Bullying and Teacher-Student Relationship: Elementary Education Students’ Perceptions

Authors

  • Karen Cristina Alves Lamas Universidade São Francisco
  • Eduarda Rezende Freitas Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
  • Altemir José Gonçalves Barbosa Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Keywords:

Bullying, aggressiveness, teacher student interaction, classroom environment.

Abstract

With the purpose of investigating associations between bullying and teacher-students relationship, 443 public schools students from fourth to ninth grades, with a mean age of 12.25 years (SD = 2.21) answered two self-report measures. Instruments used were the Bullying Questionnaire, which identifies roles, contexts and forms of this aggression, and the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale, which assesses affinity and conflict with teachers, both applied in a classroom setting. A higher prevalence of bullying was found; nearly 20% of the students were victimized. These aggressions take place most often in classrooms. Bullies' perceptions of their relationships with teachers were poorer than those of their peers. The bullying and teacher-student relationship variables were not distributed evenly in the school sample under study. Results showed that interventions should be centered on teachers' roles in the classroom and must be tailored to the needs of each specific grade.

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Author Biographies

Karen Cristina Alves Lamas, Universidade São Francisco

Psicóloga e Mestre em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Doutoranda em Psicologia pela Universidade São Francisco.

Eduarda Rezende Freitas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Graduanda em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora.

Altemir José Gonçalves Barbosa, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Doutor em psicologia pela PUC-Campinas, professor adjunto do departamento de Psicologia da UFJF e coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da UFJF.

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Published

2013-07-19

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Lamas, K. C. A., Freitas, E. R., & Barbosa, A. J. G. (2013). Bullying and Teacher-Student Relationship: Elementary Education Students’ Perceptions. Psico, 44(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/11738

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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2013)

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