Holdings Information

Bibliographic Record Display

• Title:Understanding school bullying : its nature & prevention strategies / Peter K. Smith.
  
•    
• Author/Creator:Smith, Peter K., author.
  
• Published/Created:London : SAGE, 2014.
  

• Holdings

  Holdings Record Display

  • Location:EDUCATION LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: LB3013.3 .S55 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Bullying in schools.
  Bullying in schools--Prevention.
  
• Medical Subjects: Bullying
  Schools
  School Health Services
  Students--psychology
  
• Description:vi, 229 pages ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"This new book, by a leading international expert on the topic, brings together the cumulative knowledge acquired and the latest research findings in the area, with a global perspective especially covering research in Europe, North America, Australasia, and Asia. It will appeal to those taking academic courses in psychology, social work, educational psychology, child clinical psychology and psychiatry, and teacher training, but it will also be of interest to parents and teachers too."--Publisher description.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781847879042 (hardback)
  1847879047 (hardback)
  9781847879059 (paperback)
  1847879055 (paperback)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. School bullying as a personal issue, a practical issue and a research programme
  Bullying as a personal experience
  Bullying as a practical issue
  Bullying as a research programme
  Plan of the book
  2. What we mean by 'bullying' and a history of research on school bullying
  Issues of definition
  Actual understandings of bullying
  Bullying in different contexts
  History of research on school bullying
  Summary
  3. How we can find out about bullying
  Types of informant
  Methods: Questionnaires
  Issues in designing and giving questionnaires
  Methods: Nomination procedures
  Methods: Other approaches
  Assessment of bullying-like behaviours in preschool children
  Ethical issues in assessment
  Summary
  4. Basic knowledge about school bullying and cyberbullying
  Prevalence of bullying/victimisation
  Types of bullying
  Cyberbullying and its features
  Bias, prejudice or identity-based bullying
  location and duration of bullying
  Attitudes towards bullying
  Stability of bully and victim roles
  Trends over time
  is bullying increasing or decreasing?
  Cultural differences
  Summary
  5. Who is at risk and what are the effects?
  Predictors of involvement in bully or victim roles
  Individual level
  Family level
  Peer group
  School class
  School factors
  Community level
  Society level
  Summary
  6. Coping with bullying and the success of interventions
  Individual actions against bullying
  victim coping strategies
  role of parents
  School actions against bullying
  Reactive strategies for teaching staff
  Proactive strategies in the school
  Peer support schemes
  Red Balloon Learner Centres
  Anti-bullying programme interventions
  overview of large-scale interventions, and meta-analyses
  Summary
  7. Acting to reduce bullying and reflections on the research programme
  Acting to reduce bullying
  Reflections on the research programme.