The Effect of Parental Attitudes on Bullying And Victimizing Levels of Secondary School Students

Abstract

The aim of this research is to examine the effect of parental attitudes on bullying and victimizing levels of secondary school students. In order to determine the victim and bully levels of the students in this research, “Determination of Peer Bullying Scale – Adolescent Form” developed by Ayas and Pişkin (2007) was used. In order to determine the attitudes of parents, “Parental Attitude Scale” adapted into Turkish by Yılmaz (2000) was used. The study group of the research consists of 300 students studying in three different secondary education schools which are a Science high school (n=107), a general high school (n=97) and a teacher high school (n=96) in province of Bilecik in second term of 2010-2011 education year. 157 of these students are female and 143 are male students. The schools and the students in these schools were selected with the random method. When the research results are examined, the level of being subject bullied does not significantly change according to parental attitudes. It was found that the children of families with negligent parental attitudes are bullied more than those of families with Permissive and democratic parental attitudes. Similarly, the mean score of exhibiting bullying behaviors does not show a significant difference according to parental attitudes. It was found that the children of families with negligent parental attitudes exhibit more bullying behaviors than those of families with Permissive and democratic parental attitudes.