The Role of Peer Support in Helping the Victims of Bullying in a School with High Levels of Aggression

By H. Cowie, Ragnar F. Ólafsson. 2000

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Subfields: Plant Science, Social Psychology

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Does the Content of Anti-Bullying Policies Inform us About the Prevalence of Direct and Relational Bullying Behaviour in Primary Schools? (2003, background): “Individualised strategies may help to take the differential needs of bullying roles into account (Cowie & Olafsson, 2000; Cowie & Sharp, 1996; Maines & Robinson, 1991; Petersen & Rigby, 1999; Pikas, 1989; Salmivalli, Legerspetz, Björkquist, Osterman, & Kankiainen, 1996).”
Links from Teacher Beliefs to Peer Victimization and Bystander Intervention (2012, background): “Even an intervention program to train peers to be supportive of victims and confront bullies was not able to change the prevalence of bullying or bystander intervention in a British high school (Cowie & Olafsson, 2000).”
The Culture of Bullying in Middle School (2003, methodology): “Cowie and Olafsson attributed this recalcitrance to a fear of reprisals or an anxiety about appearing to be weak. They concluded, for this one all male high school in a disadvantaged area, “the students’ responses indicated that violence, fear, and exploitation were normal parts of the pupils’ exper”
A Comparison of Preservice Teachers’ Responses to Cyber Versus Traditional Bullying Scenarios (2014, background): “…of bullying episodes, including cyber bullying, as several studies have shown that victims value genuineness, empathy, and being listened to on the part of those who provide social support (Boulton, Trueman & Rotenberg, 2007; Cowie, Naylor, Talamelli, Chauhan & Smith, 2002; Cowie & Olafsson, 2000).”
Psychology's Contribution to Understanding and Managing Bullying within Schools (2004, background): “An atmosphere should be created in which staff consistently encourage pro-social values and implement clear sanctions against bullying behaviour (Cowie & Olafsson, 2000).”
The positive educational practices framework: A tool for facilitating the work of educational psychologists in promoting pupil wellbeing (2008, background): “Criss et al. (2002) have demonstrated that peer acceptance and peer friendships can moderate aggressive and acting-out behaviour in young children with family backgrounds that are characterised by family adversity (such as economic/ecological disadvantage), violent marital conflict and harsh family ”
Middle School Students’ Preferences for Anti-Bullying Interventions (2006, result): “The befriending approach has resulted in positive results with English students (Boulton et al., 1999; Cowie and Olafsson, 2000), and the researchers of a befriending approach implemented in an Italian school concluded the intervention was successful in preventing an increase of negative behaviours…”