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Hintergrund: Obwohl die Schule den Rahmen für die Bewältigung zentraler Entwicklungsaufgaben des Jugendalters bildet, beschäftigt sich die Forschung fast ausschließlich mit dem Stellenwert der Schule für die kognitive Entwicklung. Nur wenige Studien haben den Einfluss des schulischen Umfelds auf internalisierende psychische Auffälligkeiten von Schülerinnen und Schülern im Jugendalter untersucht. Insbesondere zu den Wirkmechanismen dieses Zusammenhangs liegen kaum Erkenntnisse vor. Fragestellungen: Geht eine negative Ausrichtung des Klassenklimas (ungünstige Lernbedingungen, wenig unterstützendes Sozialklima) mit einem Anstieg emotionaler Probleme und psychosomatischer Beschwerden bei Jugendlichen einher? Vermitteln das schulische und das soziale Selbstkonzept den Zusammenhang zwischen Klassenklima und internalisierenden Auffälligkeiten? Sind ferner Einflüsse der schulischen Umwelt auf die psychische Gesundheit über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren hinweg nachweisbar? Methoden: Die hauptsächliche Datengrundlage bildet der sächsische Teil-Datensatz der internationalen HBSC-Studie (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) von 2006. Schriftlich befragt wurden 4 367 Fünft-, Siebent- und Neuntklässler aus 221 Klassen an 27 Schulen. Ergebnisse: Mehrebenenanalytische Regressionen zeigen, dass insbesondere das Klassenklima auf Schülerebene mit emotionalen Problemen und psychosomatischen Beschwerden in Verbindung steht. Zum stärksten Anstieg der Beschwerden führen hierbei Erfahrungen als Opfer von Mitschüler-Mobbing und überfordernde Lernbedingungen. Mit Hilfe einer längsschnittlichen Substichprobe (n = 636, zwei Messzeitpunkte) können die nachteiligen Effekte dieser beiden Risikobedingungen auch langfristig in hypothesenkonformer Richtung nachgewiesen werden. Die Selbstkognitionen vermitteln nur einen Teil dieses Zusammenhangs. Schlussfolgerungen: Der Schutz und die Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit von Jugendlichen sollten als Ziele der Schule ernst genommen werden. Entsprechende Vorschläge für die Gestaltung von Schule und Unterricht werden unterbreitet. Die Effekte schulbasierter Präventionsprogramme könnten durch eine stärkere Berücksichtigung Setting-bezogener Maßnahmen gesteigert werden.
Background: Pressure within school can be a critical component in understanding how the school experience influences young people’s intellectual development, physical and mental health and future educational decisions. Methods: Data from five survey rounds (1993/1994, 1997/1998, 2001/2002, 2005/2006 and 2009/2010) were used to examine time-, age- and gender-related trends in the amounts of reported school pressure among 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds, in five different regions (North America, Great Britain, Eastern Europe, Nordic and Germanic countries). Results: Across the regions the reported perceptions of school pressure did not change between 1994 and 2010, despite a temporary increase in 2002 and 2006. With the exception of children at 11 years of age, girls reported higher levels of school pressure than boys (Cohen’s d from 0.12 to 0.58) and school pressure was higher in older age groups. These findings were consistent across countries. Regionally, children in North America reported the highest levels of school pressure, and students in the Germanic countries the lowest. Conclusion: Factors associated with child development and differences in societal expectations and structures, along with the possible, albeit, differential impact of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), may partially explain the differences and trends found in school pressure. School pressure increases alongside the onset of adolescence and the shift from elementary school to the higher demanding expectations of secondary education. Time-related increases in school pressure occurred in the years following the release of the PISA results, and were larger in those regions in which results were less positive.
Beschäftigt sich die Erziehungswissenschaft mit dem Thema Ungleichheiten, stehen meist die ungleich verteilten Bildungschancen von Schülern im Mittelpunkt. Seit dem Erscheinen der ersten PISA-Studie [1] geht es hierbei wieder verstärkt um den Zusammenhang zwischen sozialer Herkunft und den in der Schule erworbenen Kompetenzen und Abschlüssen. Diesem Diskurs haftet jedoch ein Bild vom Schüler an, das ausschließlich auf die fachlichen Kompetenzen ausgerichtet ist. Ausgehend von einem breiteren Verständnis der Schülerpersönlichkeit richtet dieser Beitrag den Blick auch auf die sozialen und die Selbstkompetenzen der Schüler. Wie kommen Jugendliche in der Schule mit sich selbst, ihrem Körper und mit ihren Mitschülern zurecht? Lassen sich jenseits der fachlichen Kompetenzen soziale Ungleichheiten auch in diesen Kompetenzbereichen verzeichnen?
Depressive Störungen
(2012)
Gewalt in Familie und Schule
(2010)
The subject of this study is the accuracy of teacher judgements regarding identification of perpetration and victimisation behaviour in German schools. We examine whether the portion of involved pupils is overestimated or underestimated, the agreement among pupils’ and teachers’ perceptions at the individual level, and factors influencing the accuracy of teacher judgements. Participants were n = 85 class teachers and n = 1401 pupils. Results indicate that teachers are overestimating the number of pupils involved in bullying as victims or bullies slightly, while agreement between pupils’ and teachers’ judgements is low at the individual level. Teachers’ judgements of perpetration behaviour are influenced by pupils’ school performance. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for handling bullying in schools and for teacher education and training.
Zur Genauigkeit des Lehrerurteils bei der Wahrnehmung von täter- und opferbezogenem Mobbingverhalten
(2017)
A substantial amount of research has revealed that cyberbully-victims have more emotional and behavioral problems than either cyberbullying victims or perpetrators. However, until now, little research has been conducted into the factors that contribute to the interplay between cyberbullying victimization and perpetration. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between cyberbullying victimization, perpetration, and two emotional components of alexithymia, namely difficulties in identifying and describing one’s own feelings. Self-report questions were administered to 1549 adolescents between 12 and 18 years old (M = 14.51; SD = 1.68; 42.1% (n = 652) male) from Germany and Thailand. Results showed that cyberbullying victimization and alexithymia are associated with cyberbullying perpetration. Moreover, alexithymia mediated the associations between cyberbullying victimization and adolescents’ cyberbullying perpetration. Consequently, we suggest that the ability to describe and identify one’s own feelings might be important for understanding the link between cyberbullying, victimization, and perpetration. The results may help develop prevention and intervention programs focused on reducing cyberbullying.
Background. Features of schools and classes are closely related to students´ health and wellbeing. However, class composition (e.g. in terms of school performance) has rarely been examined in relation to students´ health and wellbeing. This study focuses on the so called Big-Fish-Little-Pond-Effect (BFLPE), by investigating whether the level of high-performing students in classroom is negatively associated with psychosomatic complaints of students who perceive themselves as poor performers.
Methods. Data were derived from the German sample of the WHO-Collaborative “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC)” study 2013/2014. The sample included 5226 11-, 13- and 15-year-old students. Individual perceived school performance (PSP) was included (very good/good vs. average/below average PSP) at the individual student-level. At the class-level, school performance in class was generated by aggregating the share (in percentage) of students who report a very good/good PSP to the class-level, indicating the percentage of students with good/very good PSP in classroom. Using multilevel regression models, the association between class-level school performance (in percentage of students with very good/good PSP) and individual psychosomatic complaints were analyzed, stratified by students´ individual PSP.
Results. Students who report average/below average PSP showed higher likelihoods of psychosomatic complaints (Odds Ratio: 1.75; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.52–2.03) compared to counterparts with very good/good PSP. The aggregated class-level PSP was not significantly associated with psychosomatic complaints. However, in line with the BFLPE, results further revealed that students with average/below average PSP, who attend classes with a higher percentage of students who report very good/good PSP, had higher likelihoods of psychosomatic complaints (Odds Ratio: 1.91; 95% Confidence Interval: 1.01–4.01) compared to classmates with very good/good PSP.
Conclusions. This study revealed that class composition in terms of PSP was differentially associated with students´ psychosomatic complaints, depending on their individual PSP. Findings highlight the vulnerability of students with poor PSP placed in classes with a higher percentage of students with good PSP. Results of this study therefore indicate a need for initiatives for low performing students from teachers and school staff in class.
Background. Studies among students with special educational needs (SEN) in separate special schools (SSS) and mainstream schools (MS) are particularly applicable to educational attainment and social participation. However, indicators of health and wellbeing have rarely been considered. Aims. This study investigates two related topics: first, health and wellbeing differences between students with SEN in special schools (SSS) and students without SEN in regular schools, and second, the rarely considered question whether health and wellbeing among students with SEN differ between school settings (i.e. MS vs. SSS). Methods and procedures. Bivariate and multilevel analyses are applied with data from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) with 5267 students (grade 7). Outcomes and results. After having controlled for background characteristics, students in SSS report higher likelihoods of poor self-rated health compared to students in higher track schools. Self-rated health of students with SEN does not significantly differ between MS vs. SSS. For life satisfaction, students with SEN show higher likelihoods of low life satisfaction when attending MS. Conclusions and implications. Teachers in inclusive settings are encouraged to establish class work and teaching that support a real change from class placement to inclusive culture in order to suitably support students with SEN.
This study investigates whether class-level school performance affects students’ life satisfaction and if there are differential effects for high- and low-performing students. Data were derived from the National Educational Panel Study, including n = 5196 students (49.6% girls), nested in 478 classes and 250 secondary schools. School performance in class was measured by aggregating individual grade point average in Mathematics and German. The study could not reveal the “big-fish-little-pond”-effect regarding students’ life satisfaction but found differential effects for high- vs. low performing students. There was no significant association for low-performing students attending classes with higher class-level performance However, low-performing students revealed the lowest life satisfaction. High-performing students placed in classes with higher average performance reported lower life satisfaction compared to high-performing students in classes with lower average performance. This study provides evidence for the impact of the learning environment in class on school-aged children’s life satisfaction, by highlighting the differential sensitivity of high-performing students when placed in classes with higher or lower average performance.
Although school climate and self-efficacy have received some attention in the literature, as correlates of students’ willingness to intervene in bullying, to date, very little is known about the potential mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between classroom climate and students’ willingness to intervene in bullying. To this end, the present study analyzes whether the relationship between classroom cohesion (as one facet of classroom climate) and students’ willingness to intervene in bullying situations is mediated by self-efficacy in social conflicts. This study is based on a representative stratified random sample of two thousand and seventy-one students (51.3% male), between the ages of twelve and seventeen, from twenty-four schools in Germany. Results showed that between 43% and 48% of students reported that they would not intervene in bullying. A mediation test using the structural equation modeling framework revealed that classroom cohesion and self-efficacy in social conflicts were directly associated with students’ willingness to intervene in bullying situations. Furthermore, classroom cohesion was indirectly associated with higher levels of students’ willingness to intervene in bullying situations, due to self-efficacy in social conflicts. We thus conclude that: (1) It is crucial to increase students’ willingness to intervene in bullying; (2) efforts to increase students’ willingness to intervene in bullying should promote students’ confidence in dealing with social conflicts and interpersonal relationships; and (3) self-efficacy plays an important role in understanding the relationship between classroom cohesion and students’ willingness to intervene in bullying. Recommendations are provided to help increase adolescents’ willingness to intervene in bullying and for future research.
Immer wieder wird in der Öffentlichkeit über Mobbingfälle an Schulen diskutiert und die Frage aufgeworfen, warum Lehrkräfte so wenig dagegen unternehmen. Nun ist eine von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) geförderte Studie dieser Frage nachgegangen. Die repräsentative Untersuchung unter der Schüler- und Lehrerschaft hat herausgefunden, inwieweit Lehrkräfte Mobbingphänomene überhaupt wahrnehmen und ob bzw. wie sie dagegen vorgehen. Insgesamt entsteht ein sehr differenziertes Bild hinsichtlich des Lehrerhandelns bei Gewalt und Mobbing. Die große Mehrheit der Lehrkräfte schaut bei Mobbing nicht weg, sondern versucht mit pädagogischen Mitteln einzugreifen und Mobbing zu beenden. Zugleich zeigt sich aber auch, dass Lehrkräfte nicht alles mitbekommen, dass sie Mobbing ganz unterschiedlich wahrnehmen und mitunter pädagogisch unangemessen reagieren, womit die These erhärtet wird, dass Mobbing auch eine Folge von unterlassener Hilfeleistung seitens der Lehrkräfte sein kann.
Is self-regulation a relevant aspect of intervention competence for teachers in bullying situations?
(2019)
Teachers play a crucial role in stopping bullying, but react in different ways. Could their competence profile explain these differences? In the literature, self-regulation is understood as being part of teacher competence and is known to be important for other aspects of teaching. However, it has not yet been studied in relation to bullying interventions. In the present study, we examined this interaction for the first time using a sample of 556 teachers. Contrary to our expectations, self-regulation appears not to be relevant in teachers’ intervention behaviour. Possible reasons and implications are discussed.
Vorgestellt wird ein Interventionsansatz für Mobbing in der Schule. Er beruht auf der Grundannahme, dass Mobbing an Schulen ein multifaktoriell bedingtes Phänomen mit Determinanten auf individueller, sozialer und kontextueller Ebene ist. Der Interventionsansatz ist durch eine ganzheitliche, kooperative Herangehensweise gekennzeichnet. Er beruht auf Forschungsbefunden zu Lehrerkompetenzen im Umgang mit Mobbing sowie zur Wirksamkeit spezifischer Interventionsstrategien. Wichtige Anregungen lieferten der No Blame Approach sowie weitere Interventionsprogramme und -empfehlungen.
Beschrieben wird ein grundlegendes Vorgehen in fünf Teilschritten, das je nach Art des Mobbingfalls adaptiert werden kann. Variationen betreffen insbesondere das Ausmaß der notwendigen Kooperationen, den Einbezug externer psychosozialer Beratungsangebote sowie das Ausmaß der Konfrontation, mit der den mobbenden Lernenden begegnet wird.
Lehrkräfte spielen bei der Prävention von und Intervention bei Mobbing eine wichtige Rolle. Verschiedene Studien legen nahe, dass die Selbstwirksamkeitserwartung der Lehrkräfte dafür eine bedeutsame Ressource ist. Mittels eines systematischen Forschungsüberblicks wird im vorliegenden Beitrag analysiert, welche Fragestellungen Studien in diesem Themenbereich untersuchen und zu welchen zentralen Ergebnissen sie kommen. Die Befunde lassen sich einem breiten thematischen Feld zuordnen, wobei die meisten Einzelergebnisse den Zusammenhang mit der Interventionsbereitschaft der Lehrer betreffen. Überwiegend wird berichtet, dass höhere Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen mit einer größeren Tendenz zu intervenieren einhergehen. Dennoch finden sich auch widersprüchliche Ergebnisse. Ersten Analysen zufolge könnten solche Widersprüche auf unterschiedliche Spezifitätsgrade der betrachteten Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen zurückgeführt werden.
Geflüchtete haben im Vergleich mit der Allgemeinbevölkerung ein erhöhtes Risiko, unter psychischen Störungen zu leiden. Die psychosoziale und psychotherapeutische Versorgungslage für Geflüchtete in Deutschland wird derzeit als unzureichend eingeschätzt. Deutschlandweit haben sich daher Initiativen gegründet, um mittels niedrigschwelliger therapeutischer Kontakt- und Beratungsangebote diese Versorgungslücken zu schließen. Diese Initiativen haben häufig Projektcharakter und werden teilweise ehrenamtlich durchgeführt. Eines dieser Projekte, die therapeutische Krisensprechstunde in Dresdner Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen, soll in diesem Artikel näher vorgestellt werden. Die Campkrisensprechstunde ist ein niedrigschwelliges, dolmetschergestütztes Angebot zur Stressreduktion, welches sich an psychisch belastete BewohnerInnen der Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen für Asylsuchende in Dresden richtet. Sie bietet emotionale Entlastung, Stabilisierung, Psychoedukation, Ressourcenaktivierung und im Bedarfsfall auch Interventionen zur Deeskalation. Das Angebot wird seit Projektbeginn stetig nachgefragt und ist zu einem festen Bestandteil der psychosozialen Unterstützungsangebote in den beiden teilnehmenden Erstaufnahmeeinrichtungen geworden. Die Notwendigkeit der Schaffung und Finanzierung langfristiger, tragfähiger Strukturen in der Regelversorgung bleibt dennoch bestehen.
Die deutschen Hochschulen stehen bei der inklusionspädagogischen Qualifizierung von Lehrkräften vor großen Herausforderungen. Bisher liegen für diesen Bereich im deutschsprachigen Raum nur vereinzelte Kompetenzmodelle und Standards vor, an denen sich Hochschulen bei der Entwicklung von Studiengängen orientieren können. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird im vorliegenden Beitrag untersucht, welches Kompetenzprofil einer Lehrkraft im inklusiven Setting sich abzeichnet, wenn man Modulhandbücher (MHB) von inklusionspädagogisch ausgerichteten Lehramtsstudiengängen analysiert. Untersucht werden die MHB von acht Studiengängen mit einer weitgehenden Verschränkung regel- und sonderschulpädagogischer Anteile an vier deutschen Universitätsstandorten. Als Vergleichsmaßstab wird hierbei das Kompetenzprofil der European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education (2012) zugrunde gelegt, weil es einen vergleichsweise hohen Differenzierungsgrad aufweist. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich die in den MHB beschriebenen Kompetenzen vorrangig auf zwei der vier vorhandenen Werte im Kompetenzprofil der European Agency beziehen. Kompetenzbereiche innerhalb des Wertes Zusammenarbeit mit anderen und innerhalb des Wertes der persönlichen beruflichen Weiterentwicklung finden sich im Vergleich zu den Werten Wertschätzung der Vielfalt der Lernenden und Unterstützung aller Lernenden vergleichsweise selten. Mit Blick auf die Kompetenzdimensionen der European Agency (Wissen, Einstellungen, Fähigkeiten & Fertigkeiten) werden in den MHB insbesondere wissensbezogene Kompetenzdimensionen adressiert und seltener Fertigkeiten sowie Einstellungen. Diese und weitere Befunde werden vor dem Hintergrund der spezifischen Bedingungen der Lehrerbildung in Deutschland und dem Forschungsstand zu inklusionspädagogischen Lehrerkompetenzen innerhalb der GrundschullehrerInnenbildung diskutiert. Darüber hinaus werden Empfehlungen für eine inklusionspädagogisch ausgerichtete Curriculumentwicklung formuliert.
Gewalt in Familie und Schule
(2021)
Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit Gewaltphänomenen in den zwei zentralen Sozialisationsinstanzen des Kindes- und Jugendalters: der Familie und der Schule. Es werden zentrale Entwicklungslinien und Ergebnisse der Forschung zur familialen und schulischen Gewalt vorgestellt, wobei ein Schwerpunkt auf die deutschsprachige Forschung gelegt wird. Eingegangen wird auf die zentralen Gewaltformen, ihre Verbreitung, Ursachen und Folgen sowie auf Strategien der Prävention und Intervention.
Der psychischen Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen ist in den letzten Jahrzehnten eine verstärkte Aufmerksamkeit zuteil geworden. Immer deutlicher zeichnet sich ab, dass auch diese Altersgruppe von Einschränkungen der psychischen Gesundheit nicht ausgenommen ist und dass psychische Probleme im Kindes- und Jugendalter eine hohe Vorhersagekraft für psychische Erkrankungen im Erwachsenenalter haben. Gleichzeitig verfügen wir über einen immer breiter werdenden Erkenntnisstand zur Bedeutung des psychischen Wohlbefindens von Kindern und Jugendlichen für ihre gesunde Entwicklung, ihren schulischen Erfolg und für ihre soziale Teilhabe.
Frühzeitig geriet in diesem Zusammenhang auch die Lebenswelt Schule in das Blickfeld. Es wurden schulbezogene Ressourcen und Risikofaktoren für die psychische Gesundheit untersucht und auf dieser Grundlage Maßnahmen und Programme zur schulbasierten Förderung der psychischen Gesundheit entwickelt, evaluiert und punktuell auch an Schulen implementiert.
Vergleichsweise neu – vor allem im deutschsprachigen Raum – ist die Idee, das Thema psychische Gesundheit nicht nur im Rahmen zeitlich befristeter Projekte oder Präventionsprogramme an Schulen heranzutragen, sondern diesbezügliche Kompetenzen regulär zum Gegenstand von schulischen Bildungsprozessen zu machen, entweder fächerübergreifend oder gar im Rahmen eines eigenen Schulfaches Gesundheit.
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, die Notwendigkeit einer stärkeren Verankerung psychischer Gesundheitsbildung in der Schule zu untersuchen, bereits vorliegende Erkenntnisse zusammenzutragen, mögliche Ziele, Konzepte und Inhalte einer Gesundheitsbildung im Bereich der psychischen Gesundheit zu analysieren und auf Herausforderungen hinzuweisen.
Teachers’ responses to incidents of bullying among students can be important for bullying dynamics. Theoretical models of teachers’ intervention competence and the theory of planned behavior suggest that teachers’ bullying intervention self-efficacy may be associated with teachers’ responses to bullying and students’ bullying behavior and bullying victimization experiences. Several studies report an association between teachers’ self-efficacy and their intervention behavior in incidents of bullying. However, the possible association with student bullying perpetration has rarely been examined so far. The current study explores the association between class teachers’ self-efficacy and students’ bullying victimization, perpetration, and combined bully-victim behavior in a sample of 2,071 students and their 93 class teachers in Germany. The results suggest an association between class teachers’ self-efficacy and students’ perpetration behavior. The higher teachers’ bullying intervention self-efficacy, the fewer students seem to bully other students. In contrast, teachers’ self-efficacy was not associated with students’ victimization experiences and students’ bully-victim behavior. Possible underlying mechanisms, as well as limitations of the present results, are discussed. Further research is needed to substantiate the findings.
Purpose. Teachers are exposed to many stressors. Compared to other occupational groups, they are more frequently affected by psychosomatic complaints. In recent decades, numerous prevention and intervention measures for promoting health have been developed and implemented for this target group. However, it remains unclear how the uptake of health-promotion measures (HPMs) by teachers can be increased in order to prevent stress-related disorders. This paper examines two facets of health literacy—health awareness and health value—in terms of their importance in both the take-up and intended take-up of HPMs.
Design/methodology/approach. In the 2017/2018 school year, data were collected by paper and pencil from a representative sample of 830 teachers across all school types in the German State of Brandenburg.
Findings. Teachers who place great value on their own health show significantly higher levels of take-up and intended take-up of HPMs. The findings regarding health awareness are more heterogeneous. Further associations were found with age and psychosocial stress.
Originality/value. While there has been growing academic interest in developing HPMs for teachers, there has been relatively little focus on the factors that may influence the implementation and uptake of these measures. The paper contributes to addressing this gap by shedding light on the relevance of two facets of health literacy. Strengthening the perceived importance of health could be a starting point for increasing the use of HPMs by teachers and thus improving their health.
Introduction
Teachers must have sufficient intervention competence to intervene successfully in bullying situations. In addition to knowledge and beliefs, motivational orientations are considered important components in teacher competence models (Kunter et al., 2013). Motivation can include all aspects that influence if, with which intensity, and how people act. In the context of bullying intervention, this includes self-efficacy, empathy, and self-regulation. However, while self-efficacy is one of the most investigated motivational aspects of teachers (Fischer et al., 2020; Kunter, 2013, Lauermann et al., 2020), the other aspects – self-regulation and empathy – have only been seldomly investigated in the context of student bullying (Berkovich, 2020; Fischer & Bilz, 2019).
Method
Based on findings from published single studies as well as unpublished analyses, the associations between teachers’ motivational orientations (self-efficacy, self-regulation, empathy) and their likelihood of intervention (reported by teachers and students) as well as their students’ bullying experiences (as bullies, victims, and bully-victims) will be presented. All analyses are based on a study that was conducted in Germany with more than 2,000 students and 556 teachers at 24 schools. Teachers’ likelihood of intervention was assessed in bullying situations that have been reported retrospectively by students and teachers. Logistic regression analyses (multilevel analyses when appropriate) have been conducted.
Results
Findings show that teachers’ self-efficacy was associated with teachers’ likelihood of intervention from the teachers’ perspectives. Also, students whose teachers reported higher self-efficacy and a higher tendency to reflect their behaviours thoroughly and choose wisely (a component of self-regulation) reported fewer bullying experiences. The students’ perspective on the teachers’ likelihood of intervention was associated with experiences as bullies, bullied, and bully-victims, but could not be explained by teachers’ motivational orientations.
Conclusion
Possible underlying pathways and areas requiring further research as well as practical and theoretical implications will be discussed.
Hate speech is unequivocally seen as harmful to individuals and communities (United Nations, 2019), but little is yet known about the current state of research on the frequency of hate speech among children and adolescents. Evidence suggests that definitional ambiguities of hate speech exist in academic research (e.g., Brown, 2017). But without a precise theoretical definition of hate speech, standardized assessment methods and the ability to soundly differentiate it from related phenomena, empirical research may lack validity and comparability. For research on children and adolescents in particular, hate speech needs to be differentiated from bullying (e.g., Lehmann, 2019). In a systematic review, we thus identified and systematized empirical studies on hate speech.
Hate speech is often discussed and investigated as an online phenomenon, while hate speech among adolescents in the real world (e.g., in schools) has rarely been researched. Consequently, not much is known about potential interpersonal correlates and theoretical frameworks that might help us better understand why adolescents engage in hate speech in offline environments. To add to the literature, this study investigates hate speech perpetration among young people by utilizing the Social Cognitive Theory; more specifically, the association between witnessing and perpetrating hate speech in schools, and whether this relation is weakened or strengthened by anti-hate speech injunctive norms and deviant peer pressure. The sample consists of 1719 young people (45.1% boys, 53.6% girls, 1.3% gender diverse) between 11 and 18 years old (Mage = 13.96; SD = .98) from 22 schools in Switzerland. Self-report questionnaires were administered to measure hate speech involvement and adolescents’ perception of social norms (i.e., anti-hate speech injunctive norms and deviant peer pressure). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that witnessing and perpetrating hate speech were positively associated. Moreover, injunctive anti-hate speech norms were negatively related and deviant peer pressure positively related to hate speech perpetration. Finally, increasing levels of injunctive anti-hate speech norms weakened the relation between witnessing and perpetrating hate speech, whereas higher levels of deviant peer pressure strengthened this association. The findings demonstrate that the Social Cognitive Theory is a useful framework for understanding hate speech perpetration in schools. The results also highlight the importance of taking into account social norms and interpersonal relationships (e.g., within the class) when designing anti-hate speech prevention programs and not focusing solely on intrapersonal factors.
Some of the physical health complaints adolescents have, such as headaches and stomachaches, cannot be explained on a somatic level. It is unclear which psychological factors can explain these complaints: stress and social support are often discussed, but emotions rarely are. Aims: This cross-sectional study aims to use social support, stress, the tendency toward negative emotions, and health behaviors to predict physical health complaints in adolescents. Method: The 2018 HBSC (Health Behavior in School-aged Children) data from the German state of Brandenburg was analyzed via structural equation and path modeling (N = 3,068, age M = 13.05). Results: Results showed that the tendency toward negative emotions seems to be a better predictor for health complaints (β = .35) than stress (β = .17), and even better suited than social support (β = −.08) or health behavior (β = −.06 to β = .16). In the analysis of specific emotions (anger, sadness, and fear), correlations were low and between sadness and complaints they were highest (average β = .19). Limitations: The present cross-sectional study could not examine long-term outcomes. In addition, the results are limited to only a few physical complaints. Future long-term studies should examine multiple disease symptoms in adolescence. Conclusion: The investigated tendency toward negative emotions demonstrated promising results to better understand the relationship between psychological factors and physical health complaints. As negative emotions were particularly important in predicting physical health, prevention programs for adolescents should focus on dealing with negative emotions to improve their health.
Adolescents around the globe are increasingly exposed to online hate speech (OHS). And yet little is known about the varying roles of involvement and the determinants of adolescents' hate speech perpetration. Building on previous research, this study aims to test the cycle of violence hypothesis for OHS and to analyze whether moral disengagement (MD) and empathy moderate the victim-to-perpetrator relationship. The sample consists of 3,560 seventh to ninth graders (52.1 percent girls), recruited from 40 schools across Germany and Switzerland. Self-report questionnaires were administered to assess OHS involvement, MD, and empathy. Multilevel analyses revealed that victims of OHS were more likely to report OHS perpetration. In addition, victims of OHS were more likely to report OHS perpetration when they reported higher levels of MD than those with lower levels of MD. Finally, victims of OHS were less likely to report OHS perpetration when they reported higher levels of empathy than those with lower levels of empathy. The findings extend the cycle of violence hypothesis to OHS and highlight the need to address MD and empathy in hate speech prevention. Implications for future research will be discussed.