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How
common is bullying?
Over 2,000 pupils
took part in a 1997 study about bullying in English schools.
When asked how often they had been bullied since Christmas
(6 months before) most of the pupils (87.8%) said that they
had not been bullied or that it had happened only once or
twice. However 12.2% said they had been bullied 2 or 3 times
a month, about once a week or several times a week. When
they were asked about bullying others, most of the pupils
(97.1%) said they had not bullied another student since
Christmas, or only once or twice. However, some pupils (2.9%)
did admit to bullying others two or three times a month
or more often.
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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 (2).
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Graph
details
'Frequency of being
bullied and bullying others for overall sample and for boys
and girls (in percentages)' from the Smith and Shu article
above, table 1, page 198.
| Being
bullied |
Not
bullied |
Once/twice |
2,3/month |
1/week |
several/
week |
| Overall |
55.5 |
32.3 |
4.3 |
3.8 |
4.1 |
| Boys |
56.8 |
30.5 |
4.9 |
4.0 |
3.8 |
| Girls |
53.9 |
34.3 |
3.7 |
3.6 |
4.5 |
| Bullying
others |
Did
not bully |
Once/twice |
2,3/month |
1/
week |
several/
week |
| Overall |
73.4 |
23.7 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
| Boys |
71.9 |
24.1 |
1.7 |
1.5 |
0.8 |
| Girls |
75.1 |
23.1 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
'Frequency of being
bullied, and bullying others, two or three times a month
or more for overall sample by year group (in percentages)'
from the Smith and Shu article above, table 2, page 198.
2/3
month
or more often |
Year
6 (10 years) |
Year
7 (11 years) |
Year
8 (12 years) |
Year
9 (13 years) |
Year
10 (14 years) |
| Been
bullied |
18.7 |
13.1 |
12.1 |
10.5 |
7.5 |
| Bully
others |
5.3 |
1.4 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
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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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