Psychological Development and Education ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 348-357.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2022.03.06

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Relationship between Student’s Perceived Teacher Bullying Attitude and Student Bullying Behavior:Mediating Effect of Student Bullying Attitude and Moderating Effect of Gender

LI Beilei1, GAO Ting2, ZHANG Lili1, ZHOU Nan1, DENG Linyuan1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875;
    2. School of Education, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872
  • Published:2022-05-17

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Abstract: School bullying has an extremely negative impact on student’s positive development and teacher is one of the most important elements to prevent and intervene school bullying. The present study sought to explore the relationship between student’s perceived teacher bullying attitude and student bullying behavior and the mediating effect of student bullying attitude between them, as well as the moderating effect of gender on this mediating effect. A total of 698 7th- and 8th- grade students from two public middle schools of Beijing were investigated with School Bullying Scale, Student’s Bullying Attitude Scale and Student’s Perceived Teacher Bullying Attitude Questionnaire. The results found that: (1) Male students showed more bullying behaviors in general and of different types than their female classmates and they also hold more positive attitude towards bullying, while the teacher seriousness attitude towards bullying perceived by female students was significantly higher than that perceived by male students; (2) Student’s perceived teacher seriousness attitude towards bullying significantly predicted student bullying behavior negatively; (3) The effect of student’s perceived teacher bullying attitude on student bullying behavior can be partially mediated by student bullying attitude; (4) There was an significant gender difference of this mediating effect of student bullying attitude. Specifically, males partially while females fully mediated the effect of teacher bullying attitude on student bullying behavior by their bullying attitude.

Key words: middle school students, student bullying behavior, teacher bullying attitude, student bullying attitude, gender difference

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  • B844
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