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Coping Strategies of Secondary School Children in Response to Being Bullied

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2001

Paul Naylor ,
Helen Cowie  and
Rosario del Rey
Paul Naylor
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Surrey Roehampton, West Hill, London SW15 3SN
Helen Cowie
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Surrey Roehampton, West Hill, London SW15 3SN
Rosario del Rey
Affiliation:
School of Psychology and Counselling, University of Surrey Roehampton, West Hill, London SW15 3SN
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Abstract

Through a questionnaire survey, the present study investigated the coping strategies of Year 7 (11–12 years old) and Year 9 (13–14 years old) pupils (N = 324) to find out what strategies they have used to overcome the difficulties of being bullied by peers. Fifty-one UK secondary schools, in each of which an anti-bullying peer support system had been in place for at least a year, participated. The coping strategies of those pupils who said that they had told someone (N = 279) about being bullied were compared with those who said that they had not (N = 45). These coping strategies differ, not only according to whether or not they report the bullying, but also according to their age and gender. Implications of the findings for professionals who work with children and adolescents are suggested.

Keywords

Bullyingpeer supportsex differencesage trends
Type
Research Article
Information
Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 2001 , pp. 114 - 120
Copyright
© 2001 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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