Longitudinal Links of Authoritative Teaching and Bullying Victimization in Upper Elementary School

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Title: Longitudinal Links of Authoritative Teaching and Bullying Victimization in Upper Elementary School
Language: English
Authors: Mattias Kloo (ORCID 0000-0001-9667-762X), Robert Thornberg (ORCID 0000-0001-9233-3862), Linda Wänström (ORCID 0000-0002-6590-3847), Dorothy L. Espelage (ORCID 0000-0003-0658-2067)
Source: Educational Psychology. 2024 44(2):171-188.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Classroom Techniques, Bullying, Victims, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Characteristics, Caring, Correlation, Longitudinal Studies, Prevention
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2024.2325594
ISSN: 0144-3410
1469-5820
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to investigate whether authoritative teaching at the classroom-level was associated with bullying victimisation, and how this association evolved over the course of upper elementary school (i.e. in grades 4 through 6) by estimating whether the association declined with time. Data came from the first three waves of an ongoing longitudinal project examining social and moral correlates of school bullying. Survey data were analysed from 1,830 students. Multilevel analyses showed that teachers who displayed high levels of warmth, caring, and supportiveness together with high levels of structure, control, and demandingness tended to have students who reported less bullying victimisation. This association between authoritative teaching at the classroom-level and bullying victimisation, while still significant, decreased over the course of the two-year study.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1424094
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:The aim of the present study was to investigate whether authoritative teaching at the classroom-level was associated with bullying victimisation, and how this association evolved over the course of upper elementary school (i.e. in grades 4 through 6) by estimating whether the association declined with time. Data came from the first three waves of an ongoing longitudinal project examining social and moral correlates of school bullying. Survey data were analysed from 1,830 students. Multilevel analyses showed that teachers who displayed high levels of warmth, caring, and supportiveness together with high levels of structure, control, and demandingness tended to have students who reported less bullying victimisation. This association between authoritative teaching at the classroom-level and bullying victimisation, while still significant, decreased over the course of the two-year study.
ISSN:0144-3410
1469-5820
DOI:10.1080/01443410.2024.2325594