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Gender Differences in How Children Experience, Explain, and Cope with Bullying

Rosen, Nicole Lise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447160219

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2015, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Sociology.
Getting pushed around and teased is often considered “normal” behavior for school-aged children. However, bullying is a form of abuse and scholars have worked at great lengths to understand, intervene, and prevent the behavior. Despite good intentions, such attempts have not eradicated bullying and students continue to be victimized by their peers. This study offers new insight on the sex and gender differences of bullying behavior by incorporating a sociological and feminist lens. As a result, bullying is understood as behavior that is shaped by larger social institutions, primarily gender. Three key areas of interest are examined including, the sex and gender differences of why students are targeted, how they write about their experiences, and the different coping strategies used. Data for this study came from a national survey, The Youth Voice Project. By examining open-ended questions, this qualitative content analysis provides a number of important findings regarding sex and gender differences in the experiences of bullying amongst middle school students. Findings indicate that bullying is sexualized and gendered, with girls experiencing victimization both from other girls and from boys that focuses on real or imagined sexual activity. Boys experience gender harassment as a result of their real or perceived sexual orientation. Also, boys’ lack of in-depth responses may be strategized ways of maintaining their control and negating their victim status, while girls’ storytelling methods reflect lessons learned in gender socialization. Lastly, girls’ use of adaptive coping strategies is likely to help dissuade future incidences of
Stacey Nofziger (Committee Chair)
Robert Peralta (Committee Member)
Kathryn Feltey (Committee Member)
Lee Matthew (Committee Member)
Clare Stacey (Committee Member)
Jennifer Milam (Committee Member)
153 p.
Sociology
Bullying, gender, socialization, peer aggression, language

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  • Rosen, N. L. (2015). Gender Differences in How Children Experience, Explain, and Cope with Bullying [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447160219

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rosen, Nicole. Gender Differences in How Children Experience, Explain, and Cope with Bullying. 2015. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447160219.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rosen, Nicole. "Gender Differences in How Children Experience, Explain, and Cope with Bullying." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1447160219

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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© 2015, some rights reserved.Creative Commons License Gender Differences in How Children Experience, Explain, and Cope with Bullying by Nicole Lise Rosen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at etd.ohiolink.edu.
This open access ETD is published by University of Akron and OhioLINK.