Psychology 3720F/G Chapter Notes -School Bullying, Cyberbullying, Effect Size
12 Dec 2014
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Bullying is carried out with the intention of arming the target person, with two core features: imbalance of power between aggressor and victim (physical strength, job rank, etc, carried out repeatedly over time. Methods of studying bullying involve: self-reports, asking how frequently they engage in bullying or have been bullied, peer nominations, name those who perform or suffer from various behaviours, parent/teachers/employee nominations, direct observations. Adhering to core definition above, rates of about 5-10% people experiencing bullying. Various roles: assistants of bullies, reinforcers of bullies, defenders of victims, and outsiders. Rigby and johnson (2006) only 10% of secondary students would certainly intervene. Cyberbullying simply adds an additional channel through which bullying can occur. Victims twice as likely to report psychosomatic symptoms. Klomek et al (2009) examined bullying at age 8 and attempted/successful suicides before 25: victims had more suicidal risk, female victims 6 times as likely to have attempted/completed suicide.
