Traditional and e-bullying experiences and connections among 5th – 8th grade pupils with different studying results means

Object of the research – traditional and e-bullying experiences and connections among 5th – 8 th grade pupils with different studying results means. Hypotheses: 1. E-bullying experience has connections with traditional bullying among 5th –8 th grade pupils: the more pupils experience e-bullying, the more they experience traditional bullying as well. 2. 5 th –8 th grade pupils, who have higher studying results mean, experience more traditional and e-bullying than those, who studying results mean is lower. Aim of the research: to determine traditional and e-bullying experiences and connections among 5th – 8 th grade pupils with different studying results means. Tasks of the research: 1. To determine traditional bullying experience among 5th – 8 th grade pupils. 2. To compare traditional bullying experiences of pupils who have higher and lower studying results mean by gender and age. 3. To determine e-bullying experience among 5th – 8 th grade pupils. 4. To compare e-bullying experiences of pupils who have higher and lower studying results means by gender and age. 5. To determine connections of electronical and traditional bullying experience among 5th – 8 th grade pupils. Methods and methodic of the research: analysis of scientific literature, quantitative research, which researched traditional and e-bullying experiences and connections among 5th – 8 th grade pupils with different studying results means. Anonymous questionnaire was given to research participants, which was created on the basis of questionnaire made by Gedutienė and others (2012) that analyzed bullying in cyberspace, and adding some extra questions. According to questionnaire questions, 12 scales were formed, six of which measure traditional bullying experience and other six measure e-bullying experience. Research participants: research included 229 5th – 8 th grade pupils, 102 of them (44,5 pct.) are boys and 127 (55,5 pct.) are girls. 8 Conclusions. After determination of traditional bullying experience among 5th – 8 th grade pupils it was revealed that approximately half of students that participated in the research have never experienced bullying from other students. 42,8 pct. stated that experienced bullying once and 10,8 pct. stated often experiencing bullying in school. Among traditional bullying the most common forms are: gossiping, calling names, teasing, ignoring and non-communication. Girls, more often than boys, are social excluded from other students (p0,05), but boys, more often than girls, experience electronic exclusion (