A Position Statement on Social Justice, Physical Education, and Bullying: A Figurational Sociological Perspective

Mierzwinski, Mark; Cock, Steven; Velija, Philippa

doi:10.1080/00336297.2018.1551807

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“…A systematic search of studies that reported the effect of overweight/obesity (in the form of body mass index. The most significant finding was that the higher the victim of physical bullying, the higher the emotional impulsiveness and aggressiveness of a child (Mierzwinski, Cock, & Velija, 2019). Here, students feel threatened or attacked easily and unable to control the behavior of victim's feelings which results in disrupting the capacity of self-assessment.…”

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Predicting Students’ Aggressive Behavior from the Perspective of Bullying Victims and Students’ Demographic Characteristics

2023

Pegegog

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Although many studies have examined the relationship between bullying victims and aggressive behavior from the perspective of perpetrators of aggressive behavior, very few studies have focused on the demographic dimensions and victims of bullying in influencing aggressive behavior in junior high school students. This study analyzes the effect of age, gender, and victims of bullying in terms of physical, verbal and cyberbullying on aggressive behavior in junior high school students in Malang City. This study used a cross-sectional study with 314 junior high school students in Malang City, Indonesia. The data collection technique used an online questionnaire adapted from the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire (OBQ) to measure victims of bullying and the Brife Aggression Questionnaire (BAQ) to measure aggressive behavior. The results of the study found that age affects aggressive behavior. As they get older, the aggressive behavior of children begins to decrease and girls are more at risk of having aggressive behavior than boys. In addition, there is a significant influence between victims of physical and verbal bullying on aggressive behavior. The higher the victim of physical and verbal bullying, the higher the aggressive behavior carried out by the victim. However, the unexpected findings of cyberbullying victims had no effect on aggressive behavior. The higher the number of victims of cyberbullying, it has no effect on adolescent aggressive behavior. Other factors need to be anticipated and counselors need to provide full socialization for perpetrators and bully-victims to improve their behavior so that there are no other victims of bullying. Keywords: Demographics, victims of bullying, aggressive behavior, junior high school children.

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Predicting Students’ Aggressive Behavior from the Perspective of Bullying Victims and Students’ Demographic Characteristics

2023

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“…When presenting the profile of a perpetrator of bullying in physical education, it should be noted that according to the ETMD, different factors cause students to use violence against their peers (Cicchetti & Lynch, 1993;Overstreet & Mazza, 2003). Bullying in physical education often takes place within a peer-group setting (Mierzwinski et al, 2019), and peer support (or lack thereof) given to the perpetrator may support or inhibit their behavior.…”

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“…This aligns with Journal of Interpersonal Violence other studies concerning bullying in physical education (e.g., Vianna et al, 2015) and other areas of an adolescent's life in Poland (Mazur et al, 2017), which have found that direct bullying is more common among younger students. This might result from socialization processes and the ability to control emotional impulses and aggression increasing with age (Mierzwinski et al, 2019).…”

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Victims and Perpetrators of Bullying in Physical Education Lessons: The Role of Peer Support, Weight Status, Gender, and Age in Polish Adolescents

Borowiec¹,

Król-Zielińska²,

Osiński

et al. 2021

J Interpers Violence

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Physical education is a space in which adolescents may become the victims or perpetrators of bullying. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between being a victim or perpetrator of physical, verbal, or social bullying in physical education, and peer support, gender, weight status, and age. The sample consisted of 2, 848 adolescents (1, 512 girls and 1, 336 boys) aged 14–16 from Poland. The participants’ body mass index was determined based on their measured height and weight. The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children questionnaire was used to assess whether the participants were victims or perpetrators of bullying. Peer support during physical education was assessed using the modified Teacher and Classmate Support Scale. The analysis of logistic regressions revealed that low peer support increased the probability of being the victim of physical, verbal, and social bullying (odds ratio [ OR], 1.58–2.91) and becoming a perpetrator of bullying ( OR, 1.14–1.37) in physical education. Additionally, being overweight increased the likelihood of being a verbal victim ( OR, 1.39) and being obese raised the probability of becoming social victim ( OR, 1.60). Boys more often experienced ( OR, 1.12–2.06) and caused bullying ( OR, 1.25–1.89) than girls. Moreover, victims were mainly younger (14-year-old) students ( OR, 1.16–1.21), while perpetrators were more often older (15- and 16-year-old) adolescents ( OR, 1.12–1.20). This research indicated that peer support can play a key role in preventing bullying in physical education. Physical education teachers should pay special attention to unpopular and rejected students because they most often become the victims and perpetrators of bullying. Creating a climate that fosters the development of high peer support might protect adolescents from becoming a victim—and a perpetrator—of bullying in physical education.

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“…Elias's collaborations with Dunning on sports, violence and leisure led to broader reflections on changing attitudes to social identities, power relations and the exclusion of certain bodies in physical education. Mierzwinski et al (2019) is one such example, providing a long-term historical perspective on sports development and gendered power relations. Importantly, the authors draw attention to the fact that growing sensitivities to violence and other forms of morally transgressional behaviour have led to heightened expectations surrounding the shaming of bullies.…”

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A figurational approach to understanding school climate and peer harassment: Possibilities from Norbert Elias’s work

Webb

2021

Children & Society

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Although psychological approaches have been the mainstay of scholarly research on school climate, offering state-of-the-art measurements and methodologies, sociological perspectives remain essential perspectives because violence is essentially a social phenomenon. This paper offers a theoretical consideration of contributions to this field, focusing specifically on those that provide a critical historical lens. I suggest that while Foucault's approach to the disciplining of docile bodies and self-restraint offers crucial conceptual tools, Norbert Elias's work-which is scarce in scholarly research on school climate-provides a complementary but necessary framework for understanding emotional and relational aspects of peer harassment.

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A Position Statement on Social Justice, Physical Education, and Bullying: A Figurational Sociological Perspective

Abstract: Research at York St John (RaY) is an institutional repository. It supports the principles of open access by making the research outputs of the University available in digital form.

Cited by 12 publications

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Predicting Students’ Aggressive Behavior from the Perspective of Bullying Victims and Students’ Demographic Characteristics

Predicting Students’ Aggressive Behavior from the Perspective of Bullying Victims and Students’ Demographic Characteristics

Victims and Perpetrators of Bullying in Physical Education Lessons: The Role of Peer Support, Weight Status, Gender, and Age in Polish Adolescents

A figurational approach to understanding school climate and peer harassment: Possibilities from Norbert Elias’s work

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