Case 1: Bullying among young people

This case focusses on bullying among young people and possible interventions. Please take your time to read the information about the case before trying to answer the questions. In this way you will discover your current knowledge of processing personal data in this type of research.


Title of the study:

"Bullying among young people aged 12 – 18"

Purpose of the study

This study researched the extent to which bullying at school among young people aged 12 – 18 occurs and which interventions can contribute to the reduction of bullying behaviour.

Set-up of the study

This study was carried out in the sociology department of one university. This study was carried out in the Netherlands. This study did not use existing data sets.

Performance of the study

In this case, the researcher wanted to build up a data set using video recordings in the classroom and interviews with young people. In broad lines, the study included the following steps:

The researcher asks teachers in schools if they are interested in participating and explains the study.
The researcher uses forms to ask teachers and parents which (minor) students are allowed take part.
Students that are not allowed to take part are given a red sticker, the other students get a green sticker.
The researcher makes the recordings and ensures the ‘red stickers’ are out of shot. The interviews are conducted.
The researcher transports the data by public transport to the university for processing in the study.
The researcher publishes the study and archives the data. At conferences, he shows parts of the video recordings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


This gives you a general impression of the set-up and performance of this study. Now, use the exercise below to check the extent of your current knowledge of handling personal data processing in this type of study:

 

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