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Bullying in Middle Schools Results from a Southeast Florida Middle School Survey

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Bullying in Middle Schools Results from a Southeast Florida Middle School Survey

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    1. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Bullying in Middle Schools Results from a Southeast Florida Middle School Survey Darren Richmond Scholars Academy, Miami Beach Senior High School Student Affiliate, American Psychological Association Presented to the middle school faculty on September 21, 2006.

    2. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Anti-Bully Project Co-Investigators

    3. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Acknowledgements Joseph Pergolizzi, MD Johns Hopkins University Charlotte Richmond, PhD Biomedical Research & Education TJ Gan, MD Duke University Alex Macario, MD Stanford University Marty Auster, MD Johns Hopkins University

    4. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Significance There is a prevalence of bullying in schools in the United States Bullies and victims are more likely to be middle school age Brown, et al. J Sch Health. 2005: 75(10):384-92  Bullies have problems with delinquency and aggression Victims who also bully report high levels of suicidal thoughts Ivarsson, et al. Nord J Psychiatry. 2005: 59(5):365-73

    5. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Significance Anti-bully legislation passed at the Florida state level in 2006 Florida Schools to implement mandatory anti-bully education Customization of curricula based on results of surveys such as this one

    6. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Methods Permission to use Survey from Child Abuse Prevention Services, Roslyn, NY Approval from Middle School Administrators Permission slips sent to parents 700 surveys supplied to selected middle school Surveys distributed in 7th & 8th grade Social Studies May 15-25, 2006 496 surveys returned

    7. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Methods 400 evaluable surveys received (80.7%) 96 not evaluable due to: Incomplete surveys Didn’t follow directions Gave more than 1 answer when not asked for more than 1 answer

    8. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Survey Results

    9. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Demographics

    10. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 1: How bad is the problem with bullies in your school?

    11. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 2a: How often does teasing occur in your school?

    12. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 2b: How often does hitting occur in your school?

    13. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 2c: How often does gossiping/rumors occur in your school?

    14. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 2d: How often does threatening occur in your school?

    15. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 2e: How often does excluding occur in your school?

    16. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 3: How often do you see a kid bullied in your school?

    17. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 4: What did you do the last time you saw someone being bullied at school?

    18. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 5: If you chose “did nothing” in question 4, why?

    19. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 6: How often have you bullied in your school?

    20. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 7: If you have been bullied in your school, what did you do?

    21. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 8: Have you ever bullied someone in your school?

    22. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 9a: If you choose yes in question 8, how often have you used teasing to bully?

    23. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 9b: If you choose yes in question 8, how often have you used hitting to bully?

    24. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 9c: If you choose yes in question 8, how often have you used gossiping/rumors to bully?

    25. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 9d: If you choose yes in question 8, how often have you used threatening to bully?

    26. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 9e: If you choose yes in question 8, how often have you used excluding to bully?

    27. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 10: Generally speaking, “how safe” do you feel in school?

    28. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 11: If you chose either “unsafe” or “very unsafe” in questions 10, is it because you are concerned about:

    29. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 12: In school or out, how often have you been a victim of a cyberbully?

    30. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 13: In school or out, if you have ever been a victim of a cyberbully, what did you do?

    31. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Question 14: In school or out, have you ever been a cyberbully?

    32. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Summary More than 4 out of 5 (82.8%) students feel bullying is a problem At least 5 out of 10 (50.3%) feel it is at least “medium-sized” 8th graders are more likely to feel bullying is no problem than 7th graders (21% vs. 10.1%) More 7th graders say they have bullied someone than 8th graders (7th 44.6% vs. 8th 33.3%)

    33. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Summary More than 1 out of 3 (37.5%) admit they have bullied someone (37.2% female, 38.5% males) Teasing is the main weapons used to bully at this middle school (37.6%) Threatening is the least used method (19.6%)

    34. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Almost 2 out of 3 (62.3%) “did nothing” the last time they saw someone bullied Only 6 out of 100 (6%) told an adult when they saw bullying Males were more likely to do something if they were the ones being bullied (84%) (Females 79.9%) Summary

    35. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Summary Females (40.4%) are just as likely as males (38.9%) to be bullied at school If they are bullied, females are more likely than males to “ignore the bully” (39.9% vs. 28%) If they are bullied, males are more likely than females to “push/hit bully” (42.9% vs. 19.3%)

    36. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Overall, almost 3 out of 4 (73%) students report feeling safe at school Females report feeling safer at school than males (83% vs. 61.5%) 8th graders feel safer than 7th grade (75% vs. 69.2%) Summary - Safety

    37. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Males were more likely to report physical safety as their biggest concern (29.1%) where females report other reasons (23.9%) 7th and 8th graders both chose “other reasons” as their biggest concern Summary - Safety

    38. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 1 out of 4 students (25.8%) reports being a victim of a cyberbully Overall, the students were more likely to ignore the cyberbully (24.5%) and least likely to ask a friend for help (4.8%) Males were more likely to cyberbully the cyberbully (26.4%) and females were more likely to ignore the cyberbully (30.7%) Summary - Cyberbully

    39. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Limitations Self-reported data Over report Under report Voluntary – based on only surveys returned Each reported data point was rounded to the nearest tenth of a point, for this reason, some totals may not add up to 100%

    40. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Limitations Large number who did not complete the survey correctly (1 out of 5) Entertaining answers: For the date: “today” When asked if they had ever bullied someone in your school, they answered: “Yes but I didn’t mean to”. Check “male” and “female”

    41. Richmond Bully Survey 2006 Bullying, including cyberbullying, is present at the middle school surveyed It appears to be a big problem; however, students feel safe Students, faculty, staff and parents would benefit from anti-bully education Follow up surveys needed to measure efficacy of anti-bully education Conclusions

    42. Richmond Bully Survey 2006

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