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Factors contributing to in-school bullying victimization among early adolescents – focus group discussions

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Factors contributing to in-school bullying victimization among early adolescents – focus group discussions
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
الوصف
تدمد:13913174
25791451
DOI:10.4038/jccpsl.v29i4.8636