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Who
do children tell when they are being bullied?
A 1989 Scottish study
of bullying found that half the victims had told no one
about being bullied. Of the children who had confided in
someone, 47% had told a parent and 31% a teacher.
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Article details
A Mellor (1997) 'Bullying
in Scottish Secondary Schools', SCRE Spotlight, Number 23.
Available to download
online here.
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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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