Citation

Isernhagen J, Harris S. J. School Violence 2003; 2(2): 67-80.

Affiliation

Dept of Educational Administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0360

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J202v02n02_05

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper compared the bully behaviors of 250 9th and l0th grade boys and girls in four schools in Texas and Nebraska. Nearly one-third of girls and one-fifth of boys observed bullying often. The most common kind of bullying for both boys and girls was hurtful teasing and name-calling. Boys bullied using more physical violence, while girls reported less; however, both boys and girls indicated they were threatened with harm more than 26% of the time when bullied.