Views on bullying among pre-schoolers
Authors: Dimitriadi, Sofia 
Kiamou, Panayiota 
Mossialou, Vasiliki 
Publisher: Filodiritto
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2017
Conference: 21st International Conference of the Association of Psychology and Psychiatry for Adults and Children (A.P.P.A.C. 2016), 17-20 May 2016, Athens, Greece 
Book: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference of the Association of Psychology and Psychiatry for Adults and Children (A.P.P.A.C. 2016) 
Keywords: Bullying, Education, Pre-school, Early childhood, Young children, Early years teachers, Greek
Abstract: 
Bullying is when one child or a group of children harms another child repeatedly and on purpose. Bullying should not be confused with occasional fighting or one-off arguments. Bullies usually act in secrecy and prefer to target children who look different than the rest, seem weak, vulnerable and fragile and usually, are on their own. There has been an alarming spread of bullying incidents during the last decades in schools and quite recently, research as well as observant early years educators have indicated that bullying can be emerging in early childhood settings too. Our study is a qualitative research in which we try to identify whether bullying exists in early years centres in Greece, by means of interviewing 15 preschool teachers and early years educators of working experience varying from 8 to 32 years. The research findings provide a very interesting and useful - for further actions - feedback, by highlighting the fact that bullying can and does emerge in early years, between the ages of 3-5 years, both among boys and girls and usually through verbal and physical attacks.
ISBN: 978-88-95922-82-9
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/1286
Type: Conference Paper
Department: Department of Early Childhood Education and Care 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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