دورية أكاديمية
Factors contributing to in-school bullying victimization among early adolescents – focus group discussions
العنوان: | Factors contributing to in-school bullying victimization among early adolescents – focus group discussions |
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المؤلفون: | Dilini Shanika Rupananda, Devani Sakunthala Dissanayake |
المصدر: | Journal of the College of Community Physicians, Vol 29, Iss 4 (2023) |
بيانات النشر: | College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka, 2023. |
سنة النشر: | 2023 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | bullying victimization, Adolescents, Contributory factors, Qualitative study, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
الوصف: | Introduction: Bullying is a significant peer problem among school going adolescents which has many reported undesirable consequences. Identification of contributory factors of victimization is beneficial in addressing the bullying prevention programs. Objectives: To identify and explore the contributory factors of bullying victimization among school going adolescents in selected educational zone in Sri Lanka. Methods: Focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted among grade eight students from six randomly selected schools from each category of schools in the Kegalle educational zone. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the participants for each FGD. Thematic analysis was performed manually on the collected data. Results: Five main themes, namely, external appearance, problems with speech, suffering from illnesses, socioeconomic background and being a ‘newcomer’ were identified in the thematic analysis. Conclusions & Recommendations: Multiple contributory factors of in-school bullying victimization were identified in these focus group discussions. Therefore, the necessity of addressing the above factors, when addressing them in prevention programs is highlighted. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 1391-3174 2579-1451 |
Relation: | https://account.jccpsl.sljol.info/index.php/sljo-j-jccpsl/article/view/8636; https://doaj.org/toc/1391-3174; https://doaj.org/toc/2579-1451 |
DOI: | 10.4038/jccpsl.v29i4.8636 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/ecf460b57c194b2497330411c98a9e48 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.f460b57c194b2497330411c98a9e48 |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 13913174 25791451 |
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DOI: | 10.4038/jccpsl.v29i4.8636 |