An Analysis of Bullying among Students within Schools: Estimating the Effects of Individual Normative Beliefs, Self-Esteem, and School Climate

Autor/inn/en	Gendron, Brian P.; Williams, Kirk R.; Guerra, Nancy G.
Titel	An Analysis of Bullying among Students within Schools: Estimating the Effects of Individual Normative Beliefs, Self-Esteem, and School Climate
Quelle	In: Journal of School Violence, 10 (2011) 2, S.150-164 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-8220
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Least Squares Statistics; Community Centers; Self Esteem; Social Attitudes; Educational Environment; Longitudinal Studies; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; High School Students; Student Attitudes; Predictor Variables; Prevention; Program Effectiveness; Questionnaires; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Colorado; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Schülerverhalten; Prädiktor; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Fragebogen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	The current study examined the relations among self-esteem, approving normative beliefs about bullying, school climate, and bullying perpetration using a large, longitudinal sample of children from elementary, middle, and high school. Self-report surveys were collected at two points in time over the course of 1 year from 7,299 ethnically diverse students (47.8% males, 52.2% females) in 5th, 8th, and 11th grades in 78 schools or community centers across Colorado. Results of ordinary least squares regression analyses indicated that self-esteem, school climate, and normative approval measured at Time 1 significantly predicted self-reported bullying perpetration 1 year later at Time 2, controlling for Time 1 bullying. Further, the effect of self-esteem on bullying perpetration was moderated by perceptions of school climate. When perceptions of school climate were negative (indicating poor school climate), high self-esteem predicted higher levels of bullying perpetration. In contrast, when perceptions of school climate were positive, high self-esteem predicted lower levels of bullying perpetration. The findings are discussed in terms of the need to consider individual and contextual factors and how they interact in understanding and preventing bullying in schools. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10