School size, gender balance, ethnicity, SEN and EAL composition do not significantly predict bullying, and child-by-school-climate interactions are null¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2–r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? School composition factors (size, gender balance, ethnicity, SEN status, language) did not significantly independently predict bullying behaviour in late primary school. → Fink 2017 q3 i? Child-by-school-climate interactions did not significantly improve the model and none of the interaction terms were significant. → Fink 2017 (2)

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

q3 · i? · associational · r2

Multilevel logistic regression models 3–4 in 648 primary schools; despite power to detect school-level effects, these composition variables were non-significant. The authors state this lends support to smaller studies that also failed to find such associations.

"it is notable that school size, school gender balance, ethnicity, SEN status and language all did not significantly independently predict bullying behaviour in late primary school."

Fink 2017 (2)¶

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

q3 · i? · associational · r3

Multilevel model 5B testing child-by-school-climate interactions over and above main effects; the model did not significantly improve. The authors interpret this as the link with school climate being the same for all children regardless of background.

"Including child by school climate interactions (model 5B; Table 4) did not significantly improve the model, D(9) = 5.03, p = 0.083, and none of the interaction terms were significant"

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
• Poorer school climate is associated with greater self-reported bullying behaviour, independently of child- and school-level demographics — related