The relationship of social desirability and educational self-efficacy with bullying behavior among female students of middle school

The behavioral patterns of the children and adolescents are the main concerns of educational systems and families in every society. based on this belief, the purpose of the present study is to analyze the existing relationship of social acceptance and educational self-efficacy with bullying behavior among female students of middle school. this study was conducted on 2310 female students of middle school, in the city of gonabad, from whom 320 individuals selected through cluster sampling method completed the following questionnaires: olweus bullying questionnaire, morgan-jinks educational self-efficacy scale and marlowe-crowne social desirability scale. the obtained data were analyzed using pearson's correlation coefficient and enter regression statistical methods by spss-20. this study indicated the positive relationship of social acceptance and educational self-efficacy with bullying behavioral occurrences. moreover, there were significant correlations between social acceptance and educational self-efficacy. these correlations mean that bullying behavior increased with the growth of social desirability and educational self-efficacy.