Abstract
Six hundred and forty three middle school students from Years 8-10, participated in the peer aggression and well-being study.
Over half (59.1%) of the participants indicated that they had either not been a target of an act of aggression or had been on the receiving end of one that was not intended to harm (See Table 1), and over eighty percent (83.8%) self-reported that they did not perpetuate aggressive acts towards peers, or if they did, it was not intended to harm (see Table 2).
However, nearly twenty percent (17.7%) reported that they had been a victim of bullying (i.e. repeatedly experiencing an intentionally harmful act of aggression where there was a power imbalance between victim and bully). By contrast, less than 10 percent (5.7%, n=36) of participants indicated that they had deliberately bullied others.
Over half (59.1%) of the participants indicated that they had either not been a target of an act of aggression or had been on the receiving end of one that was not intended to harm (See Table 1), and over eighty percent (83.8%) self-reported that they did not perpetuate aggressive acts towards peers, or if they did, it was not intended to harm (see Table 2).
However, nearly twenty percent (17.7%) reported that they had been a victim of bullying (i.e. repeatedly experiencing an intentionally harmful act of aggression where there was a power imbalance between victim and bully). By contrast, less than 10 percent (5.7%, n=36) of participants indicated that they had deliberately bullied others.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Publisher | Flinders University |
| Commissioning body | Government of South Australia, Department for Education |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2017 |
Keywords
- Peer aggression
- Bullying
- Middle schools
- School students
- Victims of bullying
- Aggression
