Modern Psychological Studies
Periodical Title
Modern Psychological Studies
Volume
20
Number
1
Page Numbers
pages 1-14
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Date
2014
Abstract
This study examines bullying by focusing on bullies, victims, and witnesses. In an effort to examine long-term correlates of bullying, we asked university students about their experiences with bullying in middle school. We administered a 65 question survey to 191 college students from several university campuses. The survey was made up of the Handling Bullying Questionnaire (Bauman, Rigby & Hoppa, 2008), the Bullying Prevalence Questionnaire (Rigby & Slee, 2003), the Revised Pro-Victim Scale (Rigby, 1997), and 13 researcher created questions which dealt with the participants' experiences with bullying. We hypothesized that rates of bullying would be high and that the long-term correlates of witnessing bullying would be the same as those for being a victim of bullying. Most of the participants reported witnessing acts of bullying and being victims of bullying in middle school. Very few participants reported bullying others. We found non-violent forms of bullying to be the most common. Bullies and witnesses, but not victims, were more likely to say they would intervene to stop a case of bullying. Otherwise, witnesses and victims responded similarly.
Subject
Psychology
Discipline
Psychology
Document Type
article
DCMI Type
Text
Extent
14 leaves
Language
English
Call Number
BF1 .M63 v. 20 no. 1 2014
Rights
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Recommended Citation
White, Loyd; Hammonds, Frank; and Valkyrie, Karena T.
(2014)
"Bullying: Bullies, victims, and witnesses,"
Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 20:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol20/iss1/2
Department
Dept. of Psychology