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The Need to Belong as Motive for (Cyber)bullying and Aggressive Behavior among Immigrant Adolescents in Cyprus
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Solomontos-Kountouri, Olga; Strohmeier, Dagmar – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2021
Peer group integration is a crucial acculturative goal for immigrant adolescents who, in order to reach this goal, may use bullying and/or aggressive behavior. The present study aims to explore the underlying aggression motives by investigating the importance of three motives (anger, power, and affiliation) for five different forms of aggressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Immigrants
Education Administrators' Evaluation of Precautionary Measures Taken against Technology-Based Anger and Aggression in Students
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Gerçel, Emete; Dagli, Gökmen – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Technology is thought to affect people's behaviors and trigger feelings of anger and aggression, which in turn manifest into other problems. It is more important to develop strategies in order to avoid these behavioral problems than to concentrate on the anger and aggression demonstrated by individuals. This study aimed to develop strategies to…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Aggression, Technology Uses in Education, Administrators
Understanding Bullying: Using Role-Play with 12-Year-Old Boys in Cyprus
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Kaloyirou, Chrystalla; Lindsay, Geoff – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2014
This study examines the use of role-play in order to investigate bullies' intentions, feelings and perceptions through identification and projection. The study was conducted with nine 12-year-old boys that presented high levels of bullying behaviour, according to their teachers and peers, from three state primary schools in Nicosia, Cyprus, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Playing, Bullying, Males
Domestic Violence and Implications for Citizenship Teaching and Learning
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Chistolini, Sandra – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2013
This comparative qualitative study was conducted in four countries: Cyprus (central scientific coordinator), Italy, Romania, Slovakia. Research priorities are domestic violence and children's rights. I present the results of the Italian portion of the study and report some of the themes drawn from testimonies (n = 58) from focus group interviews…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Family Violence, Childrens Rights
Bullying and Victimization: The Role of Conduct Problems and Psychopathic Traits
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Fanti, Kostas A.; Kimonis, Eva R. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2012
Bullying and victimization occurring in adolescence can have a long-lasting negative impact into adulthood. This study investigates whether conduct problems (CP) and dimensions of psychopathy predict the developmental course of bullying and victimization from ages 12 to 14 among 1,416 Greek-Cypriot adolescents. Results indicate that initial levels…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Bullying, Scores
How the Use of Computer Types and Frequency Affects Adolescences towards Anger and Aggression
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Yagci, Emete; Caglar, Mehmet – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2010
This study was conducted to research the relationship between use of computer types and frequency and anger and aggression in adolescents. The study was conducted among years 9, 10 and 11 students (secondary level) in 2008-2009 academic year. The general research tool for this study used was "Relationship research" model. The focal…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Psychological Patterns