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What
are the different types of bullying?
According to the children
who took part in a study of bullying in Sheffield in 1990
(involving over 6,000 children) the most common type of
bullying is unpleasant and hurtful name calling. At junior/middle
school level, half of the children who had been bullied
had suffered nasty name-calling. This was even commoner
among secondary pupils, with 62% of bullied children reporting
this type of bullying. Between a quarter to a third of pupils
from junior/middle and secondary schools had experienced
being physically hurt, threatened or having rumours spread
about them. It was more likely for boys than girls to be
physically hurt. Girls, on the other hand, were more likely
than boys to shut people out, ignore them or spread rumours
about them.
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Article details
I Whitney and P Smith
(1993) 'A Survey of the Nature and Extent of Bullying in
Junior/Middle and Secondary Schools', in 'Educational Research',
Volume 35, Number 1, Spring.
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Graph
details
'Percentage of boys
and girls (averaged by class and school) who reported being
bullied and bullying others during this school term' from
Whitney and Smith article
above, table 1, page 8.
|
Junior/Middle
Schools |
Secondary
Schools |
|
Sometimes
or more |
Once
a week or more |
Sometimes
or more |
Once
a week or more |
| Been
bullied: |
|
|
|
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| Boys
(N = 1271) |
28 |
10 |
12 |
5 |
| Girls
(N = 1352) |
27 |
10 |
9 |
4 |
| Overall
(N = 2623) |
27 |
10 |
10 |
4 |
| Bullied
others: |
|
|
|
|
| Boys
(N = 2152) |
16 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
| Girls
(N = 1983) |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
| Overall
(N = 4135) |
12 |
4 |
6 |
1 |
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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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