英文摘要 |
Despite the recent surge of attention directed at bullying behaviors and the fact that accurate identification of bullying behaviors is the key to bullying prevention and intervention, little research has been done on teachers’ identification of bullying behaviors and its relationship to follow-up evaluation and intervention. The aims of this study were: (1) to investigate teachers’ identification of bully and non-bullying behaviors and its related factors (i.e., behavior and situation characteristics, and teachers’ backgrounds); (2) to investigate teachers’ evaluation on severity and likelihood of intervention, and its related factors (i.e., bullying identification, behavior and situation characteristics, and teachers’ backgrounds); and (3) to explore teachers’ perceptions of bullying intervention. The sample consisted of 175 elementary and secondary teachers selected from 18 schools using a purposive sampling method. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The “Bullying Situations Identification Instrument” (Hazler, Miller, Carney, & Green, 2001) was employed to collect quantitative data, and a semi-structure interview was conducted to gather qualitative data. The results indicated that (1) teachers had difficulties in distinguishing bullying behaviors from non-bullying behaviors; (2) the characteristics of a given behavior and a given situation, the traits of victim, teachers’ seniority/age, teachers’ undergoing bullying prevention training, and the relationship between bully and victim were all correlated with the teachers’ identification of bullying and non-bullying behaviors; (3) teachers’ evaluation of the severity of bullying and non-bullying behaviors were lower than their evaluation of the likelihood of intervention; (4) the teacher’s gender, status (teachers vs. administrators), school level (elementary vs. secondary), seniority/age, and teachers’ undergoing bullying prevention training were all correlated with the teacher’s evaluation on severity and likelihood of intervention; (5) when intervening in bullying situations, teachers usually dealt with the problems on a one-shot basis and were unable to design an intervention program or curriculum from a more comprehensive and holistic perspective. |