To tell or not to tell about bullying—New insights from the study on the perceptions of criminal sanctioning, anticipation of school punishment, agency, and trust toward school staff

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dc.abstract.enThe primary aim of this study was to determine whether perceptions of criminal sanctioning and school punishment predict students' willingness to report different types of bullying (material, physical, sexual, verbal, relational, and cyberbullying). An online survey was conducted with secondary school students (n = 1092) as participants. Traditionally included predictors (trust toward school staff, cost of reporting bullying, gender, and school agency) were also incorporated into a multiple linear regression analysis. The perception of criminal sanctioning for a particular type of bullying was a significant predictor of the willingness to report a given type of bullying, whereas anticipation of school punishment was relevant only in the case of cyberbullying. Trust toward school staff and gender were also significant predictors of willingness to report any type of bullying. School agency helped predict the willingness to report any kind of bullying except cyberbullying. Surprisingly, the costs of reporting bullying were relevant only in the case of material bullying. These results have important implications for stakeholders and school administration in identifying unreported bullying, developing and implementing anti-bullying policies, and introducing programs aimed at improving students' legal awareness.
dc.affiliationInstytut Prawa
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Prawa w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorHełka, Anna
dc.contributor.authorWójcik, Małgorzata
dc.contributor.authorDukała, Karolina
dc.contributor.authorKabzińska, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorPiaskowska, Olga
dc.contributor.authorPiesiewicz, Piotr
dc.date.access2024-09-25
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T09:44:38Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T09:44:38Z
dc.date.created2024-06-26
dc.date.issued2024-07-09
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The primary aim of this study was to determine whether perceptions of criminal sanctioning and school punishment predict students' willingness to report different types of bullying (material, physical, sexual, verbal, relational, and cyberbullying). An online survey was conducted with secondary school students (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 1092) as participants. Traditionally included predictors (trust toward school staff, cost of reporting bullying, gender, and school agency) were also incorporated into a multiple linear regression analysis. The perception of criminal sanctioning for a particular type of bullying was a significant predictor of the willingness to report a given type of bullying, whereas anticipation of school punishment was relevant only in the case of cyberbullying. Trust toward school staff and gender were also significant predictors of willingness to report any type of bullying. School agency helped predict the willingness to report any kind of bullying except cyberbullying. Surprisingly, the costs of reporting bullying were relevant only in the case of material bullying. These results have important implications for stakeholders and school administration in identifying unreported bullying, developing and implementing anti‐bullying policies, and introducing programs aimed at improving students' legal awareness.</jats:p>
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dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/bsl.2688
dc.identifier.eissn1099-0798
dc.identifier.issn0735-3936
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/881
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki prawne
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.rights.explanationdostęp zamknięty
dc.rights.questionNo_rights
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dc.subject.enbullying
dc.subject.encriminal sanctioning
dc.subject.enschool agency
dc.subject.enschool punishment
dc.subject.entrust towards school staff
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dc.titleTo tell or not to tell about bullying—New insights from the study on the perceptions of criminal sanctioning, anticipation of school punishment, agency, and trust toward school staff
dc.title.journalBehavioral Sciences &amp; the Law
dc.typeJournalArticle
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