Elementary principals’ perceptions and attitudes regarding bully prevention in their Schools in Hail city

Other Title(s)

تصورات مديري المدارس الابتدائية حول منع التنمر فى مدارسهم بمدينة حائل

Author

al-Mutayri, Nada Zuwayd

Source

Journal of Islamic University : for Educational and Social Sciences

Issue

Vol. 2022, Issue 9 (31 Mar. 2022), pp.428-447, 20 p.

Publisher

Islamic University of Madinah

Publication Date

2022-03-31

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

20

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study was to determine elementary principals’ perceptions and attitudes regarding bully prevention in their Schools in Hail City.

A second purpose of this study was to understand if there a link between elementary principals’ perceptions regarding the implementation of school polices to prevent bullying in the school.

Additionally, a third purpose was to determine whether there was a relationship between perceptions of bullying and the effectiveness of school bullying policies.

This study were select demographic variables of principal respondents (i.e., gender, years of experience and level of education) on levels of bullying in their schools and the level of implementation of school polices to prevent bullying.

A total of 538 public and private elementary school principals represented the overall study population.

Of the population, the response rate was 24%, or a sample of 133.

The findings revealed that there are no significant differences between the principals of public and private primary schools in both perceptions of bullying and levels of school policy implementation to prevent bullying.

Interestingly, there is a positive partial correlation between perceptions and policies for school principals .442 and significance at the level of 0.001.

Moreover, principals’ educational levels and years of experience also did not yield statistically significant differences among primary school principals’ perceptions of bullying.

Recommendations for further study are shared as a result of this research

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Mutayri, Nada Zuwayd. 2022. Elementary principals’ perceptions and attitudes regarding bully prevention in their Schools in Hail city. Journal of Islamic University : for Educational and Social Sciences،Vol. 2022, no. 9, pp.428-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1344194

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Mutayri, Nada Zuwayd. Elementary principals’ perceptions and attitudes regarding bully prevention in their Schools in Hail city. Journal of Islamic University : for Educational and Social Sciences No. 9 (Mar. 2022), pp.428-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1344194

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Mutayri, Nada Zuwayd. Elementary principals’ perceptions and attitudes regarding bully prevention in their Schools in Hail city. Journal of Islamic University : for Educational and Social Sciences. 2022. Vol. 2022, no. 9, pp.428-447.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1344194

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 445-447

Record ID

BIM-1344194