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Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the word bullying.

2. 6. Traditional Bullying and Cyberbullying among Swedish Adolescents : Gender differences and associations with mental health

   Author : Linda Beckman; Curt Hagquist; Charli Eriksson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adolescents; cyberbullying; bullying; school; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study the differences between traditional bullying and cyberbullying among adolescents, focusing on gender, psychosomatic problems, and disability, and to gain insight into health staff’s experience of bullying in schools.The four studies in this thesis were based on surveys undertaken among 3,800 adolescents in Grades 7, 8 and 9 in Sweden, as well as focus groups of 16 people consisting of school social workers and school nurses. READ MORE

4. 7. The association between moral disengagement and bullying in early adolescence

   Author : Marlene Bjärehed; Robert Thornberg; Linda Wänström; Gianluca Gini; Sigrun Karin Ertesvåg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bullying; Moral disengagement; Social cognitive theory; Mobbning; Moraliskt disengagemang; Socialkognitiv teori;

   Abstract : School bullying occurs when a student is repeatedly exposed to negative actions by other students. The victim is often at some form of a disadvantage. Bullying can take many forms, such as physical, verbal, and relational. It can also occur online. READ MORE

5. 8. ”Why Do We Even Bully?” : Exploring the Social Processes of Bullying in Two Swedish Elementary Schools

   Author : Joakim Strindberg; Paul Horton; Robert Thornberg; Johannes Lunneblad; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; participant roles; social status; inclusion; exclusion; social stigmatisation; social marginalisation; loneliness; school context; social ecology; mobbning; deltagarroller; social status; inkludering; exkludering; social stigmatisering; social marginalisering; ensamhet; skolkontext; social ekologi; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore and deepen the understanding of pupils’ experiences of bullying and their reflections on why bullying may occur and be maintained in school, despite pupils’ understanding that bullying is wrong. This aim is examined in four articles. READ MORE

6. 9. If they only knew. Bullying victimization among children and youth in the Nordic countries

   Author : Ylva Bjereld; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; victimization; Nordic countries; disclosure; mental health; social relations; prevalence; social-ecological;

   Abstract : Bullying is a social and public health problem recognized across the globe. The aim with this thesis is to describe and understand bullying victimization of children and youth in a social-ecological perspective with the focus on prevalence, mental health, social relations and disclosing bullying victimization. READ MORE

7. 10. Against the turning away: : Understanding the relationships of bystander motivation and behaviors to school bullying

   Author : Nathaniel Oliver Iotti; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bullying; Bystander behavior; Bystander motivation; Self-determination theory; Student-teacher relationship; Parenting;

   Abstract : Research on school bullying has devoted a considerable amount of attention to investigating the roles of bystanders – the students who witness bullying or know that it is occurring – in bullying episodes. Numerous findings have shown that peer intervention is essential for reducing bullying behaviors; consequently, subsequent studies have examined which factors contribute to increasing the number of students who defend their peers. READ MORE