Bullying in preschool children
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Douvlos, Christos
Abstract / Description
The present article aims to shed light on exploring the issue of bullying in preschool children, with a special focus on early forms of anti-social and aggressive behaviour and suggestions about the role of the school, based on the presentation of prevention and intervention programmes in preschool education settings. The most typical forms of bullying in preschool education settings are physical aggressiveness, social exclusion and rumor spreading. Most studies indicate that physical aggressiveness is prevalent in boys, while relational and verbal aggressiveness is prevalent in girls. The role of preschool educators is crucial, as they need to learn to identify and manage early forms of aggressiveness. Therefore, their training is imperative, as they need to carefully evaluate each incident, while creating a positive learning environment and applying strategies for bullying prevention and intervention.
Keyword(s)
aggressive behaviour bullying preschool children schoolPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2019-04-30
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
12
Issue
1
Page numbers
131–142
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Douvlos, C. (2019). Bullying in preschool children. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.284
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Douvlos, Christos
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Date of first publication2019-04-30
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Abstract / DescriptionThe present article aims to shed light on exploring the issue of bullying in preschool children, with a special focus on early forms of anti-social and aggressive behaviour and suggestions about the role of the school, based on the presentation of prevention and intervention programmes in preschool education settings. The most typical forms of bullying in preschool education settings are physical aggressiveness, social exclusion and rumor spreading. Most studies indicate that physical aggressiveness is prevalent in boys, while relational and verbal aggressiveness is prevalent in girls. The role of preschool educators is crucial, as they need to learn to identify and manage early forms of aggressiveness. Therefore, their training is imperative, as they need to carefully evaluate each incident, while creating a positive learning environment and applying strategies for bullying prevention and intervention.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationDouvlos, C. (2019). Bullying in preschool children. Psychological Thought, 12(1), 131–142. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.284en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/2310
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2696
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v12i1.284
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Keyword(s)aggressive behaviouren_US
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Keyword(s)bullyingen_US
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Keyword(s)preschool childrenen_US
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Keyword(s)schoolen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleBullying in preschool childrenen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers131–142
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Volume12
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