Poorer school climate is associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour, independently of child- and school-level demographics¶
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q3 i? Less positive perceptions of school climate are associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour over and above child- and school-level demographic factors. → Fink 2017
Evidence¶
Fink 2017¶
Fink, E., Patalay, P., Sharpe, H., & Wolpert, M. (2017). Child- and School-Level Predictors of Children's Bullying Behavior: A Multilevel Analysis in 648 Primary Schools. Journal of Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000204
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Multilevel logistic regression (model 4) adding the 7-item school climate measure (α =.75); model fit improved, D(1) = 110.41, p < 0.001, explaining an additional 2.5% of variance. No standardised effect size is printed in the reporting sentence for this finding.
"School climate was a significant independent predictor of bullying behaviour, such that less positive perceptions of school climate was associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Child-level demographic factors (male gender, deprivation, Black ethnicity, SEN status) predict self-reported bullying behaviour in primary school — related
- Child-by-school deprivation interaction: high-deprivation schools are a risk factor for bullying only for non-deprived children — related
- School size, gender balance, ethnicity, SEN and EAL composition do not significantly predict bullying, and child-by-school-climate interactions are null — related
- SWPBIS reduces the rate of increase in teacher-reported bullying perpetration over elementary school — related
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Poorer school climate is associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour, independently of child- and school-level demographics |
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Poorer school climate is associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour, independently of child- and school-level demographics |
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2017 |
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