Title: Bullying & Victimization and Asian-American Students
Headings: Bullying & Victimization and Asian-American Students
Bullying & Victimization and Asian-American Students
Myths About Asian-American Bullying and Victimization
What Do We Know About Bullying and Victimization Among Asian-American Students?
National Data
Notable Findings From Local Studies:
What Is Bullying?
Statistics and Points to Keep in Mind
References

Content: Bullying can be physical (assault, intimidation, destruction of property), verbal (name-calling, threats) and/or psychological/relational (could be physical or verbal; may include social exclusion, gossiping, rumors). Bullying can occur in person or through technology (email, chat rooms, instant messaging, text messaging or images posted on websites or sent through cellular phones). 4
A person can be a bully, a victim or both (bully-victim, sometimes called aggressive victim). Statistics and Points to Keep in Mind
Asian-Americans are often missing or not available in nationwide data on school victimization, making it difficult to compare across groups and studies. How researchers ask a question determines how students will respond. Asian-American middle school boys were less likely to report being a victim when asked how often they were “bullied” in the previous month, but more boys reported being a victim when asked how often someone had repeatedly tried to hurt them or make them feel bad with specific behavior such as name-calling, threatening, shoving, spreading rumors or ignoring. 12
Differences among and within Asian ethnic groups can be more important than findings across panethnic Asian-American groups. It would be useful to pay attention to findings on specific subgroups, such as Asian-American student athletes or Vietnamese-Americans, and not just those that combine all Asian-Americans into one category. References
1 Robers, S., Zhang, J., and Truman, J. (2010).