School bullying in relation to parent-child relationship and school adjustment

Pages: 167-169
Archana (Sai Nath University, Ranchi, Jharkhand)
Nirmala Devi (CR College of Education, Hisar, Haryana)

Adolescence is the critical period of development during which adolescents develops and consolidates important health related behaviors. Bullying occurs at all age levels, but peaks in late childhood to middle adolescence, ages 9-15, and begins to decrease after these peak periods (Hazler, 1996). The present paper examines the relation in school bullying, parent-child relation and school adjustment among school children. The sample was comprised of 400 students (200 boys and 200 girls). Pearson correlation method was used to analyze the results and the results indicated that there was significant relation in school bullying and parent-child relationship and school adjustment.