FACTORS OF BULLYING

There are many different things that factor into bullying such as family, school peers, and your own community. 

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Family: 

• Parental conflict 

• Parental warmth and engagement 

• Parental use of drugs and alcohol 

• Parents in jail 

• child maltreatment 

• lack of warmth, involvement, and supervision from parents victimization by older siblings 

• harsh or physical discipline by parents 

Community: 

• The safety of your neighborhood 

• The connections that you have with the neighbors in your community 

Peers:

• children and teens who have a positive attitude towards violence are more likely to bully 

• Children and teens with high-status social roles may bully so that they can keep their social status

• children and teens who have low social status roles may bully so that they can get a higher social role

• exposure to aggressive, violent and delinquent peers 

• having at least 1 close friend 

• peer support 

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Individual: 

• Individual temper 

• social competence 

• drug and alcohol use 

• presence of disability 

• socially isolated 

School: 

• school climate

• the lack of adult supervision 

• lack of awareness and responsive staff 

• lack of tile enforcement or no policy for bullying in school

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