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What
do pupils do when they are bullied?
A large Scottish study
looked at the health behaviour of school children. It found
that when boys and girls were bullied they were most likely
to try to get away, or shout to others or to wait for the
bully to calm down. Boys were far more likely than girls
to react by fighting, while girls were far more likely than
boys to tell their parents. It was not common for children
to react by telling a teacher. Sadly, over a quarter of
the children did nothing about it.
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Article details
C Currie, J Todd and
K Wijckmans (1993) 'Health Behaviours of Scottish School
Children: report 2, family, peer, school and socio-economic
influences', University of Edinburgh, Research Unit in Health
and Behavioural Change.
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Author details
 Dr
Candace Currie is Director of the Child
and Adolescent Health Research Unit at The University
of Edinburgh. Since the mid 1980s, she has led research
projects on the health of young people in Scotland. Since
the late 1980s, she has been the Principal Investigator
for Scotland in a major international study of the Health
Behaviour of School-Aged Children (HBSC). Other research
activities include her role as international co-ordinator
of a cross-national study of adolescent smoking control.
Dr Currie may be contacted by email.
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