Agreement among students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of victimization by bullying

Michelle K. Demaray, Christine K. Malecki, Stephanie M. Secord and Kelly M. Lyell

Children and Youth Services Review, 2013, vol. 35, issue 12, 2091-2100

Abstract: Bullying is a growing problem in many schools today, and accurate perceptions of bullying and victimization in schools are necessary in order for programs aimed at intervention for bullying behaviors to be effective. The current study examined agreement among students', teachers', and parents' perceptions of victimization across gender and grade level by surveying 137 students in grades 3–8, and their parents and teachers using a common measure of bullying. Overall, students reported the highest levels of victimization, and teachers reported the lowest levels of victimization. This pattern was consistent across gender, but inconsistent across grade level. Students and parents had moderate agreement correlations on levels of victimization, whereas teachers and students had low agreement correlations on levels of victimization. Overall, when students and parents or teachers disagreed, the disagreement was an underestimate, rather than an overestimate on the adult's part.

Keywords: Bullying; Victimization; School violence; Perceptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.10.018

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