| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study wa s t o investigate the relationship between emerging forms of bullying and depression
among students in Bungoma County, Kenya. The Social-Ecological Theory and Psychosocial Theory guided the study.
The research population was 29,040 Form Three students. Deputy Principals and Guidance and Counseling teachers
from 360 secondary schools were the study respondents. A sample size of 399 students was drawn from boys, girls
and co-education schools. Form Three Students were randomly selected from the sampled schools. The study adopted
a cross-sectional research design using a mixed-method approach. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected
concurrently. Stratified random sampling and simple random sampling was used to sample schools and students,
respectively. A pilot study was conducted on the 30 Form Three students selected from three categories of secondary
schools in Bungoma County. Data was collected using a self-response questionnaire and interview schedule guide.
Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, namely mean, standard deviation and percentages we r e
used to describe data. Inferential statistics such as Pearson Correlation statistics, ANOVA were used to test the
significance of the stated hypothesis at the alpha level (α = 0.05). The qualitative data was thematically analyzed based
on the objective and presented in a prose form. All analysis was done using the statistical package for social sciences
(SPSS) version 21.0. The findings revealed that there was a positive relationship between emerging forms of bullying
and depression (R2 =.304 (30.4%). | en_US |
