An Ecological Systems Approach to Bullying Behaviors among Middle School Students in the United States

Autor/in	Lee, Chang-Hun
Titel	An Ecological Systems Approach to Bullying Behaviors among Middle School Students in the United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26 (2011) 8, S.1664-1693 (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260510370591
Schlagwörter	Community Characteristics; Bullying; Models; Parent Participation; Academic Achievement; Systems Approach; Parent School Relationship; Prediction; Middle School Students; High School Students; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Environment; School Districts; Personality Traits; Factor Analysis; Sampling; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Analogiemodell; Elternmitwirkung; Schulleistung; Systemischer Ansatz; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Vorhersage; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; School district; Schulbezirk; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Faktorenanalyse; Korrelation
Abstract	The aim of this study is to identify an ecological prediction model of bullying behaviors. Based on an ecological systems theory, this study identifies significant factors influencing bullying behaviors at different levels of middle and high school. These levels include the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem. More specifically, the ecological factors investigated in this multilevel analysis are individual traits, family experiences, parental involvement, school climate, and community characteristics. Using data collected in 2008 from 485 randomly selected students in a school district, this study identifies a best-fitting structural model of bullying behavior. Findings suggest that the ecological model accounted for a high portion of variance in bullying behaviors. All of the ecological systems as well as individual traits were found to be significant influences on bullying behaviors either directly or indirectly. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10