Pre-Service Teachers’ Intervention in School Bullying Episodes with Special Education Needs Students: A Research in Italian and Greek Samples

Tatiana Begotti, Maurizio Tirassa and Daniela Acquadro Maran
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Tatiana Begotti: Department of Psychology, Università di Torino, Via Verdi 10–10124 Torino I, Italy
Maurizio Tirassa: Department of Psychology, Università di Torino, Via Verdi 10–10124 Torino I, Italy
Daniela Acquadro Maran: Department of Psychology, Università di Torino, Via Verdi 10–10124 Torino I, Italy

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Background : The aim of the study was to compare the level of self-confidence in dealing with problems at school, the attitude towards bullying situations and the recommended strategies to cope with bullying in two samples of pre-service teachers (PSTs). The PSTs were in training to become teachers with special education needs students (SEN) and came from two different countries (Italy and Greece). Methods : A questionnaire survey was made involving 110 Italian and 84 Greek PSTs. Results : The results about self-confidence showed that Greek PSTs had lower outcome expectations and a higher external locus of causality than Italian PSTs. Teachers’ training programs and school preventive intervention were also discussed. Conclusions : Because the participants in this investigation will be teachers in the near future, they require specific training on bullying in general and in students with SEN in particular.

Keywords: bullying; intervention; pre-service teachers; special education needs students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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