Some personnel have experienced physical bullying and have been involved in or witnessed this behaviour.
Victims of physical bullying did not have the same underlying problems in making friends.
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There are things that are obviously wrong, like reports of bullying and physical violence.
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And there is no doubt the physical and psychological toll of bullying can be daunting to a child.
The people who call Mr Shitara's bullying hotline occasionally complain of physical abuse.
The most prevalent challenging behaviour was verbal aggression (cited by 77%), followed by physical aggression (57%), bullying in person (41%) and breaking or ruining other pupils' belongings (23%).
But, the report says, mental bullying is just as stressful as the physical form.
In recent decades, the movement for children's rights has significantly reduced rates of spanking, bullying, paddling in schools, and physical and sexual abuse.
Studies show that while bullying can manifest as overt bad behavior like physical violence or screaming, more often than not it can be more covert.
Almost half of them said they had experienced verbal bullying, while a quarter said they suffered physical attacks several times a week - three times the level in German schools.
The research also shows that boys launch both more verbal and more physical attacks on others than girls do, and that bullying is more likely to occur in small communities and classes.
"Despite their obligations under New Jersey law and the university's own policy, neither the presidents of the university, the athletic director nor any other university representatives took any steps to assure that the rights of the student-athlete members of the men's basketball program were protected from assault (both physical and verbal), battery, harassment, intimidation, bullying, defamation and other unlawful conduct, " the lawsuit states.
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