INVESTIGATION OF PEER BULLYING ACCORDING TO SOME VARIABLES: THE CASE OF KARAMAN

Abstract

One of the biggest violent behaviors seen in schools is peer bullying. Peer bullying can be called as
a type of aggression that results in one or more students deliberately and continuously disturbing
students who are weaker than them (Pişkin, 2002). The purpose of this research is to investigate the
secondary school 6 in the central district of Karaman province.it is determining the levels of peer
bullying of classroom students and determining whether gender differs according to the survival
status of their parents, the educational level of the mother and father, income status, who the child
lives with and the type of school. This research, in which the screening model was used,
Demographic Information Form and Peer Bullying Scale-Adolescent Form were used as data
acquisition methods in this research (Ayas, 2015). 1200 students studying in secondary schools in
the central district of Karaman province participated in the research. 1008 data collected from these
students were taken into consideration. As a result of the research, it was found that being a victim
of physical bullying, being a victim of rumor extraction and spreading and damaging their
belongings differ according to the dimensions of being a victim of physical bullying, physical and
verbal bullying and rumor extraction and spreading dimensions differ from the sub-dimensions
according to gender. It was found that there was no difference in both bullying and victim size
according to the type of school. There are significant differences in the dimensions of physical bullying and verbal bullying
according to the situation of their parents in life. It has been determined that there are differences in
the sub-dimensions of being a victim of exclusion, being a victim of rumor extraction and spreading
according to the level of income status of the family. It was found that there was no significant
difference according to the level of education of the father. It has been determined that there is a
difference in the dimensions of being a victim of physical bullying, being a victim of exclusion,
being a victim of spreading rumors and being exposed to damage to their belongings, physical
bullying, verbal bullying and exclusion according to the mother's educational level.
On the other hand, in the correlation test conducted between the sub-dimensions, strong
relationships were found between all variables. Deciency tests were performed to determine the
correlation between the sub-dimensions. Deciency tests were performed. This study was conducted
to reveal the situation of peer bullying in Karaman province. In future studies, he/she can focus on
the causes and peer bullying prevention studies.