A Causal Model Analysis of Coping With Bullying in Early Adolescence

Abstract

          The research journal is quantitative research. The purposes of the study were to: 1) investigate of causal Relationships between coping with bullying from the development of the researcher with the empirical data 2) study a causal model analysis of coping with bullying in early adolescence. The sample group for study a causal model analysis of coping with bullying consisted of 500 students aged 13-15 years who are studying in school under office of the basic education commission that is located in the North, Northeastern, Central and Southern regions. The research instruments were causal factors questionnaire packages, namely the psychological capital questionnaire package with a reliability score of 0.97, the life skills questionnaire package with a reliability score of 0.96, and the self-esteem questionnaire package with a reliability score of 0.95. overview of causal factors questionnaire packages reliability score of 0.98. The coping with bullying test with a reliability score of 0.95. Statistical methods used causal model analysis by Lisrel programe student version. The research results were 1)the causal model of coping with bullying fit with the empirical data ; 2)There were 3 causal factors positive affecting coping with bullying include psychological capital(0.55) that had significantly influenced at the level of .01, life skill(0.10) and self-esteem(0.09)