IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nos/voprob/2021i3p62-90.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Measuring Bullying in Russian Schools: Prevalence, Age and Gender Correlates, and Associations with School Climate

Author

Listed:
  • Maria Novikova
  • Arthur Rean
  • Ivan Konovalov

Abstract

Maria Novikova, Candidate of Sciences in Psychology, Research Fellow, Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Adolescent Deviance, Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economics.Address: Bld. 10, 16 Potapovsky Ln, 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: mnovikova@hse.ruArthur Rean, Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Professor, Director of the Center for Socialization, Family and Prevention of Antisocial Behavior Research, Moscow State Pedagogical University.Address: 64 Usacheva Str., 119048 Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: profrean@yandex.ruIvan Konovalov, Research Analyst, Center for Socialization, Family and Prevention of Antisocial Behavior Research, Moscow State Pedagogical University.Address: 64 Usacheva Str., 119048 Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: iv.konovalov@yandex.ru (corresponding author)This article describes the process of developing instruments to measure school bullying and school climate characteristics as well as presents the results of their evaluation on a sample of 871 middle- and high-school students from a Russian megalopolis. It is shown that bullying prevalence depends on the type of aggressive behavior and involvement, varying from 4% (involvement in physical bullying as a victim or perpetrator) to 45% (involvement in verbal bullying as a bystander). Most often, students get involved in bullying as witnesses, but the number of victims and bullies is not significantly lower. On average, 28% of school students initiate bullying and 33% get bullied once or twice a month. Occasional bullying is more typical of girls, while boys are more likely to bully their peers frequently. Middle-school students (seventh and eighth grades) are at the highest risk of being exposed to bullying in all roles. Four aspects of school climate are also analyzed, all of them being significantly negatively related to bullying involvement (regardless of the type of bullying or respondent's role in a bullying incident).

Suggested Citation

  • Maria Novikova & Arthur Rean & Ivan Konovalov, 2021. "Measuring Bullying in Russian Schools: Prevalence, Age and Gender Correlates, and Associations with School Climate," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 3, pages 62-90.
    • Handle: RePEc:nos:voprob:2021:i:3:p:62-90
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://vo.hse.ru/data/2021/09/21/1474219892/%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0,%20%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BD,%20%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Maria Novikova & Arthur Rean, 2019. "Influence of School Climate on Bullying Prevalence: Russian and International Research Experience," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 2, pages 78-97.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Реан А. А. & Ставцев А. А., 2020. "Позитивные Психологические Интервенции Как Профилактика Школьного Неблагополучия, Агрессии И Буллинга," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 3, pages 37-59.
    2. Новикова М. А. & Реан А. А. & Коновалов И. А., 2021. "Буллинг В Российских Школах: Опыт Диагностики Распространенности, Половозрастных Особенностей И Связи Со Школьным Климатом," Вопросы образования // Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 3, pages 62-90.
    3. Arthur Rean & Alexey Stavtsev, 2020. "Positive Psychological Interventions to Prevent Well-Being Issues, Aggression and Bullying in School Students," Voprosy obrazovaniya / Educational Studies Moscow, National Research University Higher School of Economics, issue 3, pages 37-59.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nos:voprob:2021:i:3:p:62-90. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Marta Morozova (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://vo.hse.ru/en/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.