What is bullying Bullying is aggressive behavior that is intentional and that involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying can take many forms, such as hitting, kicking, threatening others, teasing, name-calling, excluding from a group, or sending mean notes or e-mails. A child who is being bullied has a hard time defending hi self or herself. Often, children are bullied not just once or twice but and over (olweus, 1993: roland , 1989; smith and sharp,1994).how much of a problem is bullying? Unfortunately, bullying is very common during the elementary and middle school years. In one study of fourth through sixth graders, 25 percent of student admitted to bullying another student several times or more often during the school term (melton et, 1998). Another study found that 80 percent of middle school students reported engaging in some form of bullying during the 30 days, with 15 percent doing so frequently (Bosworth et al., 1999). In a national study of more than 15,000 students on grades 6 throurgh 10, 17 percent reported having been bullied “sometimes’’ or more often (nansel et al., 2001).isnt bullying just part of growing up? Perhaps this attidude is why bullying is still common in american schools. There is a lot of research that shows that being a victim of bully can affect studentts” self – esteem and how they approach school (juvonen & graham, 2001). Students who are often bullied by other students may have serious levels of depression and anxiety, and they are more likely than other students to think about suicide (Austin & joseph, 1996; grills & ollendick,2002).victims of bullying also are more likely than other students to report that they do not want to go to school because of fear of being bullied (slee,1995). Some children who are bullied decide, in turn , to bully others . for all of these reasons it is important that schools address the bullying problem in their school. Where does bullying happen? Most bullying happens at school and on the school bus to and from school (hoover, oliver, & hazler,1992). Bullying also can tahe place when kids walk to and form school, but is not quite as common.
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