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1. Emotional
2. Social
3. Physicial
4. Verbal

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Spreading rumours

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What is bullying?

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Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally. Acts of bullying can be physical or verbal. Many young people can be unkind to each other during adolescence as they refine social skills and grow into adults. While these interactions are unpleasant, there is a clear line between conflict and bullying. Incidents of bullying must include all 3 of these characteristics:

1)Intentional- the behavior was aggressive and a deliberate attempt to hurt another person
2) Repeated- these aggressive actions occur repeatedly over time to the same person or group of people
3) Power imbalance- the person bullying has more physical or social power than the child or children being bullied

Bullying almost always takes an emotional toll upon the child being bullied, but the actions that constitute bullying vary. There are four types of bullying, which can occur separately or simultaneously:

1) Physical bullying such as kicking or pushing
2) Verbal bullying such as name-calling or yelling
3) Relational bullying such as excluding or rumor-spreading
4) Cyberbullying which involves sending hurtful messages over digital devices like computers and cell phones.

Cyberbullying continues to increase as digital media become more prevalent in the social culture of children and teens.
The roles youth play
Situations involving bullying are often more complex than they seem. Three widely recognized roles in bullying situations are victim, bully, and bystander. However, bullying situations are rarely simple. Youth who are victims of bullying may also act as bullies under some circumstances.

Youth bystanders can either exacerbate a bullying situation, or intervene to stop it. Bystanders who make the bullying worse do so by either participating in the bullying themselves or providing the bully with an encouraging audience. Helpful bystanders, on the other hand, stand up for the victim when they see bullying occur, or get someone else who can help.

Be cautious about labeling. While we use the terms "victim," "bully," and "bystander" to refer to the roles that youth can play, it is important to consider the impact that these labels can have on young people's identities. Many researchers and educators believe that such labeling sends a message that the bullying behavior cannot change. There are many factors that might influence a youth's behavior, such as the youth's peers, family situation, and school climate. While we use the terms victim, bully, and bystander throughout this site for simplicity, we believe it is better to focus on the bullying behaviors, rather than the labels.
Who is at risk?
All young people are in danger of being bullied at some point during their adolescence-but there are certain populations at greater risk. Depending on the environment, some groups-such as youth who are perceived as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered, youth with disabilities, and socially isolated youth-may be more likely to be bullied.
What are the results?
The effects of bullying involve both the bully and the victim. Youth who are bullied are more likely to suffer from the following:

Depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and thoughts of suicide

Health issues like headaches, sleep problems, abdominal pain, bed-wedding, and fatigue

Academic issues including poor attendance, low test scores, and increased dropout rates

Youth who bully:

Are at greater risk of smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol

Perform poorly in school and have a poor perception of school environment

Are more likely to become involved in criminal activity and to experience psychiatric disorders*

*To find sources for the content on this page, please refer to the Bullying Facts resource

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Physical or emotional abuse

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Repetitive hurtful actions, not just a one time thing

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Using popularity to bully others

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Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.

In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power-such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity-to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.

Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.

Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

Types of Bullying

There are three types of bullying:

Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:

Teasing

Name-calling

Inappropriate sexual comments

Taunting

Threatening to cause harm

Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone's reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:

Leaving someone out on purpose

Telling other children not to be friends with someone

Spreading rumors about someone

Embarrassing someone in public

Physical bullying involves hurting a person's body or possessions. Physical bullying includes:

Hitting/kicking/pinching

Spitting

Tripping/pushing

Taking or breaking someone's things

Making mean or rude hand gestures

Where and When Bullying Happens

Bullying can occur during or after school hours. While most reported bullying happens in the school building, a significant percentage also happens in places like on the playground or the bus. It can also happen travelling to or from school, in the youth's neighborhood, or on the Internet.

Frequency of Bullying

There are two sources of federally collected data on youth bullying:

The 2017 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (National Center for Education Statistics and Bureau of Justice) indicates that, nationwide, about 20% of students ages 12-18 experienced bullying.

The 2019 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that, nationwide, 19.5% of students in grades 9-12 report being bullied on school property in the 12 months preceding the survey.

See also " Frequency of Cyberbullying."

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Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

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Torment a person

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To oppress someone

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Cyber bullying is actively seeking to hurt someone online via social media

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Actively seeking out the same person to hurt

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Hurting someone's feelings

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Being disrespectful to someone else in a public way

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Being disrespectful to someone else in a public way

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Being mean to someone consistently.

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Bullying is when someone is hurt by unwanted words or actions, usually more than once and has a hard time stopping what is happening to them.
Note: This is not a school or legal definition, but rather a way to help understand and identify bullying.
Bullying can be:

Physical

hitting

pushing and shoving

fighting

tripping

yelling at someone

making rude gestures

taking or breaking another person's things

Emotional

name calling

making fun of someone

laughing at someone

leaving someone out on purpose

starting rumors or telling lies about someone

sending mean messages on a computer or cell phone

trying to make someone feel bad about who they are

Where Does Bullying Happen?

Bullying can happen anywhere. It can occur in your neighborhood, while going to school, at school, and while on-line.

What is Cyberbullying?

Using technology-internet, email, cell phones, social media, pictures- to hurt or harm someone else.

Includes:

Sending mean text messages

Posting statements online that are unkind or not true

Sending or posting pictures that are not yours to share

Making negative comments online about someone

Agreeing with someone who posts something hurtful

Bullying is never okay, cool, or acceptable.
No one EVER deserves to be bullied.

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Treating others with negative actions and words with the intent of hurting them

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Purposely making someone feel bad about themselves

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Purposely making someone feel bad about themselves

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making fun of someone

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Hurting someone's feelings, can be done consciously or unconsciously

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An intentional and ongoing targeting of a person or group of people