TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - The experience of bullying among secondary school students
JO  - Psychology in the schools
A1  - Athanasiades, Christina
A1  - Deliyanni‐Kouimtzis, Vassiliki
SP  - 328
EP  - 341
VL  - 47
IS  - 4
N2  - The present study was designed to qualitatively investigate secondary students' interpretations and experiences of bullying (and victimization) in Greek schools, with a focus on gender similarities and differences. Overall, 95 students (50 boys and 45 girls), 15 or 16 years old, participated in focus group interviews that were homogeneous in terms of grade and gender. Data analysis, using the interpretative phenomenological approach, showed that different interpretations and meanings of bullying between genders have important consequences on actual behavior. Furthermore, students do not reveal bullying and victimization to either parents or teachers, who are described as indifferent and ineffective. Results are indicative of a school culture that is conducive to bullying behaviors and have important implications for antibullying interventions. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.<p />
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SN  - 0033-3085
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pits.20473
ID  - ref1
ER  -