Citation

Nursel Türkmen D, Halis Dokgöz M, Semra Akgöz S, Bülent Eren BN, Pınar Vural H, Oğuz Polat H. Maedica (Buchar) 2013; 8(2): 143-152.

Affiliation

Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Social Studies Applied Unıt, Begun Violence Prevention and Research Center, Cleveland-Ohio, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Magister and Empire Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24371478

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The main aim of this research is to investigate the prevalence of bullying behaviour, its victims and the types of bullying and places of bullying among 14-17 year-old adolescents in a sample of school children in Bursa, Turkey.

Methodology: A cross-sectional survey questionnaire was conducted among class 1 and class 2 high school students for identification bullying.

RESULTS: Majority (96.7%) of the students were involved in bullying behaviours as aggressors or victims. For a male student, the likelihood of being involved in violent behaviours was detected to be nearly 8.4 times higher when compared with a female student.

CONCLUSION: a multidisciplinary approach involving affected children, their parents, school personnel, media, non-govermental organizations, and security units is required to achieve an effective approach for the prevention of violence targeting children in schools as victims and/or perpetrators.

Language: en