Search for dissertations about: "peer bullying"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words peer bullying.

  2. 1. The Everyday Practice of School Bullying : Children's participation in peer group activities and school-based anti-bullying initiatives

    Author : Johanna Svahn; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Marie Karlsson; Susan Danby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School bullying; children?s participation; peer group interaction; classroom interaction; interactional practices; morality-in-interaction; ethnography; ethnomethodology;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the everyday practice of school bullying by examining children's participation in peer group activities as well as in school-based anti-bullying activities within an educational setting. The empirical material is drawn from a long-term (1 year) ethnographic study conducted among preadolescent children in a 5th grade class in a Swedish elementary school. READ MORE

  4. 2. Students’ Perspectives on Bullying

    Author : Camilla Forsberg; Robert Thornberg; Marcus Samuelsson; Gunnel Colnerud; Christina Osbeck; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; bullying; students’ perspectives; interviews; bystander reactions; grounded theory; symbolic interactionism; mobbning; elevers perspektiv; intervju; grundad teori; symbolisk interaktionism;

    Abstract : The aim of the present thesis was to listen to, examine and conceptualise students’ perspectives on bullying. Students’ perspectives have not been commonly heard in research and less qualitative research has been conducted. READ MORE

  5. 3. Measuring peer victimization and school leadership : A study of definitions, measurement methods and associations with psychosomatic health

    Author : Lisa Hellström; Curt Hagquist; Robert Thornberg; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Bullying; measurement methods; pedagogical leadership; psychosomatic health; Rasch analysis; Mobbning; mätmetoder; pedagogiskt ledarskap; psykosomatisk hälsa; Rasch analys; Public Health Science; Folkhälsovetenskap;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore methods for assessing peer victimization and pedagogical leadership in school.The thesis includes four studies. Study I and II are based on web-based questionnaires among 2, 568 students in grades 7, 8 and 9. READ MORE

  6. 4. Taking Part on Equal Terms? : Associations between Economic Resources and Social Participation among Swedish Adolescents

    Author : Simon Hjalmarsson; Carina Mood; Peter Fallesen; Stephanie Plenty; Lawrence M. Berger; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Peer relationships; Social relationships; Friendships; Peer rejection; Bullying victimization; Extracurricular activities; Organised leisure activities; Structured leisure activities; Adolescence; Youth; Childhood; School; Economic resources; Material deprivation; Disposable household income; Child poverty; Sociometric data; Network data; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four empirical studies examining associations between economic resources and social participation among Swedish adolescents. All four studies draw data from a school-based survey covering a nationally representative sample of the 2010 cohort of Swedish eighth-grade students. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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