Bullying in a school environment and its relationship with student satisfaction, performance, and coping reactions

Subjects were surveyed to assess victim reactions to physical and psycholog ical bullying. Statistically significant correlations between physical bull ying victimization rates and satisfaction with elementary, middle, and high school; and statistically significant correlations between psychological b ullying victimization rates and satisfaction with middle and high school pa rtially supported hypothesis one. A statistically significant correlation b etween rates of physical bullying and ACT scores partially supported hypoth esis two. Hypothesis three, which predicted that the victims of physical bu llying would use cognitive coping strategies similar to victims of crime, w as not supported. Other results included descriptions of coping behaviors u sed by students to avoid victimization, age differences in victimization, a nd sex differences in victimization.