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bullying

vr.tr.bullying · ACT.ACT

Let an agent explain bullying and its forms in neutral terms, relay research on prevalence, effects and prevention from academic and public health sources, describe policies and support, and route people experiencing or witnessing bullying, especially where there is risk of harm, to support services and authorities.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain bullying and its forms in neutral terms, relay research on prevalence, effects and prevention from academic and public health sources, describe policies and support, and route people experiencing or witnessing bullying, especially where there is risk of harm, to support services and authorities.

Repeated, intentional aggressive behaviour by a person or group against someone who has difficulty defending themselves, involving an imbalance of power and taking physical, verbal, relational or online forms, occurring in schools, workplaces including academia, online and in other settings, with related terms such as mobbing for group harassment and psychological harassment, and overlapping with weight-based stigma and other targeted abuse; bullying harms mental and physical health and is addressed through policies, law and intervention programmes.

What it is for: Not applicable; a harmful behaviour.

It can be explain forms and features; relay research; describe policies and support; route to help.

Distinguishing features

Repetition

Power imbalance

Many settings and forms

Health harm

What it looks like

Not a visible object; repeated aggressive behaviour.

Physical character

students bullied: about 1 in 3 ratio - UNESCO global estimates

key features: repetition, intent, power imbalance list - Olweus definition

How it is recognised

Repeated aggression with a power imbalance

School bullying, workplace bullying and mobbing, bullying in academia, cyberbullying, psychological harassment, weight-based bullying

A single conflict is not bullying; harassment is the legal frame in many countries; stalking is a distinct offence

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

harassment

is a kind of - in registry terms, in some forms

verbal abuse

is a kind of - in registry terms, a parent that fits only some cases

stalking

is studied by - in foundational research

Dan Olweus

In practice

Families and kinds

school bullying

workplace bullying and mobbing

bullying in academia

cyberbullying

weight-based and appearance-based bullying and related stigma

sibling and community bullying

Standards and regulation

Anti-bullying laws and school policies

Workplace harassment and health and safety laws

Online safety regulations

Failure modes and hazards

Missing risk of self-harm

Blaming victims

Agents giving personal advice beyond routing

Registry alias fatspo appears misfiled

Also called

psychological harassmentschool bullyingsocial stigma of obesitybullying in academiamobbingfatspomeanspobullying in teachingLGBT bullyingbullying and emotional intelligencebullying of students in higher educationworkplace bullyingbullying in the legal professionDice tollgay bashingRaggingcyberbullyingbullying in information technologybullying in medicinebullying in nursingbullying in the militaryAlmondbury Community School bullying incidentpower harassmentcovert bullyingBuksevanndoxingobesity social stigma in televisionobesity paradoxworkplace harassment in FranceHarassment at work in MexicocyberbaitingBlue Whale Hoax

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Help Getting help first.

Safety.

Risk

Risk of harm.

Risk

Risk.

  1. Why do thoughts of self-harm or threats of violence linked to bullying need immediate help from crisis lines or emergency services? action
  2. Is the user or someone they know at risk now, which needs urgent help? boundary

Support

Support and reporting.

Support

Support.

  1. How can bullying be reported in schools, workplaces and online, and what support organisations exist? provenance
  2. Is the user asking for personal advice, which needs local services and trusted adults or professionals? boundary
Understand What bullying is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is bullying, and how do repetition, intent and power imbalance distinguish it from conflict and single incidents? definition
  2. Is the question about bullying, harassment, stalking or a one-off conflict? boundary

Forms

Forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are school, workplace, academic, online and weight-based bullying and mobbing? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
Research Research.

Attribution.

Effects

Effects.

Effects

Effects.

  1. What does research show about the effects of bullying on health and development, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Prevention

Prevention.

Prevention

Prevention.

  1. Which prevention programmes have evidence of effect, such as whole-school approaches? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Policy and culture.

Context.

Policy

Law and policy.

Policy

Policy.

  1. How do laws and policies address bullying in different countries? provenance
  2. Which entry fits anti-bullying legislation? action

Culture

Culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How is bullying portrayed and discussed in media and culture? provenance
  2. Which entry fits bullying in media? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should cyberbullying and workplace bullying be separate primary entries?
  • How should research sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases including an obesity stigma term and a misfiled slang term; should they be reviewed?