Page No 165-175
Chhavi Mittal and Nandita Babu
Department of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
School bullying or peer victimization, i.e. repeated, intentional negative acts against
peers who are relatively weaker than the perpetrator, has been recognized as a prevalent
phenomenon affecting one in three 13-15year olds globally (UNICEF, 2018). The present
study helps explore the process of victimization due to school bullying using interview
narratives of seven participants who have been frequently victimized (five males and
two females, mean age 12.43 years). The findings indicate that victimization results
from interplay of the situational factors and the characteristics of the individual having
a reciprocal nature which explains their repeated targeting. These findings can be used
for social action research in the areas of school psychology as a guide for development
of bullying prevention programs to be used by teachers, counsellors and social workers
.