Girls are more likely to be bullied for long: Study

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Girls are two and half times more likely to be victim of bullying than boys, says a study recently published in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology. The study revealed the behavioural pattern of young victims

CJ: Arshi Aggarwal

Thu, Jan 15, 2009 15:37:23 IST

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ACCORDING TO a recent study, girls are more likely to be a victim of long time bullying at primary school. A recent research led by Dieter Wolke, University of Warwick Professor of Developmental Psychology, suggested that the girls, who are victim of bullying at the age of 6 are two and a half times more likely than boys to remain targets for a longer time.

The study also revealed that only 10 per cent children at the age of six get involved in physical bullying, whereas as much as 25 per cent of 10-year-old children indulge in such activities.

Physical threats and beating is more common in all boys groups and mixed groups, says study. The researchers observed 663 students of 6-9 years till the age of 10-11 years. During the time period, almost 170 students changed the school. There is a great possibility that these children were also bullied, said the researchers.

As children grow older, direct victimisation like beating and physical and verbal threats gets replaced by emotional victimisation, like spreading of malicious gossip or the withdrawal of friendships leading to social exclusion.

Wolke said that parents should develop and implement interesting and innovative intervention programmes that may help children to escape further victimisation in their school. The study is published online in the British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

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