ERIC Number: ED565009
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015-Dec-16
Pages: 39
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Bullying and School Climate: Associations and Group Differences
Biernbaum, Mark A.; Lotyczewski, Bohdan S.
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Bullying is an international public health problem that school climate could help prevent or promote. The present paper contains an analysis of an anonymous school climate survey, completed by 9554 students, in grades 5-12 (response rate 87%). Links in the literature between school climate and bullying lack specificity. We examined associations between specific school climate domains and bullying; we studied associations between bullying and even more specific school climate issues, among different student groups. We hypothesized that students involved (bullies, victims, bully-victims) would be differentiable from uninvolved students based on school climate, and each involved group would have a distinct climate profile. Results could help in designing prevention and intervention programs. Nearly 30% of students reported involvement. School climate, especially interpersonal relationship quality, was significantly related to bullying (R[superscript 2] = 0.37). Involved groups reported both shared and distinct climate concerns.
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, School Culture, Student Surveys, Elementary Secondary Education, Correlation, Victims, Environmental Influences, Student Participation, School Safety, Interpersonal Relationship, Statistical Analysis, Multivariate Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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