Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 93-102
A Study to Assess the Prevalence and Attitude of Bullying Behavior among School Children in Selected Schools at Bangalore
Dinesh Minalkar1, Bemina.J.A2
1Vice Principal, Smt M.C.Vasantha College of Nursing, Bidar, Karnataka.
2Assistant Professor, ESIC College Of Nursing, Gulbarga, Karnataka.
Corresponding Author: Dinesh Minalkar
ABSTRACT
A study was conducted to assess the prevalence and attitude of bullying behavior among school children in selected schools at Bangalore with an objective to assess the prevalence of bullying, attitude, and its association with selected socio demographic variables among school children in order develop instructional module in caring children.
Methods Descriptive survey approach was used on 120 children of age group between 8 to 15 years selected school at Bangalore, using convenient sampling technique. A structured interview schedule and Likert scale was used to assess the prevalence and attitude.
Results indicated that majority 66.7% had moderate prevalence rate of bullying, 31.7% had low level prevalence of bullying behavior and only 1.7% had high level prevalence of bullying behavior among school children. The assessment of attitude of school children revealed that majority 74.2% of school children had moderately favorable attitude; 25% of school children were having the favorable attitude and 8.3% of school children had unfavorable attitude regarding bullying behavior. There was a significant association between prevalence and attitude of bulling behavior scores and socio demographic variables.
Conclusion: The study concluded that bullying is a common phenomenon amongst school going children. Health care professionals should be aware of this phenomenon so that they can diagnose the underlying cause of health impact and teacher should be aware to prevent and create a safe environment for students to enjoy coming to school. Hence forth a self instructional module were provided to create awareness among teachers regarding bulling behavior and its prevention
Key words: Prevalence, Attitude, School, Children, Bullying, Behavior
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