The relationship between bullying and selfesteem in adolescents'

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The relationship between bullying and
self-esteem in adolescents.

• Maria Sarkova, Maria Bacikova-Sleskova , Beata
  Gajdosova, Olga Orosova
• Department of Educational Psychology and
  Psychology of Health,
• Faculty of Arts
• PJ Safarik University in Kosice
• Slovak Republic
• This work was supported by the Research and
  Development Support Agency under Contract No.
  APVV-20-038 205.

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• the PhD. project is focused on determinants of
  adolescents mental health, especially in
  psychological well-being and self-esteem of
  adolescents.
• international cooperation between Department of
  Social Medicine UG in Groningen and Department of
  Educational Psychology and Psychology of Health
  UPJS in Kosice

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background

• the function of school on adolescents development
  
• the partnership between school and family
• health promotion in school

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background

• the project
• Individual, interpersonal, social and societal
  factors of risk behaviour among adolescents and
  young adults
• the school environment as an important
  determinant of health
• Conditions of school
• Relationships at the school environment

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Theoretical background

• a conceptual model of well-being in schools
• (Konu and Rimpelä, 2002)
• Allardts sociological theory of welfare

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a conceptual model of well-being in schools
Ref. Konu, A. and Rimpelä, 2002 Well-being in
schools a conceptual model. Health Promotion
International. 17, 1, pp.79 -87.
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a conceptual model of well-being in schools
Ref. Konu, A. and Rimpelä, 2002 Well-being in
schools a conceptual model. Health Promotion
International. 17, 1, pp.79 -87.
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a conceptual model of well-being in schools
Ref. Konu, A. and Rimpelä, 2002 Well-being in
schools a conceptual model. Health Promotion
International. 17, 1, pp.79 -87.
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a conceptual model of well-being in schools
Ref. Konu, A. and Rimpelä, 2002 Well-being in
schools a conceptual model. Health Promotion
International. 17, 1, pp.79 -87.
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a conceptual model of well-being in schools
Ref. Konu, A. and Rimpelä, 2002 Well-being in
schools a conceptual model. Health Promotion
International. 17, 1, pp.79 -87.
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Motivation for the research

• The relationship between
• self-esteem bullying

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Aim

• to explore
• the association between bullying and
  self-esteem.

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Sample

• n 1023 students (47.6 of boys)
• 18 schools from Kosice, Slovak Republic
• mean age was 14.9 year

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Methods

• The bullying
• How often have you been bullied at the current
  school year?
• How often have you take part in bullying
  others?
• (HBSC 1997/98)
• the dichotomised answers
• never at least once

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Methods

• Self-esteem
• Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, RSE
• 2 factors positive self-esteem and negative
  self-esteem (Sarkova et al., 2006)
• 1strongly agree, 2agree, 3disagree, 4strongly
  disagree
• the sum score from 10 to 40
• higher sum score indicates higher self-esteem.
• Cronbachs alpha for RSE is 0.75,
• for positive self-esteem 0.71, for negative
  self-esteem 0.63.

Ref. Sarkova,M.et al. 2006 Psychometric
evaluation of the General Health Questionnaire-12
and Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale in Hungarian and
Slovak early adolescents. Studia Psychologica.
Vol. 48, No. 1, p. 69 79.
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Statistical analysis

• SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences)
  version 12.1.
• the general linear model (GLM) multivariate
  procedure
• positive self-esteem and negative
  self-esteem as dependent variables
• Being bullied and Taking part in bullying
  others and gender as factors

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Table 1 The frequencies for bullying separately
among boys and girls
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Table 2 mean total score of self-esteem (std) in
the whole sample and among boys and girls
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Table 3 The effect of bullying on self-esteem
among boys and girls (Fsig)
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Conclusion

• Forms of bullying
• Identify bullying in the school
• Self-esteem of bullies and victims
• Efficiency of school-based intervention programs

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• Thank you for your attention
• Maria Sarkova