Bullying and exclusion from dominant peer group in Polish middle schools.

• Authors: Małgorzata Wójcik , Beata Kozak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

School bullying also referred to as peer victimization is considered extremely harmful for all parties involved. It has been recognised as an important issue in Polish schools. This article presents the first stage of a project financed by the National Centre of Research and Development and includes the results of qualitative research conducted in groups of middle-school students, middle-school teachers and psychologists. The results highlight several factors leading to the exclusion from the dominant peer group. The results also indicate that although students are aware of the consequences of bullying and excluding behaviours, they do not implement this knowledge when explaining their own excluding actions. All results are discussed in terms of designing and implementing a data-based programme which would effectively mitigate excluding behaviours during middle-school transition.

Keywords

EN

bullying; exclusion; school transition; social innovation

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 2-14

Dates

published

2015-03-01

online

2015-04-18

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Wójcik

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice
• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice, Techników 9, 40-326 Katowice, Poland

author

Beata Kozak

• University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty in Katowice

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ppb-2015-0001