They have more health problems. There was an association between children reporting being bullied sometimes or more often and reporting not sleep well, bed wetting, feeling sad, and experiencing more than occasional headaches and tummy aches. A significant trend for increasing risk of symptoms with increased frequency of bullying was shown for all reported health symptoms. These physical symptoms are the result of fear. The findings indicated that victimisation was associated with fear of negative evaluation amongst males and females and social avoidance amongst females.
Bullying pervades the lives of school children.
Our bullies are always with us and they often are bosses. 421 employees reported experiencing one or more types of bullying in the previous year. 460 had witnessed the bullying of others. When bullying occurred it was most often likely to be a manager. Two thirds of the victims of bullying had tried to take action when the bullying occurred, but most were dissatisfied with the outcome.