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http://www.atriumsoc.org/p Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004 Prevalence and association with psychosocial adjustment. Jour or both. involved in moderate orfrequent In aU.S.national study withyouthingrades About 22% of students in grades 4-8 reported Each day,160,000 childreninth of theirvictims. American schools houseapproximately 2.1 million bullies and2.7million 282,000 students arephysicallyattack students 282,000 they feltunsafe atschoolorontheirway 5.0% didnot go toschoolon oneormore daysinthe 30 daysprecedingthe survey because survey; 15.1%ofmalestudents and 6.7% of femalestudents. inaphysic reportedbeing 11.1% prevalence was higheramongfemales (21.2%) than males (18.7%). 19.9% reported being bullied onschool propertyinthe 12monthspreceding the survey; the 7.7% reported being threatenedorinjured with reportedbeing 7.7% in the30days ofthesurvey. reported carryingaweapon(gun,knifeorcl 5.6% times in the 12 monthspreceding the survey. 90% of all students in grades 4-8 reported being threatened and bullied in school. in bullied and threatened being reported 4-8 grades in students all of 90% 864,000 students reportstayinghome 864,000 (5.4%) More youth violenceoccurs on intervention-11% (Friend/classm Every 7 minutes achild is bullied: Adult intervention-4%( ), Peer weapon at school. Verbal Confrontation, 65% Fights, 36% Staff abuse by student, 28% student with Among K-12 , the percentage who this occurs in school setting; 76% school, and drop offby the 11th and 12th grades. Bullying inschool tends toincrease th bullied. fear fortheirsafety. 9 7

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reported being bullied, persecuted, threatened, att threatened, persecuted, bullied, being reported between violence school targeted of incidents In37 least one suicide attempt in the previous year previous the in attempt suicide one least c seriously students school high of percent Fifteen Children as young as nine may think about suicide a suicide about think may nine as young as Children them feel uncomfortable. Many children also felt th felt also children Many uncomfortable. feel them wat that reported bystanders of 90% and 80% Between 18% of the children said they would join-in if thei if join-in would they said children the of 18% and playgrounds in children of studies observation the of more or 85% in present were bystanders Child Bystanders stood up for the victim only 10% to 19% 19% to 10% only victim the for up stood Bystanders Today, 6 children will commit suicide. commit will children 6 Today, observations, adults intervened in only 4% of the b the of 4% in only intervened adults observations, m or overlook often they bullying, witness directly playgroun hallways, bathrooms, as such supervision, Boy Bullies (in grades 6 – 9) were found to be 4 ti 4 be to found were – 9) 6 grades (in Bullies Boy Suicide is the third leading cause of among 1 among death of cause leading third is the Suicide high levels of suicidal thoughts, and haveattempte and thoughts, suicidal of levels high peer by bullied are also who and bully who Children More than one-half the time, bullying stops within within stops bullying time, the one-half than More For every suicide, there are at least 100 suicide a suicide 100 least at are there suicide, every For and when bystanders did nothing to stop it. it. stop to nothing did bystanders when and withou bullying watched simply bystanders when Even bullied. bullied. witnesses 54% of the time and joined the bullying w bullying the joined and time the of 54% witnesses Adults are often not aware of bullying because it u it because bullying of aware not often are Adults be convicted of at least one crime by the age of 24 of age bythe crime one least at of beconvicted When bystanders laughed at or cheered on bullying, bullying, on cheered or at laughed bystanders When by providing an audience for the bully. Bullying la Bullying bully. the for audience an byproviding C rime and rime and B ystanders ystanders S uicide (anger and despair) despair) anduicide (anger States. U. S. Secret Service and U. S. Department o Department S. U. and Service Secret S. U. States. laby, M. Adler, J. Minotti, and R. Katz, Education Education Katz, R. and Minotti, J. Adler, M. laby, R. A. (2003). Psychosocial health among young victi young among health Psychosocial (2003). A. R. pdf. pdf. Modzeleski, W. (2002, May). The final report and fi and report final The May). (2002, W. Modzeleski, nature and extent of bully/victim problems in juni in problems bully/victim of extent and nature Observations of bullying in the classroom. Journal the classroom. in bullying of Observations http://www.arkofhopeforchildren.org/issues/child-a . London: Sage Publications. Publications. Sage . London: . 25.. 25.. 25. . Intervention and prevention. In R. D. Peters, R. J. R. Peters, In D. R. prevention. and Intervention

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