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What
are the different types of bullying?
In 1989, a Scottish
study found that 15% of the 942 pupils asked had recently
been picked on or called names. Fewer (8%) had been hit
or kicked. Slightly fewer said they had been left out of
things recently.
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Article details
A Mellor (1997) 'Bullying
in Scottish Secondary Schools', SCRE Spotlight Number 23.
Available to download
from SCRE's website.
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Author details
 At
the time of the study, Andrew Mellor was a practising teacher
who had received funding from the Scottish Education Department
to carry out this project. He has been actively involved
in anti-bullying work in Scotland for almost 15 years, speaking
at conferences, writing for academic and non-academic audiences
and running in-service courses for teachers. He is now manager
of the Anti-Bullying Network, which is funded by the Scottish
Executive and based at The University of Edinburgh.
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