The Contribution of Behavioral Disorders to Predicting Bullying Patterns in a Sample of Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder

College of Education and Arts - Northern Border University - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The present study aims to identify the role of behavioral disorders (anxiety disorder, behavior disorder "behavior", confrontation and challenge disorder, aggressive behavior) in predicting bullying patterns (verbal, physical, electronic, school) in a sample of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. For this purpose, the researcher developed scales to measure the behavioral disorders and the bullying patterns among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. The researcher adopted the descriptive survey approach. The study sample consists of (80) adolescents with autism spectrum disorder with ages range from (15-19 years) and (45-53 years old) in association with israr association for people with special needs in the northern borders region. The results showed a negative correlation between behavioral disorders and bullying patterns in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, and the contribution of behavioral disorders in predicting bullying patterns among adolescents with autism spectrum disorder from the point of view of their caregivers. There are statistically significant differences between males and females in behavioral disorders in favor of males. There are statistically significant differences between males and females for the scale of bullying patterns in the (verbal) dimension in favor of males, and in the (physical) dimension in favor of females. There are no statistically significant differences between males and females in the overall score and dimensions of the bullying patterns scale (electronic, school bullying).