Is there a difference between the personal characteristics of the individual and the group bully?

It has been suggested that there is a difference between bullies who tend to operate in a group and those who tend to bully on their own. It was found that the bully operating in a group tends to be more sociable and conformist than the individual bully.
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Article details

K Rigby (1996) 'Bullying at Schools and What To Do About It', Melbourne, Australia: The Australian Council for Educational Research.
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Author details

Ken Rigby is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Psychology and an educational consultant at the University of South Australia. He has been involved in major studies of bullying in Australia and has published widely on this topic. For more information about Dr Rigby and his work see the bullying pages here. Ken may be contacted by e-mail.
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