Bullying: Perceptions of Adolescent Victims in the Midwestern USA
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in School Psychology International
- Vol. 13 (1) , 5-16
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034392131001
Abstract
Retrospective data were collected from adolescent students in order to clarify perceptions of victimization by bullies in small-town midwestern schools. Seventy-two percent of females and 81 percent of male respondents felt that they had experienced bullying at some point in their student careers (76.8 percent overall). Fewer students were considered chronic victims as self-reported severity of bullying increased. Though there are some difficulties in making a direct comparison, preliminary results indicate that victimization by bullies is more prevalent in the USA than in European countries.Keywords
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