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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790072803321

Autore

Dixon Roz

Titolo

Rethinking school bullying : towards an integrated model / / Roz Dixon ; with an introductory chapter by Peter K. Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-21938-8

1-139-06267-0

1-283-11296-5

9786613112965

1-139-07480-6

1-139-07705-8

1-139-07933-6

1-139-06903-9

0-511-97617-8

1-139-08161-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

PSY000000

Disciplina

371.5/8

Soggetti

Bullying - Prevention

Bullying in schools

School children - Conduct of life

School violence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Bullying in schools: the research background; 2. Understanding schools as systems; 3. Bullying in groups: ostracism and scapegoating; 4. Developing an integrated, systemic model of school bullying; 5. Building personal bodies of knowledge to support research and practice; 6. Building a public body of knowledge to support research and practice; 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

What would make anti-bullying initiatives more successful? This book offers a new approach to the problem of school bullying. The question of what constitutes a useful theory of bullying is considered and



suggestions are made as to how priorities for future research might be identified. The integrated, systemic model of school bullying introduced in this book is based on four qualitative studies and incorporates theory from systemic thinking; cognitive, social, developmental and psychoanalytic psychology; sociology, socio-biology and ethology. The possible functions served by bullying behaviour are explored. Consideration is also given to the potential role of unconscious as well as conscious processes in bullying. The model suggests a number of causal processes within one-to-one relationships and peer groups, and highlights factors within individuals and schools that shape the form, intensity and duration of bullying behaviour in practice. The issue of 'difference' is also addressed, focusing on childhood deafness.