TY - JOUR AU - Lopata, Joel AU - Nowicki, Elizabeth A. PY - 2014/12/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Pre-service Teacher Beliefs on the Antecedents to Bullying: A Concept Mapping Study JF - Canadian Journal of Education/Revue canadienne de l'éducation JA - CJE/RCÉ VL - 37 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.sfu.ca/cje/index.php/cje-rce/article/view/1677 SP - 1-25 AB - <p>In this study, researchers gathered Canadian pre-service teachers’ beliefs on the antecedents to bullying. Concept mapping (Kane &amp; Trochim, 2007) was used to analyze the data. This study’s findings identified pre-service teachers to have accurate beliefs, inaccurate beliefs, and a lack of knowledge about the antecedents to bullying. Concept maps and accompanying factor-rating tables indicate that participants believe antecedents to bullying include family factors, abuse, instability and socio-economic factors, school and academic factors, interpersonal factors, and personal factors. Results may inform pre-service teachers’ knowledge, and indicate what information pre-service teachers need to be taught.</p> ER -