Determining the Factors Affecting the Phenomenon of School Bullying by Using Factor Analysis

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the most important factors leading to the phenomenon of school bullying from the perspective of middle school students in some public and private schools in Al Ain city in the United Arab Emirates. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher used the analytical descriptive approach. The study sample consisted of (330) male and female students who were selected by using random stratified way. The researcher used a paper questionnaire that consisted of (34) items which included the factors leading to school bullying; its validity and reliability were verified. The factors were ordered and classified into certain domains according to their importance by using factor analysis in (SPSS V. 26). The results revealed that the most important factors leading to school bullying are school-related factors, family factors, media factors, and psychological factors; ordered respectively, where the school-related factors accounted for (15.657%) of the total factors leading to school bullying.