Citation

Perez ER, Jr GTS, Dao TK. J. School Violence 2013; 12(1): 64-79.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/15388220.2012.731663

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study investigated bullying behaviors and how experienced educators report their perceptions of seriousness, their likelihood to intervene, and their level of empathy when victims are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) or gender nonconforming (GN) youth. Educators were surveyed regarding their perceptions of bullying behaviors, rating bullying of LGBTQ/GN or non-LGBTQ/GN youth. Three two-way ANOVAs investigating the main effects and interaction of group membership (LGBTQ/GN and non-LGBTQ/GN) and type of bullying (verbal, physical, and relational) upon educators' perceived seriousness, likelihood to intervene, and level of empathy toward victims. A significant interaction was detected regarding group membership and physical bullying regarding all three dependent variables, with educators rating physical bullying of LGBTQ/GN youth as slightly less serious, having less empathy, and less likely to intervene in those situations compared to verbal and relational bullying. Strengths, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

bullying; educators; gender nonconforming youth; LGBTQ youth