Perceptions of teachers' responses to children's peer victimization: Agreement (and lack of agreement) among teachers and students.

ABSTRACT: Recent research has underscored the importance of teachers' responses to students' peer victimization as well as students' expectations for how their teacher responds to this victimization. However, little research has examined the extent to which teachers and their students have a shared understanding of their teacher's efforts, or lack of efforts, to manage peer victimization. This study addressed this issue using longitudinal data collected on 410 students (47.1% boys; 86.8% White; M_age = 10.29 years) from 26 fourth-grade and fifth-grade classrooms. In the fall and spring, students reported on their teacher's use of six responses to peer victimization and teachers completed self-reports of their use of these same six responses. Peer reports of aggressive behavior and peer vic

SUBMITTER: Johnson VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11625179 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature