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DEFINITIONBullying is defined as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among
people that involves a real or perceived power imbalance”
An Imbalance of Power Repetition
In order for an act to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and needs to include:
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TYPES OF BULLYING
Involves negative words directed towards someone including curses,
insults, name calling in order to intentionally hurt a person
Verbal bullying Includes physical attacks
on a child such as tripping, hitting, poking, etc
Physical Involves spreading negative
rumors and undermining someone in order to
exclude him or her from the rest of the group
Social
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Sending mean messages or threats to a person’s email
account or cell phone
Stealing a person’s account information to break into their account and send
damaging messages
Taking unflattering pictures of a person and spreading them through
cell phones or the Internet
Spreading rumors online or
through texts
Posting hurtful or threatening messages on social networking
sites or web pages
Pretending to be someone else online to
hurt another person
TYPES OF BULLYINGBullying on the RiseCyber Bulling
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81% of youth agree that bullying online is easier to get away with than
bullying in person
81% of youth agree that bullying online is easier to get away with than
bullying in person
1 in 6 parents know their child has been bullied via a social
networking site
Only 7% of U.S. parents are worried about cyberbullying, even though
33% of teenagers have been victims of cyberbullying
TYPES OF BULLYINGBullying on the RiseCyber Bulling
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GENERAL STATISICS
One out of every four students (22%) report being bullied during
the school year
19.6% of high school students in the US
report being bullied at school in the past year.
14.8% reported being bullied
online
64% of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36%
reported the bullying
School-based bullying prevention programs decrease bullying by
up to 25%
Race 16%Body Shape 37%Look 55%
The reasons for being bullied reported most
often by students were looks (55%), body shape
(37%), and race (16%)
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WHO GETS
BULLIED THE
MOST?While bullying has no one particular
group of targets, statistics and research highlight certain groups
that are more prone to being bullied than others.Those are
One third of girls and one fourth of boys report weight- based teasing from peers, but prevalence rates increase to approximately 60% among the heaviest students.
People with weight problems:
Several studies reveal that children with disabilities were two to three times more likely to be bullied than their non-disabled peers.
People with Disabilities:
5% of LGBT students felt unsafe at school because of their sexual orientation, and 37.8% because of their gender expression
People who are LGBTQ or perceived as LGBTQ:
In the US, more than one third of adolescents are reporting bullying because of their race or religion.
People who belong to racial or religious minorities:
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Students who bully others are at increased risk for substance use,
academic problems, and violence later in
adolescence and adulthood
EFFECTS OF BULLYING
Students who experience bullying are at increased risk for depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, and poor school adjustment. They are also twice as likely as non-bullied peers to experience negative health effects such as headaches and stomachaches
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WARNING SIGNS OF BULLYING
A child is strangely quiet
Unexplained injuries
Missing things such as toys and personal items
A change in eating habits
Trouble Sleeping
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INTERVENTIONS
Bullied youth were most likely to report that actions that accessed support from others made a positive difference
Actions aimed at changing the behavior of the bullying youth (fighting, getting back at them, telling them to stop, etc.) were rated as more likely to make things worse
Students reported that the most helpful things teachers can do are:
Give the student advice
Listen to the student
Check in with them afterwards to see if
the bullying stopped