title: Rural elementary students', parents', and teachers' perceptions of bullying.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the prevalence and correlates of bullying in 7 rural elementary schools from students', parents', and teachers' perspectives.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surveys were completed by 739 fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students, 367 parents, and 37 teachers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students tended to report higher prevalence of bullying than did parents or teachers, and their reports were associated with aggression, attitudes toward violence, and perceptions of school safety.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bullying behavior is prevalent in rural elementary schools and is indicative of aggression and proviolence attitudes. Parents and teachers need to pay closer attention to bullying behavior among schoolchildren and to impart their knowledge to children in a comprehensive, coordinated manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 62901, USA. pstock@siu.edu
authors.forename: Margaret S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Stockdale
authors.forename: Saidou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hangaduambo
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duys
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Sarvela
mesh_terms: D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012449:Safety; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*