslyckande”. Kärnkategorin består av fem överordnade kategorier: ”Bristande föräldraomsorg”, ”Skolpersonals ambivalens”, ”Socialt kaos”, ”Psykiskt lidande” och ”Försämrad livskvalitet”. Studien visade att personer som utsatts för mobbning oftast kommer från otrygga hemmiljöer och har komplexa svårigheter under sin uppväxt där mobbningen är bara en del av dem. Dagens samhälle har inget verktyg mot mobbningen för barn med speciella behov och de åtgärder som vidtas i den riktningen slutar som ett institutionellt misslyckande. / The purpose of this study was to investigate whether bullying can affect the victims’ health and quality of life. Seven participants were studied, who had been subjected to degrading treatment during their schooling. The study went on to capture the participants' experiences concerning bullying and therefore a qualitative approach based on grounded theory was chosen for the data analysis. The participants were free to talk about their experiences of bullying in the form of a semi-structured interview that included the following items: their home situation, school situation and life during and after the bullying. The analytical work resulted in the core category "Societal failure". This core category is composed of five high order categories: "Lack of parental care", "Ambivalence of school staff”, "Social chaos", "Mental suffering" and "Reduced quality of life". The study showed that people who have been subjected to bullying often come from insecure home environments and they have had complex difficulties during their childhood where bullying is just one aspect. Today's society has no tool for preventing the bullying of children with special needs and the measures taken in that direction end up in institutional failure.

No description available.