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Where
does bullying take place?
A nationwide
study of bullying in Irish schools found that at primary school
level, the most common location of bullying was the playground.
Seventy four per cent of children bullied at primary school
said that it had happened in the playground. Thirty one per
cent of bullied primary school pupils said that it had occurred
in the classroom. The picture was different at secondary school
level, where the most common location of bullying was the
classroom (47% of bullied pupils reported that it had happened
in the classroom). The next most common place at secondary
school level was in the corridors (37%) and then the playground
(27%). Other areas of bullying in both primary and secondary
schools included the changing rooms, locker areas and toilets.
In boarding school locations of bullying included dormitories.
Almost 20% of primary pupils who had been bullied and almost
9% of bullied secondary pupils said that it had occurred on
the way to or from school.
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Article details
Mona O'Moore (no date),
'School Issues' - this article can be found on the website
of the Anti-Bullying Centre, Trinity College Dublin here.
A M O'Moore, C Kirkham
and M Smith (1997) 'Bullying Behaviour in Irish Schools:
a nationwide study', in 'The Irish Journal of Psychology',
Volume 18, Number 2, pages 141-169. Special Issue: 'Bullying
Behaviour in Schools'.
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Graph details
'Percentages of victims
reporting a) in which class/year were the pupils who bullied
them and b) where in the school they were bullied', from
the article 'Bullying Behaviour in Irish Schools: a nationwide
study' (full article details above), table 10, page 153.
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Primary
N=3101 |
Post-Primary
N=1775 |
| (a)
Class or year where the bullies were |
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| In
the victims own class |
56.5 |
46.3 |
| In
a different class but the same year |
15.3 |
30.8 |
| In
years above |
36.4 |
35.6 |
| In
years below |
9.5 |
4.5 |
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N=3056 |
N=1750 |
| (b)
Where in the school they were bullied |
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| In
the corridors |
7.0 |
37.8 |
| In
the playground |
73.7 |
26.8 |
| In
the classroom |
31.2 |
46.5 |
| Other
places in school |
15.5 |
15.4 |
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 Author
details
Professor Astrid Mona
O'Moore has been involved in extensive research into bullying
in Ireland. In 1993-94, she led the first nationwide survey
of bullying behaviour in Irish schools, which looked at
violence between pupils and also violence between pupils
and school staff. In a more recent survey, she examined
workplace bullying in schools. She is Co-ordinator of The
Anti-Bullying Centre, at the Department
of Education, Trinity College, The University of Dublin,
Dublin, The Republic of Ireland. Professor O'Moore may be
contacted by email.
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