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Direckshun · 04-13-2007, 06:18 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070413...ebulliedsurvey

90% of Elementary School Kids Are Bullied: Survey
By Alan Mozes
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Nine out of 10 elementary school kids have been subjected to physical or psychological bullying by their peers, while six in 10 have been bullies themselves, according to a new study.

"The results show that even going down to young ages, we have very high levels of bullying and victimization," said study lead author Dr. Thomas P. Tarshis, who conducted the research while with the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University Medical Center.

Citing the lack of a fast and insightful way to gauge elementary school bullying, Tarshis first teamed with Stanford colleague Dr. Lynne C. Huffman to design a new and simple questionnaire that could be completed by children quickly and reliably.

The survey was restricted to a single page of multiple-choice questions aimed at a third-grade reading level and was designed to be completed in a classroom setting within five to 10 minutes. The children were asked 22 questions describing one of two bullying scenarios -- "direct" bullying involving physical violence or the threat of harm and "indirect" bullying involving social ostracizing, teasing, giving "looks" or spreading rumors.

With funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Tarshis and Huffman administered the questionnaire in 2004 to 95 boys and girls attending fourth through sixth grades at two California elementary schools and 175 students attending third through fourth grade in one school in Arizona. The schools from which the kids were drawn were approximately 60 percent white, 20 percent Hispanic and 6 percent African-American.

Of the nine out of 10 students who indicated they had been a victim of bullying at some point, most said they had been subjected to several types of bullying at least "sometimes" -- a finding the researchers defined as a "high level" of victimization.

The percentage of children who said they had been bullies themselves did not vary significantly between grades. By contrast, fewer fifth graders said they had been a victim of bullying, compared to children in the other grades.

The findings are published in the April issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Tarshis, who is now director of the Bay Area Children's Association in Cupertino, Calif., and Huffman suggested that the new test seems to be a useful and easy-to-administer tool to help educators get a quick handle on the degree of bullying going on in schools. It can also be used to spark discussion among students on what appears to be a widespread problem, the researchers said.

"We need to shift the mindset that being bullied in school is OK, because we know that kids who are victimized and bullied have poor outcomes in the future," he said. "And, in reality, it's affecting a majority of kids in our schools."

"So, we need to increase awareness, and parents need to talk to their kids about what's going on in school," Tarshis said. "Children and their peers, teachers and school staff, and parents and guardians, all need to be involved."

But Dr. Christopher Lucas, associate professor of psychiatry at New York University's Child Study Center and director of its Early Childhood Service, thinks the problem of bullying may not be quite so pervasive as the new survey suggests.

"I'm very skeptical about nine out of ten," said Lucas. "That number is huge. But you have to keep in mind that when little kids self-report, there tends to be a lot of over-reporting. And my suspicion is that they may well be including behaviors that wouldn't be regarded by most people as bullying in terms of either frequency or intensity."

Lucas' own research suggests considerably lower levels of bullying -- along the lines of 50 percent saying they've been bullied and 15 percent saying they've bullied themselves.

But he agreed that bullying is a widespread problem that needs serious attention.

"New ways of bullying -- not always violent -- are constantly developing, such as the name-calling and insulting that's happening now on social networking sites like 'Facebook' and 'Myspace.com,' " he said. "And there are a lot of negative consequences for all kinds of bullying. It's one of the most common forms of stress among young people, and people who are bullied have more physical illness, more school absence, lower academic achievement, and are more likely to become bullies themselves over time. So, yes, it's serious."

ClevelandBronco · 04-14-2007, 01:26 AM

Good find SportsRacer. The best satire reads as if it could be a valid argument in some folks' world views.

Love that last line. I thought I'd never use it, but it turns out that it's necessary after all rational argument has gone over the child's head.

One of my other favorite closing lines is, "Life's not fair. It's a blessing that you're learning that now rather than later."

Eleazar · 04-14-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

It's Dr. Kenneth Noisewater, btw.

God Bless You, Mr. Noisewater

**luv** · 04-14-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

I know it's hard to believe....but Dr. Spock is more like, memyselfi's generation....what a bunch of pothead stupid bastards.

NOTE: You may want to note it's from "The Onion..."

Heh....

I was replying to your post, not the article.

SPchief · 04-14-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Unfuggin' believable.

My God....how we have become a nation of pussified whining politically correct sniveling panty waist losers.

Damn...."Dad yelled," "Mom didn't give me my snack," and "I was restricted to my room for 2 days." That is suddenly "abuse?" What a friggin' absolute and complete joke.

I was reading the article and pulling quotes to post. Then I looked at the link. Farse

SPchief · 04-14-2007, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

I know it's hard to believe....but Dr. Spock is more like, memyselfi's generation....what a bunch of pothead stupid bastards.

NOTE: You may want to note it's from "The Onion..."

Heh....

Damnit. Should read the whole thread before responding

ChiefaRoo · 04-14-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by luv

It's you hippie parents.

And Dr Spock.

For the record. Dr. Spock's own son committed suicide.

|Zach| · 04-14-2007, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

For the record. Dr. Spock's own son committed suicide.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drspock.asp

SPchief · 04-14-2007, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drspock.asp

Zach, when do you move out of the SP?

|Zach| · 04-14-2007, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by SPchief

Zach, when do you move out of the SP?

End of May.

Time is uh flyin.

**Rausch** · 04-14-2007, 02:42 AM

9 out of 10 kids these days are complete pu$$ies with no ability to take a stand or do anything that might label them different.

It's almost like they try to be anti-popular. Unnoticed. Don't be unique or different in any way if at all possible. Avoid standing out at all costs and do everything you can to be as bland and common as the next guy/gal...

|Zach| · 04-14-2007, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Rausch

9 out of 10 kids these days are complete pu$$ies with no ability to take a stand or do anything that might label them different.

It's almost like they try to be anti-popular. Unnoticed. Don't be unique or different in any way if at all possible. Avoid standing out at all costs and do everything you can to be as bland and common as the next guy/gal...

I was thinking about this the other day. It is very possible that there is no truth to it and I don't know what I am talking about but it won't be the first time.

Obviously...growing up is tough...being a little kid and learning how to be around other people. Awkward middle school years...high school...

But I think today's kids are more cautious because ridicule for being different or doing something stupid is shot deeper and can be more severe with technology.

Lets say you are some young kid...prob a bit insecure...and you wear something to school that wasn't a big deal to you but it is ridiculous looking and kids fall over themselves laughing at you. The good ol' days? The kids that were there got a kick out of it...maybe they remember it and tease you maybe they don't. Kids now? A picture of you is up on myspace and facebook and sent to the whole school and god knows who else. Now you are "that kid" you can't shake that label.

Maybe thats a lame example but I think it gives you a general idea of the changes. You have to take actions, and events, and happenings and think about how much technology changes the consequences, widespread nature of information, and in some cases the pain.

I was talking to my friends little sister the other day. She is 13. Some girl in one of her classes transfered to another school because she let some kid see her topless on a webcam and of course the boy saved the pictures and told his friends and so on...obviously this is a pretty devastating thing. What is the "old school" equivalent to that? I remember sneaking around my campus and getting some girl to show me her tits. What would have happened if someone else found out about that? Maybe a few people talk, maybe she gets some kind of reputation. Pales in comparison.

It seems to me kids marginalize their uniqueness a lot of times because when people deviate from the herd it can be a pretty dramatic downward spiral.

I don't think any of this is an excuse but I think it is a reason and a factor.

**Rausch** · 04-14-2007, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

I was thinking about this the other day. It is very possible that there is no truth to it and I don't know what I am talking about but it won't be the first time.

Obviously...growing up is tough...being a little kid and learning how to be around other people. Awkward middle school years...high school...

But I think today's kids are more cautious because ridicule for being different or doing something stupid is shot deeper and can be more severe with technology.

That I can agree with.

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

I was talking to my friends little sister the other day. She is 13. Some girl in one of her classes transfered to another school because she let some kid see her topless on a webcam...

Uh, yeah.

Make the webcam a polaroid and it's the same thing. THAT'S PRETTY ****ING STUPID.

Stupid always hurts.

I'd know...

kstater · 04-14-2007, 05:57 AM

90 percent? If these kids are so insecure maybe we can help their morale by not keeping score when playing Little League.

Sully · 04-14-2007, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

God Bless You, Mr. Noisewater

He didn't go to school for 7 years, incurring 100 grand in debt for you to call him Mr.

04-13-2007, 06:18 PM
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $2033447	BREAKING NEWS: Kids have been bullied & are liars! http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20070413...ebulliedsurvey 90% of Elementary School Kids Are Bullied: Survey By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Nine out of 10 elementary school kids have been subjected to physical or psychological bullying by their peers, while six in 10 have been bullies themselves, according to a new study. "The results show that even going down to young ages, we have very high levels of bullying and victimization," said study lead author Dr. Thomas P. Tarshis, who conducted the research while with the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford University Medical Center. Citing the lack of a fast and insightful way to gauge elementary school bullying, Tarshis first teamed with Stanford colleague Dr. Lynne C. Huffman to design a new and simple questionnaire that could be completed by children quickly and reliably. The survey was restricted to a single page of multiple-choice questions aimed at a third-grade reading level and was designed to be completed in a classroom setting within five to 10 minutes. The children were asked 22 questions describing one of two bullying scenarios -- "direct" bullying involving physical violence or the threat of harm and "indirect" bullying involving social ostracizing, teasing, giving "looks" or spreading rumors. With funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Tarshis and Huffman administered the questionnaire in 2004 to 95 boys and girls attending fourth through sixth grades at two California elementary schools and 175 students attending third through fourth grade in one school in Arizona. The schools from which the kids were drawn were approximately 60 percent white, 20 percent Hispanic and 6 percent African-American. Of the nine out of 10 students who indicated they had been a victim of bullying at some point, most said they had been subjected to several types of bullying at least "sometimes" -- a finding the researchers defined as a "high level" of victimization. The percentage of children who said they had been bullies themselves did not vary significantly between grades. By contrast, fewer fifth graders said they had been a victim of bullying, compared to children in the other grades. The findings are published in the April issue of the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. Tarshis, who is now director of the Bay Area Children's Association in Cupertino, Calif., and Huffman suggested that the new test seems to be a useful and easy-to-administer tool to help educators get a quick handle on the degree of bullying going on in schools. It can also be used to spark discussion among students on what appears to be a widespread problem, the researchers said. "We need to shift the mindset that being bullied in school is OK, because we know that kids who are victimized and bullied have poor outcomes in the future," he said. "And, in reality, it's affecting a majority of kids in our schools." "So, we need to increase awareness, and parents need to talk to their kids about what's going on in school," Tarshis said. "Children and their peers, teachers and school staff, and parents and guardians, all need to be involved." But Dr. Christopher Lucas, associate professor of psychiatry at New York University's Child Study Center and director of its Early Childhood Service, thinks the problem of bullying may not be quite so pervasive as the new survey suggests. "I'm very skeptical about nine out of ten," said Lucas. "That number is huge. But you have to keep in mind that when little kids self-report, there tends to be a lot of over-reporting. And my suspicion is that they may well be including behaviors that wouldn't be regarded by most people as bullying in terms of either frequency or intensity." Lucas' own research suggests considerably lower levels of bullying -- along the lines of 50 percent saying they've been bullied and 15 percent saying they've bullied themselves. But he agreed that bullying is a widespread problem that needs serious attention. "New ways of bullying -- not always violent -- are constantly developing, such as the name-calling and insulting that's happening now on social networking sites like 'Facebook' and 'Myspace.com,' " he said. "And there are a lot of negative consequences for all kinds of bullying. It's one of the most common forms of stress among young people, and people who are bullied have more physical illness, more school absence, lower academic achievement, and are more likely to become bullies themselves over time. So, yes, it's serious."
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ClevelandBronco I'm with the banned. Join Date: Sep 2006 Casino cash: $5658955	Good find SportsRacer. The best satire reads as if it could be a valid argument in some folks' world views. Love that last line. I thought I'd never use it, but it turns out that it's necessary after all rational argument has gone over the child's head. One of my other favorite closing lines is, "Life's not fair. It's a blessing that you're learning that now rather than later."
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