Peer Victimization Among Swedish Students: Protective Roles of School Staff Supportiveness and Class Climate

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Abstract

The aim of the current study was to examine whether students’ perceptions of school staff support at the individual level, school staff support and class climate at the classroom level, and school staff support and class climate at the school level were associated with peer victimization. In this study, 5,646 students in 277 classes and 27 schools in Sweden completed a questionnaire. The multilevel analyses showed that students who reported higher levels of school staff supportiveness, and who belonged to school classes with higher levels of class climate and school staff supportiveness were less often victimized by their peers. In addition, students who belonged to schools with higher levels of class climates scored, on average, lower on peer victimization.

Authors

• Robert Thornberg, Linköping University
  Presenting Author

• Linda Wänström, Linköping University
  Presenting Author

• Ylva Bjereld, Linköping University
  Non-Presenting Author

• Silvia Edling, University of Gävle
  Non-Presenting Author

• Guadalupe Francia, University of Gävle
  Non-Presenting Author

• Peter Gill, University of Gävle
  Non-Presenting Author