different types of bullying
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1. Physical bullying includes attacks that would hurt and injure a person like hitting, kicking, punching, elbowing, and more. Taking something that belongs to someone else and destroying it would also be considered a type of physical bullying, becuase ypu are breaking someone else's property. In elementary and middle schools, 30.5% of all bullying is physical.
2. Verbal bullying is name-calling, making offensive remarks, or joking about a person's religion, gender, ethnicity, or the way they look. 46.5% of all bullying in schools is the verbal type. Verbal aggression is when a bully teases someone. It can also include a bully making verbal threats of violence or aggression against someone's personal property.
3. Indirect bullying includes spreading rumors or stories about
someone, telling others about something that was told to you in private, and
excluding others from groups. This would be indirect bullying. Indirect bullying
accounts for 18.5% of all bullying.
4. Social alienation is when a bully excludes someone from a group
on purpose. It also includes a bully spreading rumors, and also making fun of
someone by pointing out their differences and making them feel all left
out.
5. Intimidation is when a bully threatens someone else and frightens that person enough to make him or her do what the bully wants.
6. Cyberbullying is done by sending messages, pictures, or
information using electronic media, computers (email & instant messages), or
cell phones (text messaging & voicemail). According to a survey done in 2003
only 4% of bullying is listed as "other types" and this would include
cyberbullying. Even though this number seems small, the growth of this type of
bullying is going up fast because of the spread of technology around the world.
2. Verbal bullying is name-calling, making offensive remarks, or joking about a person's religion, gender, ethnicity, or the way they look. 46.5% of all bullying in schools is the verbal type. Verbal aggression is when a bully teases someone. It can also include a bully making verbal threats of violence or aggression against someone's personal property.
3. Indirect bullying includes spreading rumors or stories about
someone, telling others about something that was told to you in private, and
excluding others from groups. This would be indirect bullying. Indirect bullying
accounts for 18.5% of all bullying.
4. Social alienation is when a bully excludes someone from a group
on purpose. It also includes a bully spreading rumors, and also making fun of
someone by pointing out their differences and making them feel all left
out.
5. Intimidation is when a bully threatens someone else and frightens that person enough to make him or her do what the bully wants.
6. Cyberbullying is done by sending messages, pictures, or
information using electronic media, computers (email & instant messages), or
cell phones (text messaging & voicemail). According to a survey done in 2003
only 4% of bullying is listed as "other types" and this would include
cyberbullying. Even though this number seems small, the growth of this type of
bullying is going up fast because of the spread of technology around the world.