Correlation between perceived parental attitudes, perceived social support and self esteem on peer bullying behaviour tendency

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between adolescent bullying behaviors and perceived parental attitudes, perceived social support, and self-esteem. The study sample consists of 206 adolescents aged between 14-19 years. Demographic information form, Perceived Social Support Scale, Parent Attitudes Scale, Bully Behavior Tendency Scale and Self-Esteem Scale were applied to the volunteers who participated in the research. The statistical analyzes applied to the obtained data showed that the levels of control / supervision of female adolescents perceived by their parents were higher than that of male adolescents and that the level of bullying for fun and emotion bullying tendency was found to be higher in male adolescents than female adolescents. Adolescents whose parents were divorced or separated were found to have higher psychological autonomy levels than their peers whose parents are married. The level of physical and verbal bullying tendency of the adolescents, whose father's educational status was elementary school level were found to be significantly higher than the adolescents whose fathers had higher education. When the relationship between the variables was examined, it was found that bullying tendencies of the adolescents with a high level of perceived family support were found to be low. Verbal bullying, bullying for fun and emotion bullying tendencies are low when parental attitudes are control / supervision from the scale subscales, it was found that the level of emotion bullying was lower in adolescents with higher acceptance / interest level. For adolescents with a high level of self-esteem, it was concluded that levels of bullying tendency were low.