Types of Bullying

Anyone can be a bully or target.

Bullying takes many forms.

It can be:

• Physical –hitting, kicking, stealing or hiding belongings, sexual assault.
• Verbal-name calling, insults, offensive or sexual remarks, threatening language.
• Indirect- spreading rumours or stories, graffiti, defacing property, displaying literature or materials of a racist, sexist or pornographic nature.

It can include offensive or abusive text or Internet messages.

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In the EPS Survey (2003) the most common forms of bullying identified by Secondary students were:

Type	Percentage (%)
Verbal	58.3
Physical	20.5
Indirect	20.7

Primary students identified very similar forms of bullying:

Type	Percentage (%)
Verbal	46.5
Physical	30.5
Indirect	18.5
Other	4

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