Research

Delayed Injury Resulting from Bullying in School

Sandra Val Flatten has gone through cases about school bullying from the Norwegian court system. She discovered that none of the claimants (victim of bullying) has succeeded in a claim for compensation against the local authority school where the basis for the claim is delayed injury as a result of bullying during school hours.

16.04.2008

Research

Swedish National Agency for School Improvement

A study programme on combating bullying designed for teachers gives credit points at University / College level. Bullying – School Practice and Research is the name of the programme. It gives 7.5 Credits.

16.04.2008

Research

Anti-bullying Education and Bullying Prevention Programme Evaluation in Sweden

Background

On the 15th of February, 2007, the Swedish Education Ministry announced funding for a major initiative on bullying. Minister for Education Jan Björklund set the tone by declaring that “not a single pupil should ever be afraid to go to school”. Funding amounting to 40 million crowns (4.3 million euro) was earmarked for a two-pronged project. A final report is to be submitted to the Minister of Education by October, 2010.

04.09.2007

Research

Bullying and health complaints in children an overview from international research in the field.

Research in Norway shows that approximately 10 % of all children and adolescents in Norwegian schools are bullied 2 - 3 times a month or more often. The prevalence gradually decreases with increasing age for both sexes. Exposure to bullying is related to numerous health complaints, and results from cross-sectional and prospective studies generally show a statistically significant association between victimization signs of poor mental and somatic health. Individuals who are both a bully and a victim seem to be particularly vulnerable. Girls also report more health complaints than boys. The problems can last for several years after the bullying ended, but there is still a lack of studies investigating causal mechanisms and long-term effects.

31.08.2007

Research

Austria

The relevance of the school class as social unit

Prevalence rates of bullying and victimization in schools are usually reported for the whole school sample under study and not on a school-class level.

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08.08.2007

Research

Bullying among pupils at primary and secondary schools

The goal of research was to map occurrence of bullying and aggressive behaviour among pupils from the second levels of primary schools and all types of secondary schools and thus:

· to familiarize public with current status – extension of bullying

· to try to find possible means of protection against bullying

· to start nation-wide debate concerning this important problem

19.06.2007

Research

State school inspection- 2004-2005

Occurrence of bullying

The Research Institute of Child Psychology and Pathopsychology in collaboration with the State school inspection has carried out a survey of bullying in 51 primary schools, 6 secondary technical schools, 7 composite secondary schools, 13 secondary vocational schools in Slovakia. Part of this bullying survey was a questionnaire for pupils from 6th and 8th grades of primary school, 1st and 3rd grades of secondary schools and structured interview with school’s director.

26.04.2007

Research

Programmes aimed at improving the well-being of Norwegian pupils

In 2006 two Norwegian directorates published a report and an evaluation of school programmes aimed at preventing various problems in schools. Different research groups had evaluated programmes used in Norwegian schools, looking for the one's with the best effects on:

the learning environment
social competence
preventing problem behaviour
alcohol and drug prevention (not translated)

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18.10.2006

Research

Germany

Research on Bullying and Violence in Schools in Germany - an overview

In Germany, distinctive research on bullying and violence in schools and during childhood and youth began in the early nineties of the last century. Until today, many studies have been carried out and hundreds of field reports and personal experiences are published. Researchers come from all fields of educational sciences and pedagogy, from health sciences, sociology, psychology, urbanistic research, media sciences and - in the last years - from criminology.

05.10.2006

Research

Bullying in upper secondary schools - An analysis of five Norwegian surveys

Through "Manifesto against bullying" ^[1] much attention has been drawn to the surveying, prevention and tackling of bullying in the school, particularly primary and lower secondary schools. This article presents the main findings of the analysis of the five surveys carried out in the period 1993 – 2004. The theme of these surveys was bullying in upper secondary schools. The first part of the article concentrates on how the research findings concerning the extent of bullying amongst students, was collected in and presented. The second part shows which results from the surveys are presented, and this forms a basis for a debate and the formulation of conclusions concerning what can be said to be the prevalence of bullying in upper secondary schools.

05.10.2006

Research

Belgium

The Flemish School-based anti-bullying programme

This intervention was developed from the principles of the Scandinavian school-based anti-bullying programme by Dan Olweus and the information drawn from the DFE Sheffield anti-bullying project.

16.06.2006

Research

Belgium

Cyberbullying among youngsters in Flanders

Cyberbullying is bullying by means of new information and communication technologies (i.e. primarily the internet and mobile phones). Examples that come to mind are anonymous flame or hate emails, abuse by instant messaging, breaking into an email account and changing the password, text message harassment and defamatory personal websites.

19.01.2006

Research

ConnectOSLO - A Broad Approach to Preventing and Reducting Problem Behaviour

The main aim of the project was to develop, implement and evaluate a whole school approach to preventing and reducing problem behaviour in general, but particularly discipline problems, off-task behaviour and bullying. A key research question was whether the programme had short and longer-term effects on pupils’ level of disobedience and off-task behaviour, victims and offenders of bullying.

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20.12.2005

Research

National Study of School Bullying

The aim of this study was to examine the nature of bullying( jiime), and the question of causes. Further the research project tried to capture how children, teachers, and parents conceive bullying and take action towards bullying. The results from the study were used to understand the present condition of bullying at a local level.

20.12.2005

Research

Japan

The Study on Problematic Behavior among Children

This study began in 1985, and has been continuing for the last 20 years.The aim of the study is to grasp the situation of incidents of 'bullying [ijime]'and 'violence'. Further to judge whether the measure used is appropriate, and to report the results to MEXT through the local boards of education.

01.12.2005

Research

Poland

Diagnosing Aggression and Violence in a School Environment

In order to measure the scale of aggression and violence in a school environment, the Ministry of National Education has sponsored three rounds of research into this phenomenon in various types of schools.

06.11.2005

Research

Israel

School Violence in Israel: A National Survey

The aim of this study was to inform national policy makers of the extent of violence in Israeli schools. School violence was broadly defined and the study examined a long list of behaviors intended to cause either psychological or physical harm to students or school staff.

06.11.2005

Research

Japan

Sociological Study of the Structure of “Bullying Groups”

In this study the "four-tiered structural theory of bullying groups" was adopted as an explanatory model. This is a theoretical model that views the phenomenon of bullying not only as a problem between bullies and victims, but as a process of group dynamics in which reinforcers and onlookers play a significant role.

29.10.2005

Research

Japan

Cross-national Comparative Study of Bullying and School Violence

The main purpose of this cross-national study was to reconfirm that bullying is not the problem of a particular society or country, but a universal problem. The study also intended to specify the universal qualities of bullying as well as its particular features in a local context by using the same materials developed by researchers from all participating countries.

05.09.2005

Research

Australia

A Meta-Evaluation of Methods and Approaches to Reducing Bullying in Pre-Schools and Early Primary Schools in Australia

The main focus of this study was on interventions to reduce bullying amongst very young children in kindergartens. In some cases information relating to older children was included as the approaches described were similar in some ways to those used with younger children.

05.09.2005

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Pilot Study PALS – a School-wide Program for Positive Behaviour, Support, Interaction and Safety

The main purpose of this study was to determine whether the school-wide program actually resulted in the anticipated positive effects on the students' social competence, their academic skills, the occurrence of problem behaviour and the, environment and social climate.

02.09.2005

Research

Anti-bullying Policy Documents – Are They Effective?

The aim of this doctoral thesis is to describe, analyse and interpret the content of comprehensive school texts against peer bullying, which are influenced by international conventions, laws and school documents, research in the field and organisations against peer bullying.

05.11.2005

Research

The Practice of Inclusion and Exclusion: A Study of Child Relations in School

This study demonstrates how children use their school-life, as organised by adults, as a resource in organising their social life and creating peer-cultures. It contributes to greater knowledge of how children, through their relational work, handle their social life at school, and on this basis, how children are excluded from fellowship with other children.

01.09.2005

Research

Republic of Slovenia

Bullying among Children and Young People

The purpose of the present study was to collect data on the prevalence of school bullying in Slovenia. The adapted form of Olweus’ questionnaire was used to assess children’s experiences of bullying, victimisation, intervention, teacher responses and communication with teachers and parents.

01.09.2005

Research

Republic of Slovenia

Lives of Young, Second-Generation Migrants in Ljubljana

The aim of this research was to compare the extent of criminal activity, misdemeanors, use of violence and related phenomena perpetrated by various national groups, autochthonous inhabitants and migrants in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Among other things, the project estimated the level of inclusion/exclusion of young, second generation immigrants and analysed their participation in officially known and unknown deviance and crime.

01.09.2005

Research

Determining the Occurrence of Bullying

The goal of this research project was to document the occurrence of bullying in every inspection in basic and secondary schools. The research examined various aspects of the problem, including different forms of bullying, frequency of occurrence, possible measures to prevent and stop the problem, and regional specifics derived from the selected sample of respondents. The research sample consisted of schools from eight municipalities in the Slovak Republic.

01.09.2005

Research

Survey of Bullying in Basic Schools in the Slovak Republic

This survey examined the circumstances of the dissemination of the bullying phenomenon in basic schools. A qualitative questionnaire with closed and open questions was designed, and 2776 pupils from the seventh and eighth grades of basic school took part in the survey.

01.09.2005

Research

The Social-Pathological Problems of Youth in the Slovak Republic

This survey sought to shed light on several social-pathological phenomena in the Slovak Republic. About 950 respondents aged 15 to 26 years from throughout Slovakia took part in the survey.

14.06.2005

Research