THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER BULLYING AND FRIENDSHIP QUALITY IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46872/pj.184Keywords:
Peer Bullying, Bullying, Victimization, Friendship, Friendship QualityAbstract
In this study, the relationship between bullying and victim status and friendship qualities was investigated for the students in subgroup of bully and victim selected among 590 elementary school students in Sanliurfa city in Turkey. “The Identification of Peer Bullying Inventory-Child Form” was used to determine the participants' situations of bullying and being exposed to bullying and “The Friendship Attribute Questionnaire” was used to figure out the friendship qualities which the participants had. As a result, it was observed that the quality of friendship has a significant relationship with the variables of bullying and being exposed to bullying. The quality of friendship shows that it negatively predicts bullying and being exposed to bullying.