Parents’ Perspectives on their Child’s Involvement in Bullying in Preschool

Figures & data

Table 1. Means for definitional aspects of bullying and results of group comparisons.

	Bullying	No bullying	t	p
	M (SD)	M (SD)
intentionality	2.31 (1.7)	2.38 (1.7)	−0.41	.682
repetition	5.64 (1.9)	5.03 (2.2)	−2.95	.004**
objectivity	5.21 (2.1)	5.25 (2.0)	0.19	.853
power distinction	4.39 (2.0)	4.18 (2.0)	−.991	.322
collective action	2.52 (1.7)	2.52 (1.6)	0.00	.997

Table 2. Correlation matrix between measures (n = 323).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1. Child age		.02	.03	.05	.01	.08	.07	.04	.06
2. Child gender			.04	.01	.03	.04	.12*	.03	.01
3. Preschool size				.04	.08	.02	.09	.04	.04
4. Parent education					.14*	.01	.01	.01	.06
5. Parent was bullied					.20*	.11*	.05	.07
6. Parent bullied others						.01	.00	.04
7. Repetition definition							.03	.04
8. Parents informed								.37**
9. Preschool competence

*p < .05, **p < .01.

Table 3. Logistic regression predicting involvement with bullying as reported by parents.

Variable	Β	SE	p	OR	95% CI
Block 1
Child age	.465	.133	.000**	1.59	1.23–2.07
Child gender	.359	.281	.202	.70	.40–1.21
Block 2
Child age	.505	.142	.000**	1.66	1.25–2.19
Child gender	.349	.294	.236	0.71	.40–1.26
Preschool size	.451	.148	.002**	1.57	1.18–2.10
Parent education	.252	.330	.445	1.29	.67–2.46
Parent was bullied	.225	.077	.004**	1.25	1.08–1.46
Parent bullied others	.243	.111	.028*	1.28	1.03–1.58
Block 3
Child age	.588	.158	.000**	1.80	1.32–2.45
Child gender	.347	.322	.282	0.71	.37–1.33
Preschool size	.530	.166	.001**	1.70	1.23–2.35
Parent education	.120	.357	.737	1.13	.56–2.27
Parent was bullied	.218	.085	.011*	1.24	1.05–1.47
Parent bullied others	.253	.123	.041*	1.29	1.01–1.64
Repetition definition	.164	.083	.048*	1.18	1.00–1.39
Parents informed	.243	.096	.011*	1.28	1.06–1.54
Preschool competence	−.798	.148	.000**	0.45	.34–.60

*p < .05, **p < .01.