Original scientific paper
Bullying in Croatian Schools with Regard to Gender, Age and Acceptance/Rejection in School
Gordana BULJAN FLANDER
Zorica DURMAN MARIJANOVIĆ
Renata ĆORIĆ ŠPOLJAR
Abstract
The goal of this research was to examine differences in the
manifestation of school bullying behaviours between pupils
of different sex, age and other characteristics. We used The
School Bullying Questionnaire – U[N 2003 (Buljan Flander,
Karlovi}, [timac, 2003) which was constructed by changing
and adapting the Bully/Victim Questionnaire made by Dan
Olweus. This U[N-2003 questionnaire was given to 4904
pupils in fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades in 25
elementary schools in the Republic of Croatia. The results
show that: school boys manifest significantly more bullying
behaviours than girls; the oldest pupils in seventh and eighth
grades (13 and 14-year-olds) bully younger pupils; rejected
pupils show more bullying behaviours than accepted ones.
The interactional influence of gender and
acceptance/rejection in school was emphasized. We find that
acceptance/rejection in school has significantly increased
bullying behaviours exercised by boys than by girls. These
results were obtained on a big national sample of Croatian
pupils. Therefore, we have considered the practical
implications of these results.
Keywords
bullying; bullies; Croatian schools; aggressive behaviours; acceptance/rejection in school
Hrčak ID:
18925
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2007.
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