OCCURRENCE OF BULLYING AND ITS BEHAVIOURAL SEQUELAE IN A SAMPLE OF OLDER ElEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZAGAZIG CITY

Abstract

Bullying in school is a harmful process in which kids are subjected to undesired, hostile actions by another student or a group of classmates. These actions not only include an actual or perceived power imbalance, but they are also either recurrent or very likely to be repeated.

According to the ecological systems theory, everything in an individual's surroundings influences his or her behaviour. Previous research has found that certain influencing factors, such as deviant peers, a lack of family attachment, dangerous and violent neighbourhoods, negative school climates, poor relationships with teachers and classmates, teachers' neglect of school bullying, and a lack of school belonging, can lead to students becoming bullies or victims.

Bullying may range from one-on-one, individual bullying to collective bullying, known as mobbing. Bullying in school is often known as "peer abuse."