In:
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health, Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Vol. 23, No. 1 ( 2011-03-1)
Abstract:
A survey conducted in 2008 among 346 American middle school students in several cities determined that 82.7% of respondents found bullying to be a problem of some degree, with 46.0% rating it a “medium”, “bad”, or “very bad” problem. It was found that 89% had witnessed an act of bullying and 49.1% said they had been the victim of a bully. Boys were significantly more likely than girls to say that a victim deserved to be bullied (11.1% vs. 1.3%, p=0.01), whereas girls were significantly more likely than boys to fail to intervene because they did not know what to do (30.3% for girls vs. 11.1%, p 〈 0.01). There was no significant difference in this study between boys and girls in terms of being a bully: 43.6% admitted they had bullied another (46.2% boys, 41.1% girls, p=0.34); however, girls were significantly more likely than boys to bully by excluding others and gossiping about them than by hitting, teasing, or threatening. Cyberbullying, surveyed as a distinct entity, had affected 31.1% of respondents directly, with similar results from 2006 to 2007 surveys. Of those who found conventional bullying a “bad” or “very bad” problem at their schools, numbers fell from 17.3% in 2006–2007 vs. 11.3% in 2008.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2191-0278
,
0334-0139
DOI:
10.1515/ijamh.2011.003
Language:
Unknown
Publisher:
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2602424-X
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