The analysis of relationship between school bullying and self-concept clarity in adolescents

This study aims to analyze the relationship between school bullying and self-concept clarity in adolescents. This study also aims to analyze the levels of school bullying and self-concept clarity in adolescents according to some variables. The study group consists of 313 high school students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades at Ataturk High School, Kurtulus High School and Omer Seyfettin High School of Ankara during 2008-2009 academic year. In this study, Student Relationships Attitude Scale (SRAS) developed by Koc (2006) and Self-Concept Clarity Scale developed by Campbell, Trapnell, Heine, Kartz, Lavallee ve Lehman (1996) and adapted to high school students by Gungor (2000) were used. T-test and one way anova were used to analyze the data. It was found that there was a significant difference in subscale points of avoidance from bullying and bullying personality of SRAS according to gender; however there was not a significant difference in the subscale points of self confidence subscale. It was determined that there was a significant difference in the subscale points of bullying personality and self confidence of SRAS according to the mother's attitude; however there was not a significant difference in the subscale points of avoidance from bullying. It was found that there was a significant difference in the subscale points of bullying personality and avoidance from bullying of SRAS according to the father's attitude; however there was not a significant difference in the subscale points of self confidence. It was found that there was a significant difference in self-concept clarity according to the mother and father's attitude. It was observed that there was a significant correlation between the bullying personality subscale point of SRAS and Self-Concept Clarity Scale. It was observed that there was not a significant correlation between the self confidence and avoidance from bullying subscale points of SRAS and Self-Concept Clarity Scale.

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Adolescent ,

School Bullying ,

Self-Concept Clarity ,