School bullying has been identified as a major issue among students throughout the world. With around 260 million school students, the largest student population in the world, it becomes essential to investigate this issue in the Indian context. The present work uses the Arksey and O'Malley (2005) framework for scoping review to examine the nature of research on school bullying in India and identify research gaps to be addressed by future research. The review maps the concepts examined, research approaches used, sample characteristics, data collection methods, researcher characteristics, and nature of publications in relation to bullying. Seven databases - JSTOR, PsycNET, Cochrane Reviews, ERIC, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials - were searched for sources containing the terms “bullying” and “India” published in English and between the years 2015 and 2022. Thirty-eight sources selected for the review suggest that existing research in India on school bullying is limited compared to the West and yet provides a guiding light to future researchers. The findings from this review highlight research gaps in the existing literature and outline areas for further exploration.

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印度校园欺凌文献映射：范围界定综述


校园欺凌已被认为是世界各地学生的一个主要问题。印度拥有约 2.6 亿学生，是世界上学生人数最多的国家，因此有必要在印度的背景下调查这一问题。目前的工作使用 Arksey 和 O'Malley (2005) 框架进行范围审查，以审查印度校园欺凌研究的性质，并确定未来研究需要解决的研究空白。该评论描绘了与欺凌相关的概念、所使用的研究方法、样本特征、数据收集方法、研究人员特征和出版物的性质。对七个数据库（JSTOR、PsycNET、Cochrane Reviews、ERIC、MEDLINE、Web of Science 和 Cochrane Central Register for Controlled Trials）进行了搜索，查找包含 2015 年至 2022 年期间以英文发布的术语“bullying”和“India”的来源审查中选择的 38 个消息来源表明，与西方相比，印度现有的校园欺凌研究有限，但为未来的研究人员提供了指导。本综述的研究结果强调了现有文献中的研究空白，并概述了需要进一步探索的领域。