Student Bullying in Kuwait Public Schools: How School Administrators and Teachers React

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate how public school teachers perceive student bullying and how they perceive their own as well as school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A total of 238 elementary, middle, and high school teachers responded to 18 questions. The study found that student bullying exists in Kuwait public schools, it is more widespread in boys’ schools, and it occurs more in middle schools. Further, the study found a significant relationship between student bullying and school administrators’ efforts to protect students from bullying. A discussion of these results and relevant recommendations for future studies are included.

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student bullying protection school climate teachers school administrators

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