Bullying in college by students and teachers

Adolescence, Spring, 2004 by Mark Chapell, Diane Casey, Carmen De la Cruz, Jennifer Ferrell, Jennifer Forman, Randi Lipkin, Megan Newsham, Michael Sterling, Suzanne Whittaker

Table 1
Responses to the 5 Bullying Questions

                  Seen       Been       Seen
                 Student    Student-   Teacher
                  Bully      Bullied    Bully
Responses         n    %     n    %     n    %

Never            401  39.1  773  75.4  572  55.9
Once or Twice    342  33.4  190  18.5  301  29.4
Occasionally     253  24.7   51   5.0  131  12.8
Very Frequently   29   2.8   11   1.1   20   1.9

                   Been      Bullied
                  Teacher-   Another
                  Bullied    Student
Responses         n    %     n    %

Never            828  80.8  835  81.5
Once or Twice    149  14.5  137  13.4
Occasionally      43   4.2   33   3.2
Very Frequently    5    .5   19   1.9

Table 2
Intercorrelations Among Age, GPA, SES, and Bullying Questions

                               1         2         3         4

1. Age                         --      .14 ***  -.21 ***  -.14 ***
2. GPA                                  --       .02      -.12 **
3. SES                                            --       .10 **
4. Seen Student Bully                                       --
5. Been Student-Bullied
6. Seen Teacher Bully
7. Been Teacher-Bullied
8. Bullied Another Student

                               5         6         7         8

1. Age                      -.08 *    -.04      -.03      -.07 *
2. GPA                      -.06       .01      -.08 *    -.11 **
3. SES                       .02       .03       .02       .06
4. Seen Student Bully        .41 ***   .31 ***   .19 ***   .43 ***
5. Been Student-Bullied       --       .24 ***   .24 ***   .43 ***
6. Seen Teacher Bully                   --       .57 ***   .20 ***
7. Been Teacher-Bullied                           --       .22 ***
8. Bullied Another Student                                  --

* p < .01, ** p < .001, *** p < .0001

Table 3
Summary of Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting
Student Bullying (N = 1,025)

Variable               B    SE B   [beta]

Seen Student Bully     .30   .03   .21 ***
Been Student-Bullied   .29   .03   .28 ***
Seen Teacher Bully    -.02   .03  -.01
Been Teacher-Bullied   .10   .03   .11 *

* p < .01, ** p < .001, *** p < .0001

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