title: Dispelling the myth of bullying.
abstract: School violence is a widespread and serious social problem. Much of school violence involves bullying, a practice found in school settings around the world. The effects of bullying are traumatic and long lasting. New technology has engendered a new form of bullying: cyberbullying. This article describes various forms of bullying (verbal, physical, relational, and cyber) and offers several anti-bullying tactics.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Nursing, 35294, USA. teenamcg@gmail.com
authors.forename: Teena M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: McGuinness
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data