PREVALENCE OF TEACHER’S BULLYING AMONG MALE AND FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND THEIR USE OF COPING STRATEGIES IN RESPONSE TO TEACHER’S BULLYING

Abstract

Most of the existing literature on bullying has focused on peer-on-peer school bullying or workplace bullying. Bullying by teachers has received little attention. The present study aimed to: 1- explore the prevalence of bullying and its types by university professors among male and female university students. 2- Find the gender difference with reference to use of coping strategies as a response to Teacher’s bullying Survey method was applied. Through multistage sampling including stratified and convenient sampling method a total of 240 students as target sample, (M=120, F=120) were recruited from all faculties of University of Karachi. As a research tool two standardized scales were used, namely, “Student Perception of Professor Bullying Questionnaire” (SPPBQ) and “Coping Inventory Stress Scale (CISS-21)”. The calculations of ANOVA indicated that the mean score for Academic bullying (M = 14.40, SD = 7.34) was significantly higher than that of Personal bullying (M = 9.03, SD = 6.82). Furthermore, both Academic and Personal bullying occurred at significantly higher frequencies than Physical bullying, which recorded the lowest overall mean score (M = 2.96, SD = 4.16). Contrary to previous research, males and females were found to be equally bullied. Lastly, no gender difference was found in coping strategies of bullied victims.