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Bullying in residential care for children: qualitative findings from five European countries

Mazzone, Angela ORCID: 0000-0002-5858-8033, Nocentini, Annalaura and Menesini, Ersilia ORCID: 0000-0003-2302-3048 (2019) Bullying in residential care for children: qualitative findings from five European countries. Children and Youth Services Review, 100 . pp. 451-460. ISSN 0190-7409

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Abstract

The present study addressed institutionalised children and staff members’ perspectives about bullying in Residential Care settings (RCs) in five European countries (Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy and Romania.). Interviews and focus groups were conducted respectively with 123 institutionalised children and adolescents (age range: 6–18) and staff members (N = 95; age range: 23-63). Thematic analysis was adopted to analyse the data. Overall, findings indicated that participants were not fully aware of the specific features of bullying. Children and adolescents considered bullying as a normative behaviour and were reluctant to ask for adults’ help when bullying happened. Staff members attributed bullying to children's traumatic experiences and to a need for adults’ attention. Findings shed light on the lack of standardised protocols and of professional trainings to tackle bullying. Implications for intervention programs aimed at preventing and tackling bullying are discussed.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Bullying; Out-of-home children; Residential care; Victimisation; Welfare system
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC)
Publisher:Elsevier
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.03.025
Copyright Information:© 2019 Elsevier
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:24564
Deposited On:12 Jun 2020 10:06 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 16 Mar 2021 04:30

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