@article{ref1,
title="Bullying in Middle Schools: Results from a Four-School Survey",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2009",
author="Pergolizzi, Fabianna and Richmond, D. and Macario, S and Gan, Zoe and Richmond, C. and Macario, E",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="264-279",
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.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1080/15388220902910839",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220902910839"
}