@article{847297,
      recid = {847297},
      author = {Dixon, Roz.},
      title = {Rethinking school bullying towards an integrated model /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {viii, 230 p. :},
      year = {2011},
      abstract = {"What would make anti-bullying initiatives more  successful? This book offers a new approach to the problem  of school bullying. The question of what constitutes a  useful theory of bullying is considered and suggestions are  made as to how priorities for future research might be  identified. The integrated, systemic model of school  bullying introduced in this book is based on four  qualitative studies and incorporates theory from systemic  thinking; cognitive, social, developmental and  psychoanalytic psychology; sociology, socio-biology and  ethology. The possible functions served by bullying  behaviour are explored. Consideration is also given to the  potential role of unconscious as well as conscious  processes in bullying. The model suggests a number of  causal processes within one-to-one relationships and peer  groups, and highlights factors within individuals and  schools that shape the form, intensity and duration of  bullying behaviour in practice. The issue of 'difference'  is also addressed, focusing on childhood deafness"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/847297},
}