TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Bullying in Middle Schools: Results from a Four-School Survey
JO  - Journal of school violence
A1  - Pergolizzi, Fabianna
A1  - Richmond, D.
A1  - Macario, S
A1  - Gan, Zoe
A1  - Richmond, C.
A1  - Macario, E
SP  - 264
EP  - 279
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1538-8220
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220902910839
ID  - ref1
ER  -