いじめへの対処行動の有効性に関する分析

いじめ被害者による否定的ラベル「修正」の試み

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This paper examines whether the coping behaviors of bullied children canprovide effective alternatives to bullying. In addition, the coping behaviors ofbullied children are considered to be attempts to modify the stigmatic labelsgiven by gangs of bullies.
The subjects are 625 pupils in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade. The findings are asfollows:(1) The majority of bullied children take actions to cope with bullyingin some way, such as consulting with others or trying to solve things themselves.This result suggests that bullied children are not simply nonresistant and passiveexistence to bullying.(2) There is a close relationship between the copingbehaviors of bullied children and the reasons why the bullying ends. This resultsuggests that the coping behaviors of bullied children can become an opportunityfor putting an end to bullying.(3) The number of supporters of bullying and thekinds of bullying affect the duration of bullying, but the coping behaviors ofbullied children do not affect the period of bullying.
The coping behaviors of bullied children can become an opportunity to endbullying, but do not contribute to an early solution to bullying. These resultsshow that even if bullied children attempt to modify the stigmatic labels givenby gangs of bullies, the success or failure is not decided by their coping behaviorsbut rather by the reaction to these coping behaviors of the children in the areasurrounding the bullying.
This paper reconfirmed the importance of providing instruction to childrenin the area surrounding the bullying.