TITLE:
Gender Difference and Bullying among Secondary School Students in Palestine
AUTHORS:
Ahmad Hanani, Metin Piskin
KEYWORDS:
Bullying, Gender, Secondary School, Palestine
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Depression,
Vol.9 No.4,
November
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: Background: Bullying in schools
is the problem and an issue of every nation around the globe. Researchers
around the globe pointed out an abundance of negative impacts on students
involved in bullying and require the focus and attention of adults to address
and resolve bullying incidents among students. Aim: This research aimed
to study the impact of bullying on gender of secondary school students in
Palestine. Methods: The present mixed-method study was directed on
samples randomly and total number of samples was 827 students (the male was 388
and female was 439). Bullying was assessed by using Bully Victim Determination Scale,
developed by Piskin & Ayas (2007). Result: After
analyzing data by using the Mann Whitney U test, it was found that male students
are more bullied than females. Conclusion: The study concluded that
girls and boys are vulnerable to bullying. But the boys are found to be more
bullied than girls.