Exam 1: Bullying Prevention and Response

Question 1

What is an unwanted aggressive behavior(s) among school-aged children that: involved a real or potential power imbalance and is repeated or has potential to be reported overtime?

Answer 1

Bullying

Question 2

What are challenges when identifying bullying?

Answer 2

is the behavior aggressive? is it repetitive? what counts as a power imbalance?

Question 3

What is it called when one child uses intentional harmful behaviors- threatened or actual against another child?

Answer 3

unwanted aggression

Question 4

What are some characteristics of power imbalance?

Answer 4

physical: age, size, strength
popularity, background, abilities and skills: academic, physical, & artistic; access to money, being outnumbered, having a weapon.

Question 5

When may school districts violate students federal civil rights?

Answer 5

peer harassment based on race, color, natural origin, sex, disability.
behavior creates a hostile environment
harassment is encouraged, tolerated, not adequately addressed, or ignored by school employees.

Question 6

What are the different types of behavior that are considered bullying?

Answer 6

physical: kicking, hitting, shoving.
relational: harming relationships with rumors, posting embarrassing images, social isolation.
verbal: oral or written; name calling, graffiti, threats.
damage of property: theft or destruction of property.

Question 7

What is difficult with cyberbullying?

Answer 7

hard to determine what is repetitive.

Question 8

True or False: Many children are involved in bullying.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

What percent of bullying at school is verbal?

Answer 9

19%

Question 10

What percent of bullying at school is physical?

Answer 10

9%

Question 11

What percent of bullying at school is property destroyed?

Answer 11

3%

Question 12

What are some roles youth play in bullying?

Answer 12

initiate the bullying, join in on the bullying, support/appreciate the bullying but don’t join in, observe but are disengaged, dislike bullying but don’t act, try to help.

Question 13

True or False: both boys and girls have all the same experiences with bullying.

Answer 13

False: there are similarities and differences.

Question 14

What are the three most common types of bullying experienced by boys and girls?

Answer 14

rumors, verbal, and physical

Question 15

True or False: Boys are 2.5x as likely to be bully-victims.

Answer 15

true

Question 16

True or False: Children’s experiences with bullying vary by age.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

True or False: Children are more likely to be bullied in high school than in elementary grades.

Answer 17

false

Question 18

What grade does exclusion bullying peak? verbal? cyber?

Answer 18

8th/9th; 6th; 10th.

Question 19

What are some risk factors for bullying?

Answer 19

temperament: quiet, shy personality.

socially awkward, alcohol or drug use, depression, presence of disability, sexual orientation.

Question 20

What are some peer factors that decrease bullying?

Answer 20

having at least one close friend, support from peers.

Question 21

True or False: some children are at a greater risk to be bullied than others.

Answer 21

true

Question 22

What are some risk factors a child may have a greater chance of being bullied?

Answer 22

learning disability, ADHD, autism, Special health care needs, overweight/underweight, speak another LA, sexual orientation.

Question 23

True or False: Bullying can affect the health, mental health, and academic well-being of children who are targeted.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

What are some mental health consequences of being bullied?

Answer 24

lower self-esteem, greater loneliness, greater anxiety, more depression.

Question 25

True or False: Klomek study of hs students showed that frequent exposure to direct and indirect bullying was associated with depression, suicidal thoughts, and attempts.

Answer 25

true

Question 26

What are some psychosomatic problems children who are bullied may experience?

Answer 26

HA, backaches, stomach pain, sleep problems, poor appetite, & bed-wetting.

Question 27

True or False: Children who are bullied are more likely than others to be engaged in other antisocial behavior.

Answer 27

true

Question 28

True or False: Many children report bullying experiences to adults.

Answer 28

false

Question 29

Who is most likely to not report bullying?

Answer 29

older youth and boys.

Question 30

True or False: Many children and youth are not concerned about bullying.

Answer 30

False

Question 31

True or False: those who try to help someone who is being bullied are often effective in stopping it.

Answer 31

true

Question 32

True or False: A variety of laws in the U.S. address bullying.

Answer 32

true

Question 33

What are the 10 ways to best prevent bullying & describe them a little bit.

Answer 33

Focus on social climate: safe & caring environment; Conduct community-wide bullying assessments: raise awareness, monitor bullying, evaluate need for training; Seek out support for bullying prevention; Coordinate & integrate prevention efforts; Provide training on bullying prevention & response; Set policies & rules; Increase adult supervision; respond consistently & appropriately when bullying happens; Spend time talking to children about bullying; Continue efforts overtime and renew community interests.

Question 34

What are some misdirection’s in bullying prevention and response?

Answer 34

zero tolerance, conflict resolution & peer mediation, group therapeutic tx, overstating or simplifying the relationship between bullying & suicide, simple, short solutions.

Question 35

True or False: Bullying is a global problem.

Answer 35

true