Author ORCID Identifier
Santo - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2057-1519
da Cunha - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4003-6847
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-8-2019
Publication Title
Pisco
Volume
50
Issue
1
First Page
29
Last Page
37
Abstract
According to the Authoritative School Climate theory, a school environment perceived with high levels of support and disciplinary structure can be a protective factor against violence. Therefore, the current study aimed to understand how support and disciplinary structure affected peer victimization among Brazilian students. Participants were 420 students from Brazil, between 7 and 14 years old (mean=10.02; S.D. = .91); 51.5% of the participants were boys. Measures were obtained from a self-report questionnaire with measures of victimization, authoritative school climate and sociodemographic data. Using multilevel modeling between individual and same-sex peer group analyses, 89.86% of the victimization variability was at the individual level. Results indicated a negative association between the student’s perception of support and reports of victimization, but no gender differences as predictors of victimization. Younger students who reported lowers perceptions of support also could be more victimized.
Recommended Citation
Amaral, Hellen Tsuruda; da Cunha, Josafa M.; and Santo, Jonathan, "Authoritative school climate and peer victimization among Brazilian students" (2019). Psychology Faculty Publications. 331.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/psychfacpub/331
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Comments
This is an open access article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. DOI https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-8623.2019.1.29275
https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/29275