Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as 'peer abuse'. Bullying is the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual, physically, mentally, or emotionally.īullying ranges from one-on-one, individual bullying through to group bullying, called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more 'lieutenants' who are willing to assist the primary bully in their bullying activities. Bullying is a subcategory of aggressive behavior characterized by the following three criteria: (1) hostile intent, (2) imbalance of power, and (3) repetition over a period of time. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or social power. The behavior is often repeated and habitual.
Share of children who report being bullied (2015)īullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate or intimidate.
