Youth Bullying Intervention

Bullying is a form of interpersonal violence that impacts everyone involved including youth who bully, youth who are targets of bullying, and bystanders who witness the abuse of others (Juvonen, Wang, & Expinoza, 2010). Bullying is most typically defined as a situation where harm is done, an unfair match exists, and the actions are repeated overtime (Carney, 2008). Bullying behaviors can be physical (e.g., hitting, tripped, shoved), verbal (e.g., name calling, fun being made of them), social/relational (e.g., marginalized and excluded, rumor spreading, being made to do something the target did not want to do), and/or electronic (e.g., cyberbullying through social networking).