The Effects of Bullying on Academic Achievement

Bibliographic Data

ID6166863
AuthorsCynthia Van Der Werf (Universidad de los Andes, corresponding author)
Year2014
Issue74
Pages275-308
Publication date2014-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Desarrollo y Sociedad (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0120-3584 • E-ISSN: 1900-7760
PublisherUniversidad de los Andes (PUBLISHER • VE)
DOI10.13043/dys.74.6
OpenAlexW1534514720
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited3

This document analyzes the effect of bullying on student performance in the short and in the long term. The level of bullying is estimated from the answers of 9th grade students in Saber test (2005-2006), while student performance is measured both in Saber 9° test (short term) and Saber 11°, a standardized test answered by students two years later (long term). Because of the existence of reverse causality, the relationship is estimated through instrumental variables. The results suggest that a one standard deviation increase in the within-school level of bullying decreases individual test score by 0.55 standard deviations in Saber 9° and by 0.4 standard deviation in Saber 11°. Furthermore, the results indicate that bullying’s effect is stronger for younger students in the short term but that there are no differences by gender. However, in the long run the existing differences disappear. Additionally, this document finds that there are differences in the relationship between the level of bullying and academic performance depending on student’s academic achievement

Academic achievement · Causality (physics · Developmental psychology · Instrumental variable · Physics · Standard deviation · Statistics · Term (time · Test (biology · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Mathematics · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support

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