Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
TURK PSIKOLOJI DERGISI, cilt.27, sa.70, ss.101-118, 2012 (SSCI)
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the mediational role of peer perception on the association between school social climate and bullying in school ground and cyberspace. A total of 1263 (48.5 % male, 51.5 % female) secondary and high school students (M = 14.92, SD = 2.06) were included in the sample. Participants were selected from six different cities in Turkey. Adolescents completed self-report questionnaires including Generalized Perception of Peers, Traditional Bullying Inventory, Cyberbullying Inventory and School Social Climate Scale. Our findings indicated that while peer perception fully mediated the relationship between school climate and victimization both at school ground and cyberspace for boys, it fully mediated the relationship between school climate and victimization at school ground but partially mediated the relationship between school climate and victimization at cyberspace for girls. Moreover, peer perception partially mediated the relationship between school climate and bullying both at school ground and cyberspace for girls. But, it partially mediated the relationship between school climate and bullying at school ground for boys. On the other hand, since the relationship between peer perception and bullying at cyberspace was not significant, the mediational role was not tested for boys. The results of the study indicated that peer perception had an important role on the relationship between school climate and bullying.