Ishika Mittal
Kristu Jayanti College, Bengaluru, India
Sreeparna Rajesh
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
Rajeshwari Muthukumaran
Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru, India
Pages: 471-478
The research aimed to study the long term impact of school bullying on undergraduate
students’ self-esteem and life satisfaction. The research further explored the influence
of victims’ gender and category of victimization (primary, secondary, and stable) on
their self-esteem and satisfaction with life. An ex post-facto research design was
employed for the study and a sample of 191 participants was generated using
convenience sampling. Retrospective Bullying Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem
Scale, and Satisfaction with Life Scale were used to collect data about retrospective
school bullying, self-esteem and life satisfaction respectively. The Mann Whitney UTest results indicated that the non-victims reported significantly higher self-esteem
and life satisfaction than the victims. Female victims reported lower self-esteem and
life satisfaction than the male victims, however, these results were not significant.
Finally, the Kruskal-Wallis results indicated no significant interaction effect between
the category of victimization, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. This study gives visibility
to the prevalence of bullying in India and its long term impact on the victims’ mental
health. Awareness about these impacts can be useful in developing appropriate
intervention strategies for the victims’ wellbeing.