School bullying: A psychological review

Pages: 729-731
Sanjay (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T Hisar, Haryana)
Ravinder Singh (Chhaju Ram College of Education, Hisar, Haryana)
Ravi Singh Hooda (Department of Applied Psychology, GJUS&T, Hisar, Haryana)

Bullying in school is a serious problem affecting between 7 and 35% of children and adolescents in Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan (Smith et al., 1999). Violence and victimization is a serious problems in school children, Such behaviors are now common headlines of newspapers in India. Bullying has been extensively defined as any form of physical or psychological behavior repeatedly inflicted by a more powerful and stronger student (or group of students) towards another one perceived as weaker. The present article reviews on psychological perspective of school bullying.