Bullying in school: are short pupils at risk? Questionnaire study in a cohort

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Abstract
Ninety two short normal adolescents who had been below the third centile for height at school entry4 and 117 controls matched for age and sex completed a bullying questionnaire, derived from work by Whitney and Smith.5 There were no refusals or any significant differences in sex or social class between the groups. Mean age (range) was 14.7 (13.4-15.7) years. Mean height SD scores were: short pupils −1.90 (−3.53 to −0.01), controls 0.31 (−1.41 to 2.15). Additional data on bullying, collected the previous year, were available from teachers' written reports and parental interviews.