@article{ref1,
title="Are elementary school teachers prepared to tackle bullying? A pilot study",
journal="School psychology international",
year="2016",
author="Oldenburg, Beau and Bosman, Rie and Veenstra, René",
volume="37",
number="1",
pages="64-72",
abstract="The aim of this pilot study was to investigate to what extent elementary school teachers were prepared to tackle bullying. Interview data from 22 Dutch elementary school teachers (M age = 43.3, 18 classrooms in eight schools) were combined with survey data from 373 students of these teachers (M age = 10.7, grades 3-6, ages 8- to 12-years-old, 52.2% boys). The teachers in this study gave incomplete definitions of bullying, had limited strategies to find out about bullying, and did not recognize the self-reported victims in their classroom, suggesting that even though teachers are supposed to have a central role in tackling bullying, they may not be fully prepared for this task. Implications for future research are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0143-0343",
doi="10.1177/0143034315623324",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143034315623324"
}