Date of Award
2008
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education
Program
Psychology
Supervisor
Dr. Alan Leschied
Second Advisor
Dr. Susan Rodger
Third Advisor
Dr. Steve Killip
Abstract
Research into children’s mental health has developed a focus on childhood aggression, bullying, and victimization. Previous research of school-based aggression has identified sex differences in the experience of bullying and victimization in relation to the type of bullying in question. The present study examined sex and developmental differences in the experience of victimization through verbal, physical, social, sexual, and cyber bullying. Participants of this study were 43 741 students in grades 4 through 12 who completed the Safe Schools Survey through the Thames Valley District School Board in London, Ontario. Results indicated that male students are most likely to be victimized by school-based aggression, including social and sexual bullying, relative to female students. An interaction was found between sex and development in their relation on frequency of victimization. Students in grades 9 and 10 were most likely to be victimized, regardless of sex or type of bullying. The results are discussed in terms of the relevance to previous findings and implications for practitioners.
Recommended Citation
Liyanage, Nilusha, "SCHOOL-BASED VICTIMIZATION: DEVELOPMENTAL TRAJECTORY & SEX DIFFERENCES IN SELF REPORTED VICTIMIZATION RATES" (2008). Digitized Theses. 4733.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4733