All students within a school participate in most aspects of the program. Additional individual interventions are targeted at students who are identified as bullies or victims of bullying. Approximately 20 percent reported that they had bullied other students with the same frequency. Gender Differences Boys are much more likely to bully others than are girls. A relatively large percentage of girls report that they are bullied mainly by boys.
Girls are less apt to use physical means of bullying.
Age Trends Younger and weaker students are more often exposed to bullying . Although most incidents occur among students in the same grade, a good share of bullying is also carried out by older students towards younger ones. Where Bullying Occurs Most bullying occurs on the playground or in the classroom. It can also occur in hallways, the gym, locker rooms, and the bathroom . Students are bullied on their way to and from school, but at a lower rate than at school.