bullying fact sheet - NAAFA

B U L LY I N G FACT S H E E T
Bullying is no longer exclusive to children and their peers
on a playground. Studies have found incidents of bullying by
parents, teachers, siblings and peers both in-person and in
B U L LY I N G S TAT I S T I C S :
the cyber world with both short- and long-term consequences.
It ’s t i m e to EN D B U LLYI NG NOW!
56%
56% OF KIDS ARE BULLIED FACTS ABOUT BULLYING:
• 2 of every 3 children have experienced being bullied by a classmate and
1 of every 3 has experienced weight bias from a teacher. [2008 Rudd Report
from Yale University’s Rudd Center]
• In a large statewide sample of sixth, ninth, and twelfth grade students
involved in verbal and social bullying, researchers found that 22% of
frequent perpetrators only, 29% of frequent victims only, and 38% of
frequent bully-victims (those reporting being a bully and being bullied)
reported suicidal thinking or a suicide attempt during the past year.
[Borowsky, et al, 2013]
• A longitudinal study found that victims and bullies/victims had elevated rates
of young adult psychiatric disorders, but also elevated rates of childhood
psychiatric disorders and family hardships. [Copeland, et al, 2013]
State s with L aws on Bu llyin g
N o fe d era l l a w ex i st a t t h i s t i m e
MT
ND
SD
About 56%, of all students have
witnessed a bullying crime take place
while at school
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/
bullying-statistics-2010.html
71%
71% of students report bullying as an
on-going problem
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/
bullying-statistics-2010.html
P L AYG R O U N D S C H O O L
B U L LY I N G S TAT I S T I C S :
4%
Adult
intervention
MI
DC
11%
Peer
intervention
85%
No intervention
HI
States with laws on Bullying
States with no laws on Bullying
http://www.how-to-stop-bullying.com/
bullyingstatistics.html
Source: http://www.stopbullying.gov/
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B U L LY I N G
FA C T S H E E T
Fat children have a higher risk of being bullied,
regardless of race, socioeconomic status,
social skills, academic achievement or gender.
(Lumeng, et al, 2010)
B U L LY I N G S TAT I S T I C S :
•
2.7 million students are bullied each year
http://www.makebeatsnotbeatdowns.org/facts_new.html
•
B U L LY I N G S TAT I S T I C S :
25%
2.1 million students take on the roll of bully
http://www.makebeatsnotbeatdowns.org/facts_new.html
•
Every 7 minutes a child is bullied.
http://www.how-to-stop-bullying.com/bullyingstatistics.html
•
Negative attitudes start in preschool and progress as students age.
Over 25 percent of adolescents and
teens have been bullied repeatedly
through their cell phones or the
Internet
[Cyber bullying: i-SAFE foundation]
Turnbull, et al, 2000
•
Over half of adolescents and teens have been bullied online, and
about the same number have engaged in cyber bullying
>50%
The negative effects of teasing and bullying are significant. However, there are a
number of things that an individual can do to help stop bullying and counteract the
negative effects to children’s body image and self-esteem. Visit the End Bullying
Now website for resources and take the pledge to END BULLYING NOW!
Well over half of young people do
not tell their parents when cyber
bullying occurs
[Cyber bullying: i-SAFE foundation]
For more information on how you can be involved in or donate to the
End Bullying Now campaign, visit our website at www.naafa.org or
send us an email at [email protected]
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