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Half of Aussie schoolkids are bullies
Mar 01, 2010 8:02am
LARGEST study into playground bullying reveals just how much the problem is out of control in schools.
The results of a national survey of 1000 students from Years 7 to 10 who had just undergone an anti-bullying seminar suggest the problem could be far greater than previous research has found.
Social analyst Mark McCrindle said an analysis of results from the largest study into schoolyard bullying revealed the impact of the problem on children.
"We asked how much has bullying affected you mentally," he said. "One third of students stated that `it upsets me an extreme amount', or `it upsets me a great deal'.
"It's more of a problem, if you look at those sort of problems, than even schools would acknowledge."
Bullying expert Dr Marilyn Campbell said bullying was a problem that started in the playground but extended throughout society.
"Domestic violence is a form of bullying - it's repetition of intent to hurt with an imbalance of power," she said. "And there are bullies in the workplace. We know that it costs millions, billions of dollars a year just in Australia for workplace bullying.
"It's not just kids who are bullying each other.
"This is complex and deeply embedded in our society."
While Professor Ken Rigby, who is advising Education Queensland on an anti-bullying strategy, said the evidence showed the prevalence of bullying was decreasing, there were many dealing with the problem at the coal face who would disagree.
Psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a founding member of the National Centre Against Bullying, said the figures showed bullying was increasing despite anti-bullying policies and practices being adopted by schools.
"You would have to say whatever we're doing isn't working. That's not to say that there are not isolated schools where they've got the formula right," he said. "When you ignore bullying you condemn children to misery now and very often in adult life."
His view was supported by Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard, who said "all of the research found the prevalence of bullying in our schools is on the rise".
"It affects the families of all of the parties concerned . . . but also the whole community, particularly in smaller communities," she said.
Article from: News.com.au
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Mar 01, 2010 8:02am
LARGEST study into playground bullying reveals just how much the problem is out of control in schools.
The results of a national survey of 1000 students from Years 7 to 10 who had just undergone an anti-bullying seminar suggest the problem could be far greater than previous research has found.
Social analyst Mark McCrindle said an analysis of results from the largest study into schoolyard bullying revealed the impact of the problem on children.
"We asked how much has bullying affected you mentally," he said. "One third of students stated that `it upsets me an extreme amount', or `it upsets me a great deal'.
"It's more of a problem, if you look at those sort of problems, than even schools would acknowledge."
Bullying expert Dr Marilyn Campbell said bullying was a problem that started in the playground but extended throughout society.
"Domestic violence is a form of bullying - it's repetition of intent to hurt with an imbalance of power," she said. "And there are bullies in the workplace. We know that it costs millions, billions of dollars a year just in Australia for workplace bullying.
"It's not just kids who are bullying each other.
"This is complex and deeply embedded in our society."
While Professor Ken Rigby, who is advising Education Queensland on an anti-bullying strategy, said the evidence showed the prevalence of bullying was decreasing, there were many dealing with the problem at the coal face who would disagree.
Psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, a founding member of the National Centre Against Bullying, said the figures showed bullying was increasing despite anti-bullying policies and practices being adopted by schools.
"You would have to say whatever we're doing isn't working. That's not to say that there are not isolated schools where they've got the formula right," he said. "When you ignore bullying you condemn children to misery now and very often in adult life."
His view was supported by Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard, who said "all of the research found the prevalence of bullying in our schools is on the rise".
"It affects the families of all of the parties concerned . . . but also the whole community, particularly in smaller communities," she said.
Article from: News.com.au
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