SCHOOL BULLYING IN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, PREVENTION AND COPING STRATEGIES

Authors

  • Sarris Dimitrios Associate Professor of Special Education-Developmental Disorders, Director of the Laboratory of Special and Curative Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Greece
  • Georgios Vrakas Mathematician, MSc in Learning Difficulties, PhD Candidate, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece
  • Panagoula Papadimitropoulou Department of Science of Education, Laboratory of Curative and Special Education, University of Ioannina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v10i7.4856

Keywords:

bullying, prevention, strategies

Abstract

School bullying is a significant problem affecting high school students. This article provides an overview of the causes and consequences of bullying, as well as prevention and coping strategies. The literature review includes a discussion of different types of bullying (Bradshaw, Waasdorp, & Johnson, 2015), individual, family, peer, and school-related factors that contribute to bullying (Espelage & Swearer, 2010; Olweus, 2013), and the physical and psychological harm that results from bullying (Bradshaw et al., 2015). The article concludes with a discussion of different interventions to prevent and cope with bullying, including whole-school approaches, targeted interventions, and peer support programs (Bradshaw et al., 2015; Espelage & Swearer, 2010).

 

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Author Biographies

  • Sarris Dimitrios, Associate Professor of Special Education-Developmental Disorders, Director of the Laboratory of Special and Curative Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Greece

    Sarris Dimitriosis a clinical psychologist and teaches as a special education lecturer at the University of Ioannina. He studied psychology and pedagogy at the University of Ioannina. He continued both at the level of basic studies, separately, in psychology and the sciences of education: Licence, University of Bordeaux II (France), Maitrise University of Bordeaux II, and at the level of postgraduate studies, separately, in psychology and the sciences of education: DEA, Bordeaux II University and in clinical psychopathology: DEA, Bordeaux II University, DESS Psychopathologie Clinique, Bordeaux II University, DEA Psychopathologie, Bordeaux II University.

  • Georgios Vrakas, Mathematician, MSc in Learning Difficulties, PhD Candidate, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece

    Georgios Vrakasis a mathematician and teaches students with learning difficulties at the 4th high school of Stavroupoli in Thessaloniki. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Macedonia in Thessaloniki. In his doctoral thesis, he investigates the relationship between learning difficulties and ADHD with school bullying.

  • Panagoula Papadimitropoulou, Department of Science of Education, Laboratory of Curative and Special Education, University of Ioannina

    Papadimitropoulou Panagoula is a Dr. of Science of Education. Laboratory of Curative and Special Education University of Ioannina, Greece.

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2023-05-27

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Vol. 10 No. 7 (2023)

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