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Why Adolescents Don't Disclose Incidents of Bullying and Harassment
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While bullying among students is a recalcitrant problem in U.S. schools, research indicates that many students do not disclose bullying they experience or witness despite repeated efforts on the part of adults. The preponderance of research tends to neither include the perceptions of students nor provide understanding about their reluctance to tell or rely on adults for intervention. This qualitative study explored the perspectives of adolescents on their reasons for not reporting incidents or seeking help with bullying. Grounded theory was utilized for data analysis and for detection of patterns in the data. Results revealed several themes: (a) the ubiquitous nature of bullying, (b) a sense of helplessness, (c) concerns over inappropriate adult action, (d) self-reliance, (e) shame, (f) parental omniscience, and (g) a different definition of bullying than adults use. Conclusions reflect the need to understand bullying from the multiple perspectives of adolescents to minimize it and encourage reporting.
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“research has shown that young victims are unlikely to look to adults for help in such situations (Juvonen and Gross, 2008;Smith and Samara, 2003) and often feel like they will misunderstand and/or will loose access to the Internet as a result (Delara, 2012).”
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- Authors
- deLara, E. W.
- Affiliations
- Syracuse University (US)
- Corresponding author
- deLara, Ellen W.
- ORCID
- deLara, Ellen W.
- Venue
- Journal of School Violence
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-09-04
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 288-305
- ISSN
- 1538-8220 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-8239
- OpenAlex
- W2034806659
- Cited by
- 189
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 22 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 10.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of School Violence (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Social Sciences › Law › Legal Issues in Education
- Keywords
- bullying, harassment, adolescents, disclosure, help-seeking, student perceptions, shame, helplessness, self-reliance, adult intervention, school violence
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