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8 - Comparisons between English bullying and Japanese ijime

from Part II - Direct cross-national data comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Peter K. Smith
Affiliation:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Keumjoo Kwak
Affiliation:
Seoul National University
Yuichi Toda
Affiliation:
Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan
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This chapter discusses similarities and differences between ijime in Japan, and bullying in England. It reports on findings from comparative studies, using the same methodologies, in the two countries. It discusses findings as regards major types, prevalence, places, aggressors, relationships between aggressors and victims, typical characteristics of bullies and victims, preferred coping strategies, and friendships and time spent in different places with those friendships. Some commonalities as well as differences were found. English pupils perceived bullying as more direct physical or verbal than indirect, often conducted in the playground, either by pupils in different classes in the same year group or in higher year groups, whom the victims may not know very well. By contrast, pupils in Japan perceived ijime as more indirect, often conducted in the classroom, by the victim’s classmates or in the same year group, whom the victims know very well. Pupils in both countries had similar perceptions of typical characteristics of bullies and victims, though a victim-blaming tendency appeared to be more salient among pupils in Japan. In terms of preferred coping strategies, while pupils in England recommended seeking help from others, Japanese pupils seemed to prefer taking direct actions against bullies.
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School Bullying in Different Cultures
Eastern and Western Perspectives
, pp. 153 - 169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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