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Is
bullying in Scotland the same as in other countries?
A 1989 Scottish study
(Mellor, 1990) gave a picture of bullying in 10 secondary
schools. In many ways it was similar to the situation in
Norway. In particular the levels of bullying (those bullying
and those being bullied) in both countries were very close.
However, there was more of a difference when the results
of the Scottish study were compared with the results of
an English study carried out in the same year. The answers
of secondary schoolchildren in Sheffield revealed a slightly
higher proportion of victims and bullies in England than
Scotland. As found in other countries including Australia
and England, the most common type of bullying in Scotland
was unpleasant name calling.
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Article details
A Mellor (1997) 'Bullying
in Scottish Secondary Schools', SCRE Spotlight, Number 23.
This article can be viewed
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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