Abstract
An important element of many anti-bullying programmes is encouraging victims to tell someone about their predicament. Research has already reported prevalence of telling, who/when children tell and efficacy of telling. However, seeking help can be viewed as a coping behaviour, and coping processes such as appraisal and emotion may be important predictors of whether pupils ask for help.
To examine the effects that background variables (gender, school-stage), victimisation (duration, frequency), appraisal (threat, challenge, control) and negative emotion have upon support seeking by child and adolescent victims of peer-aggression and bullying. To also examine how effective pupils perceive social support to be.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 375-390 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | British Journal of Educational Psychology |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2004 |
Keywords
- help seeking
- child
- adolescent
- victims
- peer-aggression
- bullying
- school-stage
- gender
- victimisation
- appraisal
- emotion