BULLYING AS VICTIMIZATION: COPING STRATEGIES AS A SURVIVAL MECHANISM AMONG FEMALE SCHOOL TEACHERS

Abstract

This study is about workplace bullying and coping strategies among school teachers. It was carried out to examine how frequently school teachers face bullying and what coping strategies they use. In Pakistan, this area of study lacks the attention of researchers therefore, this study would be significant in developing an understanding regarding bullying in Government schools. For this purpose, survey was conducted and the sample consisted of 155 female teachers of public sector high schools. The age range of the respondents varied from 24 to 53 years. Pearson correlation coefficient was computed for workplace bullying and coping strategies. Findings revealed that workplace bullying does exist in schools and it is more common among young teachers as compared to older ones. Moreover, it is found that teachers most likely use emotion-focused coping strategies to cope with the bullying as compared to problem-focused coping strategies.