TY - GEN
T1 - Adolescents' experiences, perceptions and attitudes towards bullying
AU - Healey, Jean B.
AU - Dowson, Martin
AU - Nelson, Genevieve F.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The present study investigated student-level (sex, age, and cultural-background) and school-level (school-type and school climate) influences on adolescents' bullying experiences, perceptions, and attitudes. 1403 high school students responded to the School Safety Survey (SSS). Results from the study indicate that, of the student-level factors, sex was most strongly associated with students' experiences of bullying, but that students' age and cultural-background were most strongly associated with their perceptions of, and attitudes towards, bullying. Of the school-level factors, school-type and school climate interacted to influence students' bullying attitudes and perceptions, but school-type alone appeared to influence students' experiences of bullying. This differential pattern of results indicates that a consideration of student- and school-level factors may be important in future bullying-related research and practice.
AB - The present study investigated student-level (sex, age, and cultural-background) and school-level (school-type and school climate) influences on adolescents' bullying experiences, perceptions, and attitudes. 1403 high school students responded to the School Safety Survey (SSS). Results from the study indicate that, of the student-level factors, sex was most strongly associated with students' experiences of bullying, but that students' age and cultural-background were most strongly associated with their perceptions of, and attitudes towards, bullying. Of the school-level factors, school-type and school climate interacted to influence students' bullying attitudes and perceptions, but school-type alone appeared to influence students' experiences of bullying. This differential pattern of results indicates that a consideration of student- and school-level factors may be important in future bullying-related research and practice.
KW - bullying in schools
KW - research
KW - sex differences in education
KW - high school students
KW - attitudes
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36319
M3 - Conference Paper
BT - Australian Association for Research in Education 2005 Conference Papers
PB - Australian Association for Research in Education
T2 - Australian Association for Research in Education. Conference
Y2 - 2 December 2012
ER -
