'Woodpushers are gay': The role of Provocation in Bullying

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'Woodpushers are gay': The role of Provocation in Bullying

This mixed-methods study found that upper primary school students who report that they bully others use the perception that they are provoked in some way to justify their bullying behaviour. While some students provided examples of subversive provocation in which the person being bullied was 'a...

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Main Authors:	Burns, Sharyn, Maycock, Bruce, Cross, D., Brown, Graham
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	The Clifford Beers Foundation 2008
Subjects:	bullying primary school students provocation justification of situation social desirability cognitive dissonance semi-structured interviews
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6863

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