CONTACT US: Contact info
|
Citation |
Pergolizzi F, Richmond D, Macario S, Gan Z, Richmond C, Macario E. J. School Violence 2009; 8(3): 264-279. |
|
Copyright |
(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group) |
|
DOI |
|
PMID |
unavailable |
|
Abstract |
The suicide of a cyberbullied student prompted the school-aged authors of this article to administer a Child Abuse Prevention Services survey to 587 students in seventh and eighth grades at four schools. Results showed that 4 of 5 students felt bullying is a problem, with 1 in 3 admitting to having bullied someone. Of those who did nothing when they witnessed bullying, 4 of 10 gave as the reason, “It wasn't my business.” While three quarters of respondents felt “safe/very safe” in school, many are perpetrators (one third) and victims (half). With over half reporting doing nothing the last time they saw someone being bullied, and 1 in 4 stating they did not intervene because they “didn't care,” a concerning level of apathy toward bullying was revealed. |