ERIC Number: EJ1330361
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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Bullying in Pre-Adolescents: Prevalence, Emotional Intelligence, Aggression and Resilience
Bunnett, Emily R.
Issues in Educational Research, v31 n4 p1049-1066 2021
This paper presents current prevalence rates for bullying and victimisation across grades, genders and bullying types. It also explores mean differences in emotional intelligence (EI), aggression and resilience for bullies, victims and bully/victims. A series of one-way analyses were conducted with EI, aggression and resilience as the dependent variables to identify target areas for intervention and prevention. Early intervention is required to reduce the effect of bullying. Of the 704 primary school students who completed this study, 2.6% reported that they bullied others, 53.7% were victims and 35.9% bully/victims. Prevalence differences across bullying types are discussed. As expected, bully/victims displayed lower scores on EI and resilience and were quick to anger. The pattern of results for victims contradicted expectations. Further investigation on target areas for bullies is required in larger samples. Implications for the development of intervention and prevention programs are discussed.
Descriptors: Bullying, Preadolescents, Incidence, Emotional Intelligence, Aggression, Resilience (Psychology), Victims, Early Intervention, Elementary School Students, Scores, Prevention, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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