Understanding Bullying Behaviour amongst High School Students

Pages: 514-523
Niyati Bagla (Department of Psychology, Ambedkar University Delhi)
Vatsala Saxena (Department of Psychology, Ambedkar University Delhi)

The present research studies the act of bullying and its impact on victims among senior secondary school students. In-depth interviews were conducted with eight, nineteen-year-old college going students. All of them had attended private school(s) of Delhi. Out of the eight participants, four were females and four were males. The data was subjected to thematic analysis. The major themes were: Understanding bullying, the acts of bullying, attributes of the victim and the bully, effects of bullying on the victims, the role of support system, coping mechanisms used as well as state of current preparedness.