Perception, Attitudes and Self Esteem Regarding Bullying Among Preparatory Schools Students at Tanta City

Metwally El-ony, Aml Abd EL Qawy; Bahgat, Rahma Soliman; Farag, Nagafa Hafez

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2023.298371

Perception, Attitudes and Self Esteem Regarding Bullying Among Preparatory Schools Students at Tanta City

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ ICU nurse specialist at Kafr El-Zayat general hospital, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

² Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

³ Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2023.298371

Abstract

Background: School bullying is a pervasive international problem which attracted the concern
of global research community. Bullying is common among primary and prep school students.
School bullying is the predominant factor that affects children' physical and mental health.
These effects carry over into adulthood and include suicide tendencies. Therefore, many
preventative strategies and technology used to prevent school bullying. Aim of the study was
to investigate perception, attitudes and self-esteem regarding bullying among preparatory
school students. Subjects and method: Three hundred students. study was conducted at two
governmental preparatory schools of Tanta city. Tools: Four tools were used for data
collection (socio-demographic Data, perception of preparatory school students regarding
bullying, Bullying attitude scale and Rosenberg self-esteem scale). Results: More than half of
students had health problems due to their exposure to bullying, about 40% of students had high
level of perception about bullying, half of students had low level of perception regarding
bullying, three quarters of students had negative attitude regarding bullying while one quarter
of students had positive attitude regarding bullying. Conclusion: there were statistical
significant differences among students' perception, attitudes and self-esteem regarding
bullying. Recommendations: School students should attend health education programs to
improve their perception regarding school bullying and to improve their practices about
bullying prevention and control.