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HBSC Briefing Paper 8: Bullying and fighting among schoolchildren in Scotland: age and gender patterns, trends and cross-national comparisons

Author J. Todd
C.Currie
A. Mellor
M. Johnstone
M. Cowie
Description

This briefing paper examines the occurrence of bullying and fighting among Scottish schoolchildren. It looks at incidences of bullying in terms of age and gender and also compares the Scottish situation with other countries.

The paper uses data gathered in the 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey and also data gathered in earlier surveys to look at trends in bullying behaviour.

Link(s)http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/cahru/publications/BriefingPaper8.pdf
Curricular areaBullying
Publisher Child and Adolescent Health Research Unit
Publication date2004
Further informationChild and Adolescent Health Research Unit (CAHRU)
Moray House School of Education
University of Edinburgh
St Leonard's Land
Holyrood Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8AQ
Tel: 0131 651 6557
Fax: 0131 651 6271
Typeresearch