School Bullying Among Teen Students: Its Causes and Methods of Modification from Public School Teachers’ Perspectives at Lewa Al Jamea Directorate of Education in Jordan

Abstract

This study aims to identify school bullying among teen students, its causes, and modification methods from public schools' teachers in the University Directorate of Education, Jordan. The study sample consists of (2128) male and female teachers selected by the stratified random sampling method. Moreover, a descriptive survey approach has been utilized in this study. Results indicated that the means of bullying modification methods and their causes came at the medium level on the tool as a whole. There were statistically significant differences in the bullying modification scale and its causes attributed to the variable of gender and favored female participants. The results also indicated statistically significant differences on the bullying modification scale and its causes that are attributed to the variable of educational qualification in favor of higher studies, in addition to statistically significant differences on the bullying modification scale and its causes that are attributed to the variable of years of experience in favor of those with experience of more than ten (10) years.