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The Shades of Darkness: An Exploratory study on Participant Roles in School Bullying among Adolescents in Mysore City
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Ms. Iqra Mubeen Bala , Ms. Chandana R. M , Dr. Komala M
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Bullying, School Bullying, Bystanders, Participant Role Scale
Abstract
The power of Bystanders to shape the outcome of bullying has become a known fact yet in Indian context studies highlighting the nature and construction of Bystander character in School bullying are almost non-existent. This unique cross sectional exploratory study utilized PRQ (Participant Role Questionnaire) – a peer reported measure to understand the characteristics and composition of four participant roles (assistants, reinforcers, outsiders, and defenders) Indian adolescent students play as bystanders in School bullying. The study was set in Mysore City of India and screened a total of 265 students of Class 6th and 7th from five schools selected through convenient sampling based on permission from school authorities as the study was carried offline mode during post Covid-19. This study features as one of few studies to probe the distribution and patterns of roles bystanders play in Indian settings. The results indicated highest percentage of Bystanders were Outsiders (47.7%), followed by Reinforcers (20.3%) and Defenders (17.6%) while 14.4% acted as Assistant’s when witnessing school bullying. Differences with respect to Age, Gender and Class of sample was observed the results with their implications are discussed briefly.
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Ms. Iqra Mubeen Bala, Ms. Chandana R. M, & Dr. Komala M (September-2022). The Shades of Darkness: An Exploratory study on Participant Roles in School Bullying among Adolescents in Mysore City. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(9), 884-892. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2209105.pdf
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Volume 7 Issue 9, September-2022
Pages : 884-892
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