School Bullying and its Relationship to Social Skills in Primary School Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The present study aimed at identifying the relationship between school bullying and social skills in primary school pupils, and identifying the differences between high and low bullying in social skills, as well as identifying any of the social skills that can contribute to the prediction of school bullying among a sample study which included (243) pupils from the sixth primary grade, Saudi Arabia. The study tools included bullying school scale prepared by the researcher, and the scale of social skills prepared by Alsmaduni and modified by Al-Gomma (1996). Results showed that by using Pearson correlation coefficient, there was a negative relationship between school bullying and social skills. They also showed that by using (t) test, there was a significant differences in social skills between the high and low bullying students in favor of the latter ones. The results further revealed that by using multiple regression analysis, the predictors of bullying behavior were: social control emotional control, and social sensitivity.