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Keywords
Bullying; Victims; Envy; Junior high school students -- Japan;
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine affective factors of bullying behavior among Japanese junior high school students, with specific emphasis on anger, envy, revenge, and self-esteem.
Data were collected by using five instruments: STAXI, Olweus's bully/victim questionnaire, revenge scale, dispositional envy measure, and the Coopersmith Inventory. The participants in this study were 107 seventh and eighth graders; 58 males and 49 females. They were classified as bullies, victims, bully/victims, or neither bullies nor victims.
Analysis of the data included an examination of correlations between bullying and emotion ,and an investigation of differences in emotions, among bullies, victims, bully/victims, and non bully/victims. Gender comparison was also made. Pearson correlations were calculated for each scale, and ANOVA and t-tests were run to look for the differences in emotions. Multiple regressions were also run to examine what mediated aggression in bullying behavior.
The results showed that four emotional measures significantly correlated with each other at either .01 or .05 level. No difference in emotions between bullying groups were found in ANOVA, but a t-test indicated statistical significance in envy between victims and the other students. Gender differences were found in trait anger and envy. Multiple regressions showed the moderate correlation between revenge and trait anger.
Findings showed that while anger, envy, revenge, and self-esteem correlated with each other, emotional differences were not significant between status groups in a bullying setting. However, it was found that victims of bullying showed more emotional difference than other students, and that feelings of revenge correlated with trait anger. Further research is needed to investigate this phenomenon.
Year of Submission
1999
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Educational Psychology, Foundations, and Leadership Studies
Department
Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations
First Advisor
Radhi Al-Mabuk
Second Advisor
Suzanne Freedman
Third Advisor
Barry Wilson
Date Original
1999
Object Description
1 PDF file (75 pages)
Copyright
©1999 Yukari Kajishima
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kajishima, Yukari, "Bully/Victim Problems in a Japanese Junior High School" (1999). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2157.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2157
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