School Climate and Bullying Prevention Programs

Author(s):  
Jun Sung Hong ◽  
Dorothy L. Espelage ◽  
Jeoung Min Lee
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri W Rahmawati

Abstract –The aim of this study was to examine the role of conscientiousness personaity trait and school climate toward bullying. A sample of 616 senior high school students from five regions in Jakarta were acquired for this study using cluster random sampling technique. The NEO PI-R Scale, The School Climate Scale, and The Scale of Bullying were used in this study. The research hypothesized that there would be a significant negative correlation between the personality trait and school goals and norms on bullying. The study found that conscientiousness personality trait and school goals and norms in school settings have significant negative correlations to bullying. Regression test results indicated that conscientiousness trait and school goals and norms contributed 4.2% and 3.8% on bullying.  It was concluded that to obtain the optimal results, bullying prevention programs in schools should consider improving students’ personality trait and the school climate.Abstrak — Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap peran trait kepribadian dan iklim sekolah terhadap perundungan. Riset terhadap 616 siswa yang berasal dari lima wilayah provinsi DKI Jakarta dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik sampling kluster acak. Skala NEO PI-R, Skala Iklim Sekolah, serta Skala Perundungan digunakan sebagai alat ukur dalam penelitian ini. Hipotesis penelitian ini adalah terdapat hubungan negatif yang signifikan antara aspek (trait) kepribadian conscientiousness dan tujuan dan norma sekolah terhadap perundungan. Hasil riset  membuktikan hipotesis yang telah ditegakkan, yaitu aspek kepribadian conscientiousness serta tujuan dan norma sekolah memiliki korelasi negatif yang signifikan terhadap perundungan. Hasil uji regresi menunjukkan bahwa sifat kepribadian conscientiousness memberikan kontribusi sebesar 4.2 % terhadap perilaku perundungan pada siswa; sementara peran tujuan dan norma sekolah terhadap perundungan adalah sebesar 3.8 %. Dapat disimpulkan bila pencegahan perundungan di sekolah perlu memperhatikan pengembangan kepribadian siswa, maupun pembenahan iklim sekolah agar memeroleh hasil optimal.


2020 ◽  
pp. 001312452097209
Author(s):  
Nooshin Salimi ◽  
Akram Karimi-Shahanjarin ◽  
Forouzan Rezapur-Shahkolai ◽  
Behrooz Hamzeh ◽  
Ghodratollah Roshanaei ◽  
...  

School violence and bullying are considered a serious concern worldwide. Evidence shows that applying the Health Promoting Schools (HPS) framework could be effective in reducing school bullying. While there have been significant efforts to evaluate school-based anti-bullying interventions in the world, the implementation process and the effectiveness of this framework in reducing bullying in schools have not been previously evaluated in Iran. This mixed methods study was carried out using simultaneously a cross-sectional (900 students, 104, teachers/school executive staff, and 563 parents) and qualitative study (24 policy makers and teachers/school executive staff) to examine the implementation and effect of counseling and mental health services component of the Iranian Health Promoting School (IHPS) in 2017–2018. Results revealed that there were weaknesses in the implementation of all six elements of anti-bullying programs. A lack of any clean policy toward school violence and bullying, lack of priority set by local decision makers and principals of schools, logistical problems with providing training and supplying counseling resources, limited funding, and presence of competing issues and problems facing the schools were identified as barriers to implement violence and bullying prevention programs in schools. Results also showed that there were no significant differences between non-IHPS and IHPS in students’ bullying behaviors ( p = .228) and scores of leadership, the school environment, capacity, partnership, services and support, and evidence ( p > .05). It is essential to revise the content and how to implement anti-bullying programs in schools.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Lindstrom Johnson ◽  
Tracy Evian Waasdorp ◽  
Katrina Debnam ◽  
Catherine P. Bradshaw

In order to reduce aggressive responses to bullying, schools nationwide have begun to implement bullying prevention programs that advise students to tell an adult, walk away, or ask the bully to stop. While previous work has demonstrated that individual differences (e.g., gender) influence the likelihood of students choosing assertive responses in lieu of aggressive responses, there has been less research on understanding how aspects of the school climate affect students’ responses to bullying. This study explores how perceptions of teacher and student intervention as well as perceptions of school safety and connectedness influence students’ likelihood of responding aggressively (i.e., retaliating) or seeking support from an adult. These data come from an online school climate survey administered to 25,308 students in 58 high schools. Three-level hierarchical linear modeling was conducted on a subset of 6,493 students who reported being bullied in the past year. Results suggest that bystander perceptions and school climate play a role in influencing students’ responses to bullying, both by decreasing the likelihood of victims using an aggressive response and increasing their likelihood of seeking support from school staff. Interventions that focus more holistically on changing school climate may better interrupt the cycle of violence.


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