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Bullying in schools: thirty years of research

Smith, Peter K.·2011·Bullying in Different Contexts
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511921018.003
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Bullying in school has become a topic of international concern over the last 30 years. Starting with research in Scandinavia, Japan and the UK, there is now active research in most European countries, in Australia and New Zealand, Canada and the USA and Japan and South Korea (Jimerson et al ., 2010; Koo et al ., 2008; McGrath and Noble, 2006; Smith et al ., 1999b). In fact, the research on school bullying can be thought of as a research programme, in the sense of Lakatos (1970), with its core being the conception of bullying as a distinct category of aggressive behaviour. This programme has gone through four distinct waves or phases. In this chapter I will set the scene by outlining these four waves of research, and then follow the standard chapter format for this book in reviewing the research in more detail. First wave of research: origins, 1970s–1988 Leaving aside one or two isolated earlier studies, the systematic study of bullying in schools can be dated from the 1970s, mainly in Scandinavia. A physician, Heinemann, published a book Mobbning – Gruppvåld bland barn och vuxna ( Mobbing – Group Aggression against Boys and Girls ) in 1972, which Olweus credits as first seriously raising awareness of the issue. In 1973, Olweus published Forskning om skolmobbning , translated into English as Aggression in Schools: Bullies and Whipping Boys (1978). This book was the first important scientific work on the topic, and thus justifies the assertion that there is now a 30-year tradition of research.

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Authors
Smith, P. K.
Affiliations
University of London (GB)
Corresponding author
Smith, Peter K.
ORCID
Smith, Peter K.
Venue
Bullying in Different Contexts
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
2011-02-03
Pages
36-60
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511921018.003
OpenAlex
W1726239262
Cited by
63
References
96
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FWCI
19.84
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 488 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Workplace Violence and Bullying
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution
Keywords
school bullying, research programs, Olweus, Heinemann, definition of bullying

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