MATERNAL ATTACHMENT AS A FACTOR OF VICTIMIZATION AND BULLING OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES / MUTTERBINDUNG ALS FAKTOR VON VIKTIMIERUNG UND BULLING OF KINDER MIT BEHINDERUNGEN
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School bullying is a major diachronic problem of modern society and in recent years it presents considerable intensification, attracting scientific and research attention. The present research studies the victimization due to school bullying of children with disabilities. The aim of the research is to investigate whether the maternal attachment of people with disabilities such as blindness, deafness and motor disability and also of those without disabilities is linked to their victimization or bullying behavior in school, and to highlight the impact of specific demographic characteristics on the possible underlying relationship between maternal attachment and victimization for them. Further, the objectives of the present research include the appraisal of a comparison between individuals with and without disabilities. The research was conducted through a quantitative survey in Greece, to 170 individuals aged between 10 and 21 years of age, with blindness (N=36), deafness (N=38), physical disability (N=50) and without disability (N=50). The results revealed differences between participants with and without disabilities with regard to the type of attachment they have developed with their mothers and to their experiences as victims or offenders of school bullying. The results also demonstrate that there is a correlation between maternal attachment and school bullying behaviors and for certain disability groups mother care and / or mother protection is a predicting factor of these behaviors.
Mobbing in der Schule ist ein großes diachrones Problem der modernen Gesellschaft und hat in den letzten Jahren eine erhebliche Zunahme erfahren, was die Aufmerksamkeit von Wissenschaft und Forschung auf sich zieht. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Viktimisierung von Kindern mit Behinderungen durch Mobbing in der Schule. Ziel der Forschung ist es, zu untersuchen, ob die mütterliche Bindung von Menschen mit Behinderungen wie Blindheit, Taubheit und motorischen Behinderungen sowie von Menschen ohne Behinderungen mit ihrem Viktimisierungs- oder Mobbingverhalten in der Schule zusammenhängt, und den Einfluss spezifischer demografischer Merkmale aufzuzeigen über die mögliche zugrunde liegende Beziehung zwischen mütterlicher Bindung und Viktimisierung für sie. Zu den Zielen der vorliegenden Forschung gehört auch die Bewertung eines Vergleichs zwischen Menschen mit und ohne Behinderungen. Die Studie wurde im Rahmen einer quantitativen Umfrage in Griechenland an 170 Personen im Alter zwischen 10 und 21 Jahren mit Blindheit (N=36), Taubheit (N=38), körperlicher Behinderung (N=50) und ohne Behinderung durchgeführt (N=50). Die Ergebnisse zeigten Unterschiede zwischen Teilnehmenden mit und ohne Behinderung hinsichtlich der Art der Bindung, die sie zu ihren Müttern entwickelt haben, und ihrer Erfahrungen als Opfer oder Täter von Mobbing in der Schule. Die Ergebnisse zeigen auch, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen mütterlicher Bindung und Mobbing-Verhalten in der Schule gibt und für bestimmte Behindertengruppen die Mutterfürsorge und/oder der Mutterschutz ein Vorhersagefaktor für dieses Verhalten sind.
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