Bullying Information
What is the most common type of bullying?
Verbal bullying
What is cyber bullying?
Using the internet or text messaging to intimidate, put-down, spread rumours or make fun of someone
What is physical bullying?
Hitting, poking, pinching, chasing, shoving, coercing, destroying or stealing belongings, unwanted sexual touching.
What is social bullying?
Mobbing, scapegoating, excluding others from a group, humiliating others with public gestures or graffiti intended to put others down.
What is verbal bullying?
Name-calling, sarcasm, teasing, spreading rumours, threatening, making negative references to one’s culture, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, unwanted sexual comments.
What is a bystander?
Individuals who observe violence or witness the conditions that perpetuate violence. They are not directly involved, but have the choice to intervene, speak up, or do something about it.
71% of cyber bullying victims are:
What are ways you can prevent physical bullying?
Removing yourself from the situation, telling an adult if you hear about a planned meet up
Why do people socially bully?
Insecure, think it's cool, in a group setting, powerless
Effects of verbal bullying include:
Words alone do have power. While the effects of physical bullying may be more obvious at first, verbal bullying is more insidious and over long periods of time works to destroy a child’s self image and self esteem.
A target can be:
Someone smart, someone new to the school, someone different in size compared to you (ex. short)
89% of * x * believe that cyberbullying in Canada is the leading safety issue in schools
Teachers
What is repetitive behaviour?
Physical bullying is ongoing and habitual, not a one-time act.
What is the number one reason people socially bully?
Damage or destroy the victim’s reputation or social standing, or both.
How can you deal with verbal bullies:
Tell a guardian you trust, try and ignore (unfortunately doesn't always work), participate in extracurriculars and don't isolate yourself
It is important to show respect to everyone because:
Everyone has worth, you don't know any battles that they are facing, be the bigger person
Main effects of cyber bullying are:
Depression and anxiety, reduced feelings of self confidence, sleep difficulty, increased suicide risk
What is power imbalance?
The target of bullying is usually defenseless due to a disparity in power with their attacker. It may be physical — the bully could be stronger or have ‘bullying assistants’. Or it could be intellectual, such as children with learning differences.
Most common age group for social bullying?
9-12
What is an upstander?
A person who speaks or acts in support of an individual or cause, particularly someone who intervenes on behalf of a person being attacked or bullied.
Where is the most common place to be bullied in school?
There is 8 main forms of cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying harassment, cyberstalking, denigration, happy slapping, exclusion, outing, impersonation, indirect threat
This % of students missed school due to fear of physical bullying?
13%
Serious effects of social bullying?
Loneliness, depression, anxiety
A website you can contact for more help:
Bullying Canada, StopBullying, Safe @ School, etc.