What are the three elements of bullying?

Kiley Paucek
2025-06-18 03:26:30
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Bullying is when all three of the following components are in place:
Repeated actions or threats.
A power imbalance.
Intention to cause harm – physical or emotional
Bullying is not being called a name or having someone be rude to you as a one-off.
These behaviours are not acceptable but they are not bullying.
Being mean, physically or verbally abusive or deliberately hurtful is not acceptable behaviour regardless of whether it is part of a larger ‘bullying’ behaviour or a one-off.
The reality is that we are all flawed people and sometimes students (and adults) may not even perceive their behaviour as bullying.
That is why it is important to raise awareness of what bullying is and address all unacceptable behaviour even when it falls outside the usual definition of bullying.

Ashley O'Keefe
2025-06-06 15:39:46
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Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include: An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.

Shemar Crona
2025-06-06 15:22:13
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The repetitive, intentional hurting of one person or group by another person or group, where the relationship involves an imbalance of power. There are four key elements to this definition: hurtful, repetition, power imbalance, intentional. Bullying can be physical, verbal or psychological. Bullying behaviour can be: Physical – pushing, poking, kicking, hitting, biting, pinching etc. Verbal - name calling, sarcasm, spreading rumours, threats, teasing, belittling. Emotional – isolating others, tormenting, hiding books, threatening gestures, ridicule, humiliation, intimidating, excluding, manipulation and coercion.

Nellie Kuphal
2025-06-06 14:08:14
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Bullying can be characterized by an overt action such as hitting, or name calling. A covert action such as gossiping or harassment over the internet. Bullying can consist of Verbal abuse. Written statements or drawings. Emotionally or physically threatening actions. Physical assault or harm. Conduct to purposefully humiliate another.