TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Personality and connectedness as predictors of school bullying among adolescent boys
JO  - Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
A1  - Zou, ManchongLimlunthang
A1  - Shahnawaz, Md Ghazi
SP  - 249
EP  - 270
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: Available studies showed that bullying is a prominent issue among adolescents. The area is widely researched but mostly from the perspective of victims. <br><br>AIM: The present research aimed to explore personality and connectedness of the bullies. <br><br>METHOD: For this purpose data was collected from a sample of 50 bully boys who were identified by the school/counselor. Their personality was measured by NEO-FFI Inventory, while connectedness was measured by Hemingway Measure of Adolescent Connectedness Scale. The measures have good reliability in the current ample. <br><br>RESULT: Result showed multiple correlation of 0.71 (p<.05) indicating strong relationship between predictors and criterion variable. Step wise regression produced three models and the final model explained 51% of the variance of the criterion variable (R square=.51, p<.005). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Three predictors were identified and they were Conscientiousness, Peers, and Extraversion. Conscientiousness predicted bullying negatively, while Peers and Extraversion predicted bullying positively. <br><br>KEYWORDS: Bullying, Personality, Connectedness.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0973-1342
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -