INTERNATIONAL 8th USBİLİM HEALTH, ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES CONGRESS
THE EFFECT OF GENDER ON PEER BULLYING
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Akademik Paylaşım Platformu Publishing House - APP Publications
Purpose: Studies on the dynamics and prevalence of peer bullying suggest that, while gender is very important, it still occurs primarily face-to-face and can include physical harm, verbal abuse, social exclusion and relational aggression. Studies on the dynamics and prevalence of peer bullying have shown that it still primarily occurs face-to-face and includes physical harm, verbal abuse, social exclusion, and relational aggression. This study was conducted to determine the effect of gender on peer bullying. Method: The research was conducted descriptively on high school students in a province in eastern Turkey between March 2023 and 2024. The universe of the research consists of adolescents studying in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades of five high schools with different socio-economic levels in a province in eastern Turkey. The sample of the research was determined by power analysis with a 95% confidence interval of 0.05 error level, 0.25 effect size, and 0.95 universe representation power. Students participated in the study and the determined sample size was reached. Each high school was accepted as a cluster, and the number of students to be taken from each cluster was determined by weighting the cluster universe. The sample size was reached by listing the adolescents and using the simple random method. The personal information form and peer bullying scale created by the researcher were used in data collection. The data of the study were collected every weekday between February and May 2023 by asking the sample group to fill out the survey form using the face-to-face interview technique in the classrooms after obtaining their permissions and explaining the purpose of the survey. Instructions on how to fill out the survey form were written on the survey form. Each survey interview lasted approximately 12-15 minutes. Percentages and distributions were calculated in the analysis of the data and parametric descriptive statistical methods were used according to the data features in the comparison of variables. Findings: It was found that gender affected peer bullying. In addition, the effect of other variables on peer bullying along with gender was examined and it was determined that they were effective in the level of feeling safe at school. It was determined that the variables in the model affected peer bullying at a level of 0.6%. Results: This study provides the basis for future studies on the predictors of peer bullying during adolescence. The results of the study include replication of the study in other geographical regions with different adolescent samples.
