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What
are the different types of bullying?
In a 1997 study in
England, 2,308 children were asked about bullying in school.
When those who had been bullied were asked what form it
had taken, almost 75% said they had been called nasty names,
making it by far the most common type of bullying. The second
most common type (38%) was spreading rumours or lies. A
lot of children (31%) felt that they had been kept out of
things or ignored. Almost a quarter (21%) said they had
been kicked, pushed around or physically bullied in some
other way. 14% had suffered racial name calling, while 8%
answered that their money or belongings had been taken or
damaged. When bullies were asked about the different types,
by far the most common was nasty name calling (71%). The
second most common type was keeping someone out of things,
with 29% admitting to doing this. 17% had spread lies or
rumours about someone, while 16% had hit, pushed around
or in some other way, physically bullied another pupil.
13% admitted to racial name calling and 3% to taking or
damaging someone's money or possessions.
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Article details
P K Smith and Shu
Shu (2000), 'What Good Schools Can Do About Bullying: findings
from a survey in English schools after a decade of research
and action', in 'Childhood' Volume 7 Number 2.
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Graph
details
'Types of bullying,
as reported by those bullied and those taking part in bullying'
from Smith and Shu article above, table 3, page 200.
|
Victims |
Bullies |
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Boys |
Girls |
Boys |
Girls |
| Called
mean and hurtful names, made fun of in other ways |
75.1 |
74.5 |
74.7 |
65.0 |
| Others
told lies, spread rumours, made others dislike me |
35.4 |
40.5 |
16.2 |
18.3 |
| Others
kept me out of things, excluded or ignored me |
27.4 |
35.5 |
21.2 |
41.7 |
| Hit,
kicked, pushed, shoved around, threatened |
27.4 |
14.0 |
20.2 |
8.3 |
| Money
or other things taken away from me or damaged |
8.0 |
7.9 |
5.1 |
0.0 |
| Called
mean or hurtful names about my colour or race |
16.1 |
11.5 |
17.2 |
6.7 |
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Author details
 Professor
Peter K Smith is Head of the Unit for School and Family
Studies, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, London.
He has been involved in bullying research for a number of
years and has published widely on this topic.
Peter Smith may be
contacted by email,
and the website of the Unit for School and Family Studies
at Goldsmiths College may be found
here.
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