Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yazd University

2 M.A. in Educational Psychology, Yazd University

3 . Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Firoozabad Branch

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of school bonding in bullying at school. This study was a descriptive-correlational type. The population consisted of all of the students of the junior high schools in Yazd in the academic year 2015-2016. From the population, 365 students (180 female and 185 male) were selected by random cluster sampling method. Data were gathered through School Bonding Scale and the School Bullying Scale and then they were analyzed by using variance analysis and multiple regression analysis methods. Result showed that there was a negative and significant correlation between school bonding and three dimensions of bullying (bullying perpetration, bullying victimization, bullying perpetration/bullying victimization). The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that the school bonding could predict school bullying. Also, the results of analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that there was a significant difference between gender and school bullying, namely the malestudents displayed significantly higher levels of bullying perpetration, bullying victimization, bullying perpetration / bullying victimization, than their female counterparts. The findings demonstrated that strengthen school bonding have a significant impact on the reduction of students' bullying.

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