Bullying and Homophobia in UK Schools: A Perspective on Factors Affecting Resilience and Recovery

Autor/inn/en	Rivers, Ian; Cowie, Helen
Titel	Bullying and Homophobia in UK Schools: A Perspective on Factors Affecting Resilience and Recovery
Quelle	In: Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education, 3 (2006) 4, S.11-43 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-0889
Schlagwörter	Sexual Orientation; Foreign Countries; Homosexuality; Victims of Crime; Bullying; Social Attitudes; Social Bias; Educational Environment; Peer Relationship; Suicide; Self Destructive Behavior; Emotional Response; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Negative Attitudes; Affective Behavior; Comparative Analysis; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Self Esteem; Longitudinal Studies; Personality Traits; Violence; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexuelle Orientierung; Ausland; Homosexualität; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Mobbing; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Peer-Beziehungen; Selbstmord; Self destrucive behaviour; Selbstzerstörung; Emotionales Verhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Negative Fixierung; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Gewalt; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article reports the results of a three-year study focusing on the experiences of a sample of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people in the United Kingdom who were victimized by their peers at school. Data collected from 190 LGBs suggested that experiences of victimization at school were both long-term and systematic, and were perpetrated by groups rather than by individuals. Subsequently, data collected from a sub-sample of 119 participants indicated that over 50 percent had contemplated self-harm or suicide at the time they were being harassed, and that 40 percent had engaged in such behavior at least once. As adults, participants were found to exhibit symptoms associated with negative affect when contrasted with heterosexual and non-victimized LGB peers. Seventeen percent exhibited symptoms associated with PTSD. However, the results also demonstrated that the majority of participants did not differ significantly from comparison groups in terms of self-esteem, and they had a positive attitude towards their sexual orientation. These findings are discussed with reference to the current literature about the development of resilience following exposure to violence and trauma. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10