Title: Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Clemson University
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Bullying Information
Content: Prevalence
According to the 2016 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy and Practice report, school-based bullying likely affects between 18 and 31 percent of children and youth and the prevalence of cyberbullying ranges from 7 to 15 percent of youth. Prevalence rates can be even higher for vulnerable subgroups of youth such as LGBT youth, overweight/obese youth, or youth with disabilities. The Bullying in U.S. Schools 2019 Status Repor t reflects the status of bullying among 3rd-12th graders around the United States during the 2015–2019 school years. Fifteen percent of 3rd-12th grade students said that they had been bullied 2-3 times a month or more often, and 6% reported bullying others. The most common ways in which students reported being bullied were: verbal bullying, bullying by spreading rumors, and social exclusion. The least common forms of bullying that were reported by students were having property damaged and cyberbullying. Get Email Updates
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