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Dooshes. In a survey of 558 students in a Midwestern middle school, 80 percent of
the students had engaged in bullying behaviors during the previous 30 days. ...
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In a survey of 558 students in a Midwestern middle school, 80 percent of the students had engaged in bullying behaviors during the previous 30 days. "These findings indicated that the bullying behaviors measured (teasing, name calling, threatening, physical aggression and social ridiculing of peers) are very common," according to psychologist Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-researchers. This survey will appear in the August issue of the Journal of Early Adolescence.
"It looks like bullying is a continuum of behaviors. Rather than labeling a kid a bully, a non-bully or a victim, it seems that many of the students engage in bullying behavior, although most reported low to moderate levels of that behavior," said the researchers.
"By asking students if they had engaged in certain behaviors over the past month without telling them those behaviors were defined as bullying, we found that our results support that adolescents don't neatly fall into categories of either bullies or non-bullies," said the authors.
Interestingly, from other interview-based research conducted at other Midwestern middle schools, noted Dr. Espelage, "kids who bully a lot also say they?ve been victimized too. Nearly 80 to 90 percent of adolescents report some form of victimization from a bully at school."
Researchers Christine S. Asidao, M.A., Shontelle Vion, M.A., and Dr. Espelage also found similar results from a study of 89 middle school students (11-14 year olds) in three mid-sized Midwestern towns. In the study, students defined bullying behavior and their personal experiences of bullying and victimization. The students consistently described bullying as a wide range of behaviors (from verbal teasing to physical aggression). Furthermore, the students who reported bullying others also reported being victimized themselves.
"Students who are physically different (race,...
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