Coping with Verbal and Social Bullying in Middle School

Autor/inn/en	Donoghue, Christopher; Almeida, Angela; Brandwein, David; Rocha, Gabriela; Callahan, Ian
Titel	Coping with Verbal and Social Bullying in Middle School
Quelle	In: International Journal of Emotional Education, 6 (2014) 2, S.40-53 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2073-7629
Schlagwörter	Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Elementary School Students; Parochial Schools; Bullying; Middle Schools; Coping; Help Seeking; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Middle School Students; Student Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Victims; Statistical Distributions; Gender Differences; Regression (Statistics); Least Squares Statistics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Konfessionsschule; Mobbing; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Bewältigung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Middle schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerbefragung; Messdaten; Reliabilität; Victim; Opfer; Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	Becoming a victim of verbal and social bullying in middle school can lead to illness, psychological stress, and maladjustment. The coping strategies that students utilize when they are bullied may influence the likelihood and severity of these negative effects. In this study, we examined the predictions made by students in two middle schools about the ways that they would cope with becoming a victim of verbal and social bullying. We also analyzed influences for coping strategies and student willingness to seek help with bullying at school. The results show that middle school students generally expect that they will utilize adaptive approach strategies in trying to solve the problem or obtain support from others, but those who had been victimized in the last month were more likely than those not involved in bullying, to predict that they would engage in maladaptive avoidance coping strategies if victimized in the future. Willingness to seek help was found to be enhanced by approach coping strategies, less aggressive attitudes, and lower perceptions of school bullying. Policy implications for efforts to encourage approach coping strategies in middle school students through educational interventions and school counseling are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01