School bullying in different cultures : Eastern and Western perspectives / edited by Peter K. Smith, Keumjoo Kwak and Yuichi Toda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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School bullying is widely recognised as an international problem, but publications have focussed on the Western tradition of research. A long tradition of research in Japan and South Korea, and more recently in mainland China and Hong Kong, has had much less exposure. There are important and interesting differences in the nature of school bullying in Eastern and Western countries, as the first two parts of this book demonstrate. The third part examines possible reasons for these differences - methodological issues, school systems, societal values and linguistic issues. The final part looks at the implications for interventions to reduce school bullying and what we can learn from experiences in other countries. This is the first volume to bring together these perspectives on school bullying from a range of Eastern as well as Western countries.

Cover; Half-title ; Title page ; Copyright information ; Table of contents ; List of Figures ; List of Tables ; List of Contributors ; Preface ; Foreword ; Foreword ; Part I Social awareness and research on bullying and cyberbullying ; Part II Direct cross-national data comparisons.

Part III Issues in cross-national comparisons Part IV Practical measures to reduce bullying problems ; Part V Conclusions ; Index ; 1 Research on bullying in schools in European countries ; 2 Research on bullying in North America ; 3 Research on bullying in schools in Australasia.

4 Bullying (Ijime) and related problems in Japan: history and research 5 The Korean research tradition on wang-ta ; 6 Research on school bullying in mainland China ; 7 Bullying in Hong Kong schools ; 8 Comparisons between English bullying and Japanese ijime.

9 Children's experience of and attitudes towards bullying and victimization: A cross-cultural comparison between China and England 10 Peer support in England, Japan and South Korea ; 11 Theoretical and methodological issues in making cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons.

12 Educational systems: A basis for some comparative perspectives 13 Individualism/collectivism as predictors of relational and physical victimization in Japan and Austria ; 14 Linguistic issues in studying bullying-related phenomena: Data from a revised cartoon task.

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