Abstract
The purposes of this study were to explore the effects of group study activities on the reduction of bullying behaviors among Islamic private school students in Songkhla Province. This experimental study was conducted with 200 students divided into two groups: 100 students in the experimental group and the other 100 students in the control group. They were selected through simple random sampling. The experimental group participated in group study activities while the control group participated in religious activities of their schools. The study employed a true experimental pretest-posttest design. The data collecting instrument was a risk bullying behavior screening form, and the data were analyzed by finding the mean, standard deviation, and using a t-test.The results of the study revealed that students who participated in group study activities and those participated in school religious activities were not different in their bullying behaviors. The students participating in group study activities had statistically less bullying behaviors than those participating in Islamic religious activities.
Highlights
Bullying behaviors among students are considered a serious and worrying problem for students and parents, guardians, teachers and educational personnel
The purposes of this study were to explore the effects of group study activities on the reduction of bullying behaviors among Islamic private school students in Songkhla Province
The subjects of this study were 200 Islamic private school students in Songkhla Province studying in the second semester of the academic year 2011
Summary
Bullying behaviors among students are considered a serious and worrying problem for students and parents, guardians, teachers and educational personnel. Bullied students are usually injured physically and psychologically; they are suffered, afraid, frightened and dare not go to school, or resign from school, carry weapon for self-defense or for taking revenge (Boulton & Underwood, 1992; Craig, 1998). Students who bully others usually do it for fun, to get attention, and to show power (Besag, 1989) They tend to have aggressive behaviors in society and in their family such as quarrels and fights with their spouse and family members and punish their children severely, etc. People do not pay attention to it, and do not try to solve the problem as much as they should (Tapanya, 2006; Laeheem, Kuning, & McNeil, 2009)
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