Bullying Behavior And Its Relationship To Social Competence Among Middle School Students

Abstract

The current research aimed to investigate the relationship between school bullying and social competence among middle school students, as well as the differences in the study variables based on gender and the differences in bullying behaviour according to academic level. The sample consisted of 220 randomly selected male and female students from the “Zighoud Youssef” secondary school in Koudiel, Oran. The study used a descriptive methodology appropriate to the research topic. The data collection tools included a questionnaire for personal information, a bullying scale developed by “Tarab Aissa Geraisy, 2012” and a social competence scale developed by “Hadr Fayez, 2016”.

The results showed that:

- There is a significant negative relationship between school bullying behaviour and social competence among middle school students.

- There are statistically significant differences in social competence attributed to gender variable among middle school students.

- There are statistically significant differences in bullying behaviour attributed to the gender variable among middle school students.

- There are no statistically significant differences in bullying behaviours attributed to the academic level variable among middle school students.