School Bullying among Intermediate School Students in Babylon Governorate

Abstract

The current study aimed at (school bullying among middle school students in the province of Babil) in the schools of the center and districts of the province of Babylon by building a scale for school bullying among middle school students and to find out whether there are statistically significant differences in the percentage of this behavior according to the gender variable and the variable Living

The study was carried out on a randomly selected sample consisting of (300) male and female students for the middle school stage (second) in the province of Babylon for the academic year 2022-2023 divided into (150) females and (150) males belonging to four schools, two schools for males and two schools for females divided into these schools To rural and city schools, the sample percentage was (21.27%) and the sample percentage for the original community was (0.024%)

On the basis of reviewing the literature and previous studies, a scale was developed and its validity was confirmed by presenting its paragraphs to a group of specialized arbitrators in order to express an opinion on its validity and suitability in terms of content and wording of the paragraphs, while ensuring the stability of the tool by distributing the scale in its final form to a sample It consisted of (40) male and female students who were chosen randomly, and then the same scale was distributed to the same persons after a period of (15) days to determine the degree of stability.

The results of the questionnaire were statistically analyzed to reveal the percentage of school bullying among middle school students. The obtained results indicated that the prevalence of school bullying was (2.27%) for the general sample and (21.27%) for the research community, as the percentage of school bullying among males was (1.33%).) and females (9.33%), which indicates that the percentage of school bullying (verbal) for females is greater than for males. The results, after statistical analysis, also indicated that there were statistically significant differences in the percentage of school bullying between rural and city students, as the largest percentage of rural students compared to the city. While the study proved that there are no statistically significant differences in the prevalence of school bullying among females in the countryside or the city. From this study, it can be recommended to develop training programs for students in the middle school on methods and how to deal with their school bullying in order to understand their demands and psychological needs to reduce school bullying rates and achieve psychological, educational and social compatibility for them.