TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between teacher support and bullying in schools
T2 - the mediating role of emotional self-efficacy
AU - Zeng, Li Hong
AU - Hao, Yungwei
AU - Hong, Jon Chao
AU - Ye, Jhen Ni
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - Based on micro-ecology theory,teachers’ support or caregiving which provides students with optimal strategies is the most important factor in decreasing instances of bullying. To address the effect of teacher support on the reduction of campus bullying, this study considered the emotional self-efficacy (ESE) of students as a mediator in relation to teachers’ support and being bullied from students’ perspectives. Data were collected from 447 elementary school students located in Northern Fujian, China. Confirmatory factor analysis was first applied, and then structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed in order to verify the research hypotheses. The SEM results confirmed the mediational model in which ESE acted as a mediator in the relationships between teacher support (instrumental and emotional support) and three types of perceived bullying (physical, verbal, and relational bullying).
AB - Based on micro-ecology theory,teachers’ support or caregiving which provides students with optimal strategies is the most important factor in decreasing instances of bullying. To address the effect of teacher support on the reduction of campus bullying, this study considered the emotional self-efficacy (ESE) of students as a mediator in relation to teachers’ support and being bullied from students’ perspectives. Data were collected from 447 elementary school students located in Northern Fujian, China. Confirmatory factor analysis was first applied, and then structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed in order to verify the research hypotheses. The SEM results confirmed the mediational model in which ESE acted as a mediator in the relationships between teacher support (instrumental and emotional support) and three types of perceived bullying (physical, verbal, and relational bullying).
KW - Campus bullying
KW - Emotional self-efficacy
KW - Rural elementary school
KW - Teacher support
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U2 - 10.1007/s12144-022-04052-4
DO - 10.1007/s12144-022-04052-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143208847
SN - 1046-1310
VL - 42
SP - 31853
EP - 31862
JO - Current Psychology
JF - Current Psychology
IS - 36
ER -