Taking Action Against Victimisation: Australian Middle School Students' Experiences

Eleni Didaskalou; Grace Skrzypiec; Eleni Andreou; Phillip Slee

doi:10.1017/jgc.2016.3

Taking Action Against Victimisation: Australian Middle School Students' Experiences

Eleni Didaskalou, Grace Skrzypiec, Eleni Andreou, Phillip Slee

College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

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Abstract

Victimisation among students has been identified as a serious problem in Australian schools. This study investigated approaches taken by South Australian middle school students for dealing with victimisation. Over 170 students (aged 11-16) described how they coped with bullying and situations where they needed to take action against bullying. A content analysis of their responses found that students used coping strategies, including: (a) seeking social support, (b) standing up for peers/friends, (c) externalising, (d) nonchalance, (e) sticking up for oneself, (f) problem-solving, (g) submission, (h) reducing tense emotions/assertiveness, and (i) escape. One of the significant findings was that students did not identify school counsellors as a source of coping support, which has implications for their role in addressing incidents of victimisation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	105-122
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
Volume	27
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/jgc.2016.3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2017

Keywords

bullying
coping strategies
school counsellors
students
victimisation

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