Bullying in Schools
“A person is being bullied when he or she is exposed, repeatedly over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other statements.” (Olweus, 1993, p.9) Olweus is a Norwegian researcher who conducted his research in 1973. Olweus and his associates have found three principles when they have to label someone’s behaviour as bullying “(1) it is an aggressive behaviour of intentional ‘harm doing’ (2) which is carried out repeatedly and over time (3) in an interpersonal relationship characterised (Olweys and Limber, 1999, p.31) These principles are very important while looking at children to find out if they have an aggressive behaviour which will then lead to bullying or do they just have angry problems but will not lead to bullying other children. If these children that will lead onto bullying other children are identified earlier in their childhood this then means they can go to different counselling sessions or will find solutions that will overcom...
