Assessing Children's Attitudes To Bullying

Researchers have assessed children’s attitudes to bullying using self-report methodologies. Most children report that they do not support the practice of bullying. In a recent Australian study of 6 to 16-year olds students, 80 to 85% of the students do not approve of bullying; although boys indicated slightly more approval for bullying than girls. In a Canadian study, 86% of the children reported that they found it somewhat or very unpleasant to watch bullying. When asked about intervening in bullying, 43% of children reported that they would typically “try to help” a child who is victimized while 33% of the children said that ‘they felt that they should help’ but didn’t. The remaining 24% responded ‘bullying was none of their business’. In