Types of Bullying
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There are many different types of bullying that can
be experienced by children and adults alike, some are obvious to spot while
others can be more subtle. The different types of bullying that we look at
below are some of the ways that bullying could be happening.
Physical bullying
Physical bullying includes hitting, kicking, tripping,
pinching and pushing or damaging property. Physical bullying causes both short
term and long term damage.
Verbal bullying
Verbal bullying includes name calling, insults,
teasing, intimidation, homophobic or racist remarks, or verbal abuse. While verbal
bullying can start off harmless, it can escalate to levels which start
affecting the individual target. Keep reading in this section for techniques to
deal with verbal bullying.
Social bullying
Social bullying, sometimes referred to as covert
bullying, is often harder to recognise and can be carried out behind the
bullied person's back. It is designed to harm someone's social reputation
and/or cause humiliation. Social bullying includes:
· lying and spreading
· negative facial or physical gestures, menacing or contemptuous looks
· playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate
· mimicking unkindly
· encouraging others to socially exclude someone
· damaging someone's social reputation or social acceptance.
Cyber bullying
Cyber bullying can be overt or covert bullying
behaviours using digital technologies, including hardware such as computers and
smartphones, and software such as social media, instant messaging, texts,
websites and other online platforms.
Cyber bullying can happen at any time. It can be in
public or in private and sometimes only known to the target and the person
bullying. Cyber bullying can include:
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Abusive or hurtful texts emails or posts, images or videos
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Deliberately excluding others online
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Nasty gossip or rumors
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