중학교 학생의 성별에 따른 집단따돌림의 실태 및 인식 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the gender differences on the realities and recognition of bullying by middle school students. The subjects of this study were 279 middle school students, who were in two boys' and two girls' middle schools in Busan. The data of this study was collected through a questionnaire and processed by SPSS(Statistical Package for the Social Science). First, the number of cases and the percentage were produced, and then the results were analyzed with the X2 test to identify the gender differences in the realities and recognition of bullying. Following are the research questions of this study. 1. According to the gender of middle school students, is there any difference in the realities of bullying? 2. According to the gender of middle school students, is there any difference in the type of the bullying? 3. According to the gender of middle school students, is there any difference in the recognition of the bullying? The findings of this study showed that; 1. According to the gender, the realities were significantly different. The frequency of bullying, the experiences of watching, suffering, and inflicting were more in the female students' classes. The percentage of watching experiences was 60.6 % in the female classes. 2. The gender differences of bullying type were significant. In the case of male students, the outward bullying type was more frequent. Bullying by relationship was more revealed among the female students. 3. The difference of the recognition about bullying was also significant. There were significant gender differences in the recognition of the victims, the problems of the responsibility, and the expectation about solutions by the schools aside from the students' recognition of the seriousness about bullying problems. On the basis of the results, this study suggests the following: 1. Since the results of the study's analyses showed meaningful differences according to the gender, schools should consider the students' gender when they deal with bullying problems. 2. Not the simple investigation of bullying, but in-depth studies based on the gender differences should be conducted. In addition, various programs to guide the students should be made according to the types of bullying. 3. For solving bullying problems, active intervention by schools should be considered. Before this, schools' recognition of bullying should be immediately acquired and extended.