Chestionar Bullying

Appendices
Chapter 3, Appendix 1 Chapter 4, Appendix 1 Chapter 4, Appendix 2 Chapter 5, Appendix 1 Chapter 5, Appendix 2 Chapter 5, Appendix 3 Chapter 5, Appendix 4 Chapter 5, Appendix 5 Chapter 5, Appendix 6 Intervals Mediating Variable Scales Qualitative Research: Screening Survey Qualitative Research: Interview Protocol Quantitative Research: Student Survey Quantitative Research: Staff Survey Quantitative Research: School Coordinator Protocol Quantitative Research: Teacher Protocol Years 4 to 6 Quantitative Research: Teacher Protocol Years 7 to 9 Quantitative Research: Quantitative Survey Confidence
Chapter 3, Appendix 1
Mediating Variable Scales
Knowledge: The following questions were used in the calculation of the knowledge score. Responses were agree, not sure and disagree. Do you think bullying is: Calling someone names all the time Leaving someone out all the time Hitting, kicking and pushing someone all the time Saying nasty things about someone all the time Hiding or breaking someones things all the time Saying you are going to hurt someone all the time Giving mean looks to someone all the time Forcing someone to do things they dont want to do all the time Peer support: The following questions were used in the peer support scale. Responses were lots of times, sometimes and never. Are there kids in your class who would: Choose you on their team Tell you you're good at things Explain rules of a game Invite you to play at their home Share things with you Help you if you hurt yourself Miss you if you werent at school Make you feel better Pick you for a partner Help you if studs are being mean to you Tell you you're their friend Ask you to play when you are alone Tell you secrets Bullying attitudes: The following questions were used in the pro-victim and pro-bully scale. Responses were agree, not sure and disagree. Indicate how much you agree or disagree: Kids who get picked on usually deserve it A bully is really a coward * Pro victim Pro bully *
It makes me angry when a kid is picked on Kids should tell when being bullied Its funny to see kids get upset when they are teased Kids who hurt others weaker than themselves should be told off I like kids who stand up for themselves
You should not pick on someone weaker than you I like it when someone sticks up for kids who are bullied I feel uncomfortable watching bullying
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Outcome expectancies: The following questions were used in the outcome expectancies scale. Responses were yes, maybe and no. If you bullied another student/s what do you think would happen: Other kids would be scared of me Other kids would like me My parents would find out and talk to me I would feel bad about myself Other kids would think I was tough I would get into trouble I would feel bad for kids I bullied Other kids would not want to be my friend My parents would be unhappy with me I would feel good about myself Other kids wouldn't bully me
Qualitative Research: Screening Survey
Confidential Survey
Dear Year X Student Thank you for participating in the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), Covert Bullying Project. DEST is using this survey to find out how students treat each other. We are asking you some questions about bullying. All information you provide will remain confidential. No-one at your school or your home will see your answers. Please DO NOT put your name on this survey. This is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. Please answer all the questions as honestly as you can. We are very interested in what you have to say and not what others around you think. If you dont want to answer any questions, you dont have to. If you do not want to complete this survey the research assistant visiting your class will provide you with an alternative worksheet to complete. Thank you for your help. Melanie Epstein Covert Bullying Project Project Director
Please read the following definition of bullying: You may have noticed that students sometimes bully other students. There are lots of different ways that students can be bullied.
Bullying is when these things happen AGAIN AND AGAIN to someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening:
1 Being ignored,left out on purpose,or not allowed to join in. 2. Being hit, kicked or pushed around. 3 Lies or nasty stories are told about them to make other kids not like them. 4. Being made afraid of getting hurt. 5 Being made fun of and teased in a mean and hurtful way. 6. But when teasing is done in a friendly and playful way we dont call it bullying. 7 While fighting is wrong, it is not bullying when two students who are AS STRONG AS each other get into a fight. Adapted from Olweus, 1996.
When you answer the next questions, please think about bullying in this way. You can look back at this definition to remind yourself what bullying is.
1. THIS
TERM (TERM 2), how often were you bullied in the following ways? About once a week this Term 2 Only once or twice this Term 4
(please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Students deliberately avoided or ignored me, didnt let me join in, or left me out of a group to hurt me 1 Every few week s this Term 3 Not once this Term 5
b I was teased in nasty ways or was called hurtful names c Had a student tell me he/she wouldnt like me unless I did what he/she said d Students told lies about me and tried to make other students not like me e I was made to feel afraid that I would get hurt f g My secrets were told to others to deliberately hurt me Hurtful rumours were spread about me
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
h Students deliberately tried to hurt me by not talking to me i j A group decided to hurt me by ganging up on me Someone deliberately tried to hurt me by trying to break up a friendship I had
k Someone deliberately tried to frighten or threaten me by continually staring at me l I have been deliberately threatened physically or hurt physically by another student
(Items a & e adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998; c-d Sullivan; Olweus, 1996; fk adapted from Rigby & Bagshaw, 2001; b & l Bond, 2007)
2. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you been bullied in the following ways IN school? For example, another student or students called you names, threatened you, spread rumours about you or sent you pictures or words that made you feel uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c d e f Phone calls Email Chat rooms MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
g Social networking sites like MySpace h i j k Internet game Web log Web page Other (please describe)
(a-e Peter Smith et al; f-h Kids Help Phone 2007; j-k Stys Y. 2004. Safe Schools Student Survey and Electronic Bullying Survey)
3. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you been bullied in the following ways OUTSIDE OF school? For example, another student or students called you names, threatened you, spread rumours about you or sent you pictures or words that made you feel uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c d e f Phone calls Email Chat rooms MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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4. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often and where were you bullied by students from your school: (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term
a In the classroom? b At break times? c d On the way to school? On the way home from school?
1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5
5. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often and when did threats or other bullying by phone or internet/computer take place? (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a b About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term
At school Before school
1 1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5 5
c Immediately after school d At night
e During school holidays f On the weekend
(a,c f NCH and Tesco Mobile; b Stys Y. 2004. Safe Schools Student Survey and Electronic Bullying Survey)
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6. Bullying is sometimes done by one student and sometimes by a group of students. THIS TERM (TERM 2) at school, how often were you bullied by: (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term
a Mainly one male? b A group of males? c Mainly one female?
1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5
d A group of females? e Both males and females?
(Adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998; Olweus, 1996)
7. Have you stayed away from school THIS YEAR (2007) because of bullying? (please circle one number) a b c d e No, I have never been bullied No, I have never stayed away No, but Ive wanted to stay away Yes, I have stayed away once or twice Yes, I have stayed away more than twice 1 2 3 4 5
(Adapted from Rigby & Slee, 1998)
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8. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you on your own or in a group, bullied another student or students in the following ways? (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term I deliberately avoided or ignored another student or students, didnt let them join in, or left them out of a group to hurt them 1 Abou t once a week this Term 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 Not once this Term 5
b I teased another student or students in nasty ways or called another student or students hurtful names c I told another student or students I wouldnt like them unless they did what I said d I told lies about another student or students and tried to make other students not like them
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
e I made another student or students feel afraid that I would hurt them f I told another student or students secrets to others to deliberately hurt them
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
g I spread hurtful rumours about another student or students h I deliberately tried to hurt a student or students by not talking to them i I was part of a group who decided to hurt another student or students by ganging up on them I deliberately tried to hurt another student or students by trying to break up a friendship they had
k I deliberately tried to frighten or threaten another student or students by continually staring at them l I deliberately threatened physically or hurt physically another student or students
(a & e Adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998; c-d Sullivan; Olweus, 1996; f-k adapted from Rigby & Bagshaw, 2001; b & l Bond, 2007)
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9. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you bullied another student or students in the following ways IN school? For example, calling them names, threatening them, spreading rumours about them or sending pictures or words to make them feel uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c d e f Phone calls Email Chat rooms MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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10. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you bullied another student or students in the following ways OUTSIDE of school? For example calling them names, threatening them, spreading rumours about them or sending pictures or words to make them uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c d e f Phone calls Email Chat rooms MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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11.
THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you seen other students : Most days this Term About once a week this Term 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 Not once this Term
(please circle one number for each statement)
a Being physically bullied at school? b Verbally bullying others by insults, put downs or threats at school? c Socially bullying others by deliberately leaving them out, spreading rumours, or making them look bad?
(Stys Y. 2004.)
1 1 1
5 5 5
12. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you seen other students getting bullied in the following ways IN school? For example, seeing other students being called names, being threatened, having rumours spread about them or being sent pictures or words to make them feel uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term
a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c Phone calls d Email e Chat rooms f MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger g Social networking sites like MySpace h Internet game i Web log
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
j Web page k Other (please describe)
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
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13. THIS TERM (TERM 2), how often have you seen other students getting bullied in the following ways OUTSIDE of school? For example, seeing other students being called names, being threatened, having rumours spread about them or being sent pictures or words to make them feel uncomfortable. (please circle one number for each statement) Most days this Term a Text messages by mobile phone b Pictures, webcam or video clips c d e f Phone calls Email Chat rooms MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 About once a week this Term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this Term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Only once or twice this Term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Not once this Term
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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14. Think of the last time that you saw or heard another student being bullied at school. What action did you take as a result of the bullying? (please circle one number for each statement) I havent seen anyone bullied at school 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Yes
No
a I ignored it b I told my parents about it c I told an adult at school about it
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
d I told another student about it e f At the time, I helped the person being bullied Later on, I helped the person being bullied
g I stood and watched h I made a joke of it i j k l I joined in with the person bullying I got someone to help stop it I stood up to the person who was bullying I got back at the person bullying later
(Stys Y. 2004. Safe Schools Student Survey and Electronic Bullying Survey) 15. Are you male or female? Male Female 1 2 Thank you for completing this survey. Please hand your survey to the Edith Cowan University researcher to collect. (please circle one number)
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Qualitative Research: Interview Protocol
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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TRAINING (DEST) COVERT BULLYING PROJECT GENERAL INTERVIEW GUIDE INTRODUCTION Hi my name is ________________________ and I work at Edith Cowan University. We are doing some research to find out about how students treat each other. You probably remember doing a written survey in the last few weeks. So we can find out some more about what kids your age think we are interviewing students in Years 4, 6, 7 and 8. Like the written survey this is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. If youre unsure or dont know what a question is asking you, its okay to say I dont know. I would like you to answer all the questions as best as you can. I wont talk to anyone at the school about the answers you give me today and your parents wont find out either. If you dont want to answer any of the questions or if you want to stop the interview let me know. Is it okay with you if I record the interview on a tape so I can write down all the things you say during our discussion? I will make sure your name isnt used in anything you say and teachers, your parents and other students will not hear or see what you say. When I leave here I will listen to the tape, write some notes then destroy the tape. Is that okay? Are you happy to start the interview? WARM-UP To start with, Id like to know a little bit about you.
1. Can you tell me how many brothers and sisters you have and all the people who
live at your house? [if student lives shared-time between parents, the house you spend most time at]
2. What do you enjoy most about school? 3. What do you enjoy the least about school [bullying may come up, if so, tell the
student you will give them some information at the end of the talk about who they can talk to for help]?
4. When you did the questionnaire at school last term, we asked you about some
things people may use to keep in contact with each other. These were things like mobile phones, chat rooms, social networking sites and web pages. Im going to list each one and Id like you to tell me what kids your age call these things:
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i.
Text messages on the mobile phone? Pictures sent on the internet or mobile phone, webcam or video clips? Phone calls? Email? Chat rooms? Instant messenger (e.g. MSN)? Social networking sites? [prompt: like MySpace; what sort of sites like this do kids your age use?] Internet game? Web log/blog?
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j.
Web page/website?
5. Can you tell me about any other things kids your age use to keep in contact with
each other?
6. Can you tell me what kids your age say to describe this group of things?
SCENARIO The next activity is a bit like some activities you might have done in class; I am going to tell you a story and then Im going to ask you some questions about the story. The story is about Chris. [Read scenario use male scenario for male students and female scenario for female students] Scenario - MALE Chris is in Year 7 and has a close group of friends. However, one morning things seemed to change. Some of his friends started treating him badly in ways that other people and especially teachers couldnt see during class. This continues every day until later in the week they start treating Chris in the same way also during the recess and lunch break. No-one else seemed to notice and he didnt tell anyone. Things went from bad to worse the next week for Chris when he went home and found the kids at school had found a way to treat him badly at home as well. He definitely didnt want to tell his parents about what they had done, and especially not about how they were reaching him to hurt him at home. Even though his parents were pretty good and around a lot they had no idea what Chris was going through. Chris felt he could put up with how they were treating him at school more than he could put up with how they were reaching him in his home as well. He finally told one of his favourite teachers Scenario - FEMALE Chris is in Year 7 and has a close group of friends. However, one morning things seemed to change. Some of her friends started treating her badly in ways that other people and especially teachers couldnt see during class. This continues every day until later in the week they start treating Chris in the same way also during the recess and lunch break. No-one else seemed to notice and she didnt tell anyone. Things went from bad to worse the next week for Chris when she went home and found the kids at school had found a way to treat her badly at home as well. She definitely didnt want to tell her parents about what they had done, and especially not about how they were reaching her to hurt her at home. Even though her parents were pretty good and around a lot they had no idea what Chris was going through. Chris felt she could put up with how they were treating her at school more than she could put up with how they were reaching her in her home as well. She finally told one of her favourite teachers TERMINOLOGY AND SCOPE
7. What sorts of things might Chriss friends be doing to him/her at school to treat
him/her badly?
8. Which of these things would teachers not be able to see or not want to see
during class?
9. What things could these kids be doing to hurt Chris at home in ways that his/her
parents wont easily find out?
10.In America some kids have an unusual name for some of this behaviour, that
happens again and again to students to deliberately hurt them, they call this punking what would you or other kids your age call it? What name is used most often? What name do older kids use? What about younger kids? What have you heard adults call this type of behaviour?
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11.How often does this kind of thing happen to kids at your school? Who does it the
most boys or girls, older or younger? How much older/younger?
12.When this behaviour is done in the classroom and also at recess and lunchtime
how is it different? What sorts of things might Chris be experiencing in the classroom from kids at school that is the same or different to what he/she might be experiencing at break times or even on the way to or home from school? USING TECHNOLOGY
13.In the story, we found out that this behaviour followed Chris home. What do you
think this means? How could the kids hurt him/her in his/her home, without actually being there?
14.What things could these kids be doing to hurt Chris at home in ways that his/her
parents wont easily find out? [If student doesnt mention technology tools, Do you think they could be using technology to hurt Chris at home?] If these kids are using technology [or insert words used by student] to reach Chris in what ways would they do this? What about (e.g.: Text messages by mobile phone; pictures, webcam or video clips; phone calls; email; chat rooms; MSN messenger or another form of instant messenger; social networking sites like MySpace; Internet game; Web log (Blog); or Web page (website))?
15.How many of your family or friends have had nasty things sent to them using
technology [use words the students provide]?
16.How common do you think this behaviour is among kids your age, do you think
this happens: most days, about once a week, every few weeks, only once or twice a term, or not at all?
17.At what age do you think it becomes more common if at all? Why do you think
so?
18.Which behaviour would hurt Chris the most being hurt by kids from school
using technology in his/her home or hurting him/her in ways at school that adults and others cant easily see? Why?
19.Why do some kids use technology [or insert word provided by student] to hurt
other kids? Some kids say it is easier to hurt someone when you dont have to look at them face to face, what do you think about that?
20.Chris was treated badly by kids at school first and then they found ways to hurt
him/her when he/she was at home is this what you think normally happens: does it start at school and then follow kids home or the other way around or both at the same time?
21.What things do kids do to deliberately hurt someone again and again that hurt
kids the most? Why does this behaviour hurt more than other ways, what else can be very hurtful? Anything else?
22.What if Chris was being treated this way by kids of the opposite sex, would this
be harder to deal with? Why? /Why not? TELLING
23.Why didnt Chris tell his/her parents? Why do you think kids often dont tell their
parents if they have been treated badly by other kids, especially in ways that are not easily seen by others?
24. What should parents do to help their kids talk about these things?
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25.Why might Chris not tell his/her teachers? Why do you think kids might feel this
way?
26.
What should teachers do to help kids talk about these things?
27.How would you feel if you were Chris? How would you feel if you were one of the
kids hurting Chris?
28.Now Im going to read you a list of things people might do. Id like you to tell me
what words you would use to describe each of these types of things that happen repeatedly to someone about your age. If youd like me to say any again, please let me know:
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j.
being deliberately avoided or ignored, not allowed to join in, or left out of a group; being teased in nasty ways or called hurtful names; being told another student wouldnt like you unless you did what he/she said; having lies told about you or someone trying to make other students not like you; being made to feel afraid that you would get hurt; having someone tell your secrets to others to deliberately hurt you; spreading hurtful rumours; being ganged up on by a group; someone deliberately trying to break up a friendship you had; or someone deliberately tried to frighten or threaten you by continually staring at you.
29.How else do kids try to hurt others like Chris in ways that are not easily seen by
adults or others? Are there any other names or words used to describe this? CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSON BULLYING
30.Now Id like you to think about the kids who are hurting Chris in the ways we
talked about before. How old do you think they were when they started hurting other kids like Chris in this way?
31. Why do you think some kids like to treat other students in this way? 32.What actions do you think girls are most likely to do if they try to hurt other
people in ways that cant be easily seen by adults or others people?
33.What about boys? What do you think boys are most likely to do if they try to hurt
other people in ways that cant be easily seen by adults or others? SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAM STRATEGIES Youre doing really well, theres just 1 more question. Think back to the story I told you about Chris when we started talking today. Chris class have been doing some activities in the classroom about how to respond to this sort of behaviour, but he/she hasnt found it useful.
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34.If you were making up a program for schools to help stop kids hurting each other
in these ways, what sort of things would you include in your program? How would this work? Thank you very much for answering all these questions, you really did a great job. Is there anything else you would like to tell me about anything weve talked about today, or do you have any questions to ask me? Before you go, I need to tell you that if answering any of these questions today raised any issues or feelings and you would like to talk to someone, please talk to an adult you can trust, for example, a parent or caregiver, school counsellor, school nurse and social worker or an adult in the school you trust. You can also phone Kids Help Line and I will give you a card with their details. They provide a free, confidential, anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service specifically for young people aged between 5 and 18 years. [Give Kids Helpline card and incentive to student] [if student identified bullying was something they didnt like about school (Q3), suggest they talk to someone they trust, like their parent, class teacher, or one of the other school staff mentioned above.] Thank you again for helping us with our research. You can go back to class now/XX will take you back to class now.
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Quantitative Research: Student Survey
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CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY
Dear Student We are using this survey to find out how students treat each other at your school. We will be asking you some questions about bullying and your experiences while using the Internet or a mobile phone.
All information you provide will remain confidential. No one at your school or your home will see your answers. Your survey will be sealed in an envelope and mailed to University researchers.
Please DO NOT put your name on this survey.
This is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. Please answer all the questions as honestly as you can. We are very interested in what you have to say and not what others around you think. If you dont want to answer any questions, you dont have to.
If you do not want to complete this survey you do not have to.
Thank you for your help.
Donna Cross Professor Child Health Promotion Research Centre Edith Cowan University Western Australia
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Please read the following description of bullying: You may have noticed that students sometimes bully other students. There are lots of different ways that students can be bullied. Bullying is when these things happen AGAIN AND AGAIN to someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening:
Examples of FACE to FACE or OVERT bullying are described in pictures 1 and 2. 1 Hit, kicked or pushed around 2 Made fun of and teased in a mean and hurtful way.
Bullying in ways not easily seen by others or COVERT bullying is described in pictures 3 to 6. 3 Lies or nasty stories told about someone behind their back. 4 Made afraid of getting hurt. 5 Ignored, excluded, left out on purpose, or not allowed to join in. 6 Mean and nasty pictures or words posted/sent on the Internet or mobile phone. However, it is NOT considered bullying: When teasing is done in a friendly and playful way. When two students who are AS STRONG AS each other get into a fight. While fighting is wrong, it is not bullying. (adapted from Olweus, 1996, Hinduja, Patchin & Burgess Proctor 2007)
When you answer the next questions, please think about bullying in this way
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1. What is your age in years? (please write your age in the space below)
_____________________years 2. What year level are you in at school? (please write your year level in the box below) I am in year __________ 3. Are you male or female? (please circle ONE NUMBER only) a Male 1 b Female 2 4. How many brothers and sisters do you have living at home? (please write in the spaces below) Brother/s _____________ Sister/s ______________ 5. If you have brothers and sisters, are you the eldest child in your family?
(please circle ONE NUMBER only)
a b
Yes No
1 2 3
c I am an only child
6. How often do you use the following? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I dont use this a b Mobile phone at school Mobile phone when not at school 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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Rarel y 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
1-3 Once times a a week month 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Every day 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
c Computer WITH Internet connection at school d Computer WITHOUT Internet connection at school e Computer WITH Internet connection at home f Computer WITHOUT Internet connection at home g Computer WITH Internet connection at a place other than school or home (e.g. library, friends house)
h Computer WITHOUT Internet connection at a place other than
school or home (e.g. library, friends house) 7. Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use the Internet and/or mobile phone?
(please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement)
Yes a b Internet at school Internet at home 1 1 1 1
No 2 2 2 2
I dont have access to this 3 3 3 3
c Mobile phone at school d Mobile phone at home
8. In your home, do you use a computer with Internet access?

a Yes b No
1 _ Go to question 9 2 _ Go to question 10
9. In your home, in what location(s) do you use a computer with Internet access?
Yes a I can access the Internet from any room in my house (wireless Internet) b c d e f g In my bedroom In my brother and/or sisters bedroom In my parents bedroom In the living or family room In the kitchen In the study 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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No 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
h In the games room or play room
In the spare room
2 2
j Other (please 1 describe)_______________________________________

(adapted from the Electronic Bullying Survey 2006)
10. THIS TERM how often did you see a student or students bully others AGAIN and AGAIN?
a I DID NOT see others being bullied this term 1 _ Go to question 12 b I saw at least one student being bullied ONCE OR TWICE this term 2 _ Go to question 11 c I saw at least one student being bullied EVERY FEW WEEKS this term 3 _ Go to question 11 d I saw at least one student being bullied ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term 4 _ Go to question 11 e I saw at least one student being bullied MOST DAYS this term 5 _ Go to question 11
(adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998; Olweus, 1996)
11. What actions did you take the last time you saw or heard about someone being bullied AGAIN and AGAIN? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) Yes a I did nothing b I told my parents about it c I told an adult at school about it d I told another student about it e I helped the person being bullied, at the time f I helped the person being bullied, later on g I ignored it h I made a joke of it i I joined in with the person bullying 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 No 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
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j I got someone to help stop it k I told the person who was bullying, to stop l I later found a way to hurt the person who was bullying m Other (please describe)________________________________________ _
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
(Stys Y. 2004. Safe Schools Student Survey and Electronic Bullying Survey)
12. THIS TERM, how often did you bully another student or group of students AGAIN and
AGAIN? (please circle ONE NUMBER only)
a b c d e
I DID NOT bully other students this term I bullied other students ONCE OR TWICE this term I bullied other students EVERY FEW WEEKS this term I bullied other students ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term I bullied other students MOST DAYS this term
1 2 3 4 5
13. THIS TERM, how often did you on your own or in a group, do these things to another student or students? please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I did not do this to others this term a b I ignored another student, didnt let them join in, or left them out of a group to hurt them I teased another student in nasty ways 1 1 1 1 1 Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 Most days this term
5 5 5 5 5
c I told another student I wouldnt like them unless they did what I said d I told lies about another student behind their back, to make other students not like them
e I made another student feel afraid that I would hurt them

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I told secrets about another student behind their back to others to deliberately hurt them
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
g I spread hurtful rumours about another student h I tried to hurt a student by not talking to them i I was part of a group who decided to hurt another student by ganging up on them j I tried to hurt another student by trying to break up a friendship they had k I tried to frighten or threaten another student l I physically hurt another student
Question 13 continued. THIS TERM, how often did you on your own or in a group, do these things to another student or students?
I did not do this to others this term m I sent nasty or threatening emails to another student n I sent nasty text messages (SMS), or prank calls to another students mobile phone o I sent nasty messages on the Internet, e.g. through MSN to another student p I used one or more peoples screen name or password and pretended to be them q I sent someone elses private emails, messages, pictures or videos to other students I sent or posted mean or nasty comments or r pictures about another student to websites e.g. MySpace; Facebook s I sent mean or nasty messages or pictures about another student to other students mobile phones t I deliberately ignored someone or left another student out of things over the Internet to hurt them 1 1 1 1 1 1
Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2
Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3
About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4
Most days this term 5 5 5 5 5 5
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
u I wrote and circulated nasty notes about a student at school v Other (please describe)____________________________
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(a & e adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee 1998; cd Sullivan; Olweus 1996; fk adapted from Rigby & Bagshaw, 2001; b & l from Bond 2007; mv adapted from Smith 2007)
14. THIS TERM, how often were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by another student or group of students? (please circle ONE NUMBER only)
a b c d e
I WAS NOT bullied by other students this term I was bullied by at least one student ONCE OR TWICE this term I was bullied by at least one student EVERY FEW WEEKS this term I was bullied by at least one student ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term I was bullied by at least one student MOST DAYS this term
1 2 3 4 5
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15. THIS TERM how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by students from your school? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I was not bullied this term a b c In the classroom At break times On the way to school 1 1 1 1 1 1 Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3 About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4 Most days this term 5 5 5 5 5 5
d On the way home from school e f At home At a friends house Other (please describe) g
16.
THIS TERM how often did these things happen to you? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement)
This did not happe n to me this term

a b
Once or twice this term 2 2 2
Every few weeks this term 3 3 3
About once a week this term 4 4 4
Most days this term 5 5 5
Students deliberately ignored or left me out of a group to hurt me I was teased in nasty ways
1 1 1
I had a student tell me he/she c wouldnt like me unless I did what he/she said I had a student tell lies about me d behind by back, to make other students not like me
e
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
Ive been made to feel afraid I would get hurt
I had secrets told about me to f others behind my back, to hurt me
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g h
I had hurtful rumours spread about me behind my back I had students deliberately trying to hurt me by not talking to me
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
Question 16 continued. THIS TERM how often did these things happen to you?
This did not happe n to me this term i j k l m A group decided to hurt me by ganging up on me Someone deliberately tried to hurt me by trying to break up a friendship I had Someone tried to frighten me I was hurt physically by another student I was sent threatening emails 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Most days this term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
n I was sent nasty messages on the Internet, e.g. through MSN o I was sent nasty text messages (SMS), or prank calls to my mobile phone Someone used my screen name or password, pretending to be me to hurt someone else Someone sent my private emails, messages, pictures or videos to others
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
Mean or nasty comments or pictures were sent or posted r about me to websites e.g. MySpace; Facebook s Mean or nasty messages or pictures were sent about me to other students mobile phones I was deliberately ignored or left out of things over the Internet
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
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u v
I had nasty notes written and circulated about me by someone at school Other (please describe)_________________
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
For the following questions, please think about bullying that cant be easily seen by others. This bullying includes: Lies or nasty stories told about someone behind their back Made afraid of getting hurt Ignored, excluded, left out on purpose, or not allowed to join in Mean and nasty pictures or words posted/sent on the Internet or mobile phone
17. THIS TERM, how often did you see a student or students bully others AGAIN and AGAIN in ways that cant be easily seen by others?
I DID NOT see others being bullied this way this term
1 2 3 4 5
b I saw at least one student being bullied this way ONCE OR TWICE this term c I saw at least one student being bullied this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term d I saw at least one student being bullied this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term e I saw at least one student being bullied this way MOST DAYS this term
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18. THIS TERM, how often did you bully another student or group of students AGAIN and AGAIN in ways that cant be easily seen by others? (please circle ONE NUMBER only) a b c d e I DID NOT bully other students this way this term I bullied other students this way ONCE OR TWICE this term I bullied other students this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term I bullied other students this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term I bullied other students this way MOST DAYS this term 1 2 3 4 5
19. THIS TERM, how often were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by another student or group of students in ways that cant be easily seen by others? (please circle ONE NUMBER only) a b I WAS NOT bullied this way by other students this term I was bullied by at least one student this way ONCE OR TWICE this term 1 2 3 4 5
c I was bullied by at least one student this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term d I was bullied by at least one student this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term e I was bullied by at least one student this way MOST DAYS this term
20. THIS TERM, how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by students from your school in ways that cant be easily seen by others? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I was not bullied these ways this term a b c In the classroom At break times On the way to school 1 1 1 1 Once or twice this term Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 About once a week this term 4 4 4 4
Most days this term
2 2 2 2
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5 5 5 5
d On the way home from school
e f g
At home At a friends house Other (please describe)
1 1 1
2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
21. THIS TERM, if you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others, who did it and how often did they do it? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I was not bullied these ways this term a b c d e Mainly one boy A group of boys Mainly one girl A group of girls Both boys and girls 1 1 1 1 1 Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 Most days this term
5 5 5 5 5
(adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998; Olweus, 1996, Smith P)
22. THIS TERM, how well did you know the person or group of people who bullied AGAIN and AGAIN you in ways not easily seen by others? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement) I was not bullied these ways this term a I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I know 1 1 1 1 1 1 Yes 2 2 2 2 2 2 No 3 3 3 3 3 3
b I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I dont know c I was bullied in these ways by someone or people from another school d I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I dont know, who contacted me over the Internet e I was bullied in these ways by someone or people who I met over the Internet f Other (please describe)
23. THIS TERM, if you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others at school, how often did these age groups of students bully you? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement)
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I was not bullied these ways this term a b c d Someone or people in a year level below me Someone or people in the same year level as me Someone or people 1 year level above me Someone or people 2 year levels above me 1 1 1 1 1 1
A few times this term 2 2 2 2 2 2
Lots of times this term 3 3 3 3 3 3
e Someone or people 3 or more year levels above me f I dont know what year level they were in
24. THIS YEAR (2007), what did you do if another student or group of students bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others?
I was not bullied these ways this year a I ignored the student or students who were bullying me b c I did nothing I walked away 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yes 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
No 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
d I stayed away from the person bullying me or the place where it occurred e f g h i j I got angry I fought back I told the student or students to stop bullying me I made a joke of it I did not respond to the threatening or nasty emails or other electronic messages I kept or printed a record of the electronic messages or nasty comments
k I changed my mobile phone number, or got a silent number, or changed my passwords or

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username l I turned off my computer or mobile phone, or blocked messages or profiles 1 1 2 2 3 3
m Other (please describe) _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________
(adapted from Sharp, 1995)
25. If you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others at school THIS YEAR (2007) from whom did you ask for help?
I was not bullied these ways this year I did not ask for help from anyone Parents/guardian Friends from my school Friends not from my school Teachers / School staff member Other family members (grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister or brother etc) Kids Help Line 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yes 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
No 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A Website (please write 1 name)____________________________ Other (who did you ask?)__________________________ 1
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26. The LAST TIME this year (2007) a student bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN at school in ways not easily seen by others did things get better after you asked an adult for help?
(please circle ONE NUMBER only) a b c d e f g
I WAS NOT bullied in these ways THIS YEAR (2007) I was bullied but I didnt ask an adult for help I asked an adult for help and things GOT BETTER STRAIGHT AWAY I asked an adult for help and things GOT BETTER AFTER A WHILE I asked an adult for help and things GOT BETTER to begin with, but then the bullying RETURNED TO the SAME AS BEFORE I asked an adult for help and the bullying CONTINUED I asked an adult for help and the bullying GOT WORSE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
27. For each of the following statements, decide how much you agree or disagree.
In my school: a Most staff are friendly to each other b Most staff are available to talk to about bullying c Most students in my year group stick up for someone who is being bullied
Strongly agree 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Agree 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Neither agree nor disagree 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Disagre e 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Strongly disagree 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Unsure 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
d Most students in my year group report bullying e Most staff try to stop bullying
f Most staff take bullying seriously g Reports of bullying are dealt with immediately h Help is provided to students who are bullied i Help is provided to students who bully others j The way students are expected to behave is fair
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k The way most staff deal with bullying is fair l We have a policy about how the school will respond to bullying
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
28. Have you stayed away from school THIS YEAR (2007) because another student or group of students bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others?
a b c d e
No, I WAS NOT bullied in these ways THIS YEAR (2007) No, I did NOT stay away because of these types of bullying No, but I wanted to stay away because of these types of bullying Yes, I stayed away once or twice because of these types of bullying Yes, I stayed away more than twice because of these types of bullying
1 2 3 4 5
(adapted from Rigby & Slee, 1998)
29. THIS TERM, how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by someone sending you mean or nasty words over the Internet or mobile phone? (please circle ONE NUMBER for each
statement)
I was not bullied these ways this term

a b c d e f
Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2
Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3
About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4
Most days this term
In the classroom At break times On the way to school On the way home from school At home At a friends house
1 1 1 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5 5
____________________ Other (please describe)

g
____________________
30. Decide how you feel about each statement below. (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement)
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Do you feel
a b c d e
Yes, always 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Yes, sometimes 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
No 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Unsure 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
It is easier to bully another student over the Internet than in person? It is more hurtful to bully other students over the Internet than in person? Electronic bullying is scarier than faceto-face bullying? Websites that make fun of other students are funny? If you report electronic bullying, you will be the next one to be bullied? It is worse to hit or punch a person than to send him/her a nasty email, instant message or text message (SMS)? Students should be allowed to say whatever they want about other students on their personal web pages (e.g. MySpace, Facebook)?
(Electronic Bullying Survey)
31. What do you think are the best ways to stop students bullying others ONLINE?
Yes a b c d e f g h i
No
Dont Know
Blocking messages Reporting to police or other authorities Asking them to stop Fighting back Ignoring it Keeping a record of nasty emails or text messages (SMS) Telling a teacher Telling a parent Changing email address or mobile phone number
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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Other (please describe)

j
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32. How do you feel about your school?

Never
a b c d
Some times 2 2 2 2
Usuall y 3 3 3 3
Always Unsure 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
I feel close to people at this school I feel like I am part of this school I am happy to be at this school I am treated fairly by teachers at this school
1 1 1 1
(McNeely, 2002; Resnick, 1997)
33. Do you feel safe at school?

a b c d
Yes, ALL of the time Yes, MOST of the time Yes, SOME of the time No, I NEVER feel safe at school
1 2 3 4
(adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998)
34. For each sentence, circle the number that shows how often you feel this way.
Never a I feel alone at school 1 1
Som e times 2 2
Usually Always 3 3 4 4
b I have lots of friends to talk to at school
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c Its hard for me to make friends at school d I have nobody to talk to in my classes e I dont have anyone to spend time with at school f g Im lonely at school I feel left out of things at school
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
h There are areas of the school that make me feel scared i I feel there are areas of the school that are safe
(adapted from Cassidy & Asher, 1992)
35. Compared to other students in your year group, which of the following best describes MOST of the results on your last school report THIS YEAR (2007)? (please circle ONE NUMBER only)
a Better than most other students in my year level b About the same as most other students in my year level c Not as good as most other students in my year level d I dont know 1 2 3 4
36. Please read each statement and circle the number which indicates how things have been for you OVER THE LAST MONTH.
There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too much time on each statement. (please circle ONE NUMBER for each statement)
Over the LAST MONTH: a I try to be nice to other people. I care about their feelings b I am restless, I cannot stay still for long c I get a lot of headaches, stomach-aches or sickness d I usually share with others (food, games, pens etc) e I get very angry and often lose my temper f I would rather be alone than with people of my age g I usually do as I am told h I worry a lot
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Not true 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Somewhat true 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Certainly true 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
i I am helpful if someone is hurt, upset or feeling ill j I am constantly fidgeting or squirming k I have one good friend or more l I fight a lot. I can make other people do what I want m I am often unhappy, down-hearted or tearful n Other people my age generally like me o I am easily distracted, I find it difficult to concentrate p I am nervous in new situations. I easily lose confidence q I am kind to younger children r I am often accused of lying or cheating s Other children or young people pick on me or bully me t I often volunteer to help others (parents, teachers, children) u I think before I do things v I take things that are not mine from home, school or elsewhere w I get on better with adults than with people my own age x I have many fears, I am easily scared y I finish the work Im doing. My attention is good
(Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire, Goodman 2002)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
37. How many times in the PAST MONTH:

Times in the PAST MONTH: Have you stolen something from a shop or person (even if it was only worth a little money)? Were you in a physical fight? Were you in an argument with friends? Did you lose your temper or get really angry? Did you get into trouble at home? Did you break something of your own on purpose?
Neve r 1 1 1 1 1 1
Once Twice
Thre e times 4 4 4 4 4 4
More than 3 times
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5 5 5
b c d e f
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Did you damage or destroy things that did not belong to you (e.g. street signs, cars, neighbours property)? Did you have a disagreement or argument with your parents? Have you not paid for something like sneaking onto a bus or train or into a movie? Did you bring a weapon (e.g. a knife, gun or chemical spray) to school? Smoked cigarettes? Drunk alcohol without your parents knowing?
1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5
j k l
(Adapted from Resnicow, 1995)
Thank you for completing this survey.
If answering questions in this survey raises any issues or feelings that concern you please talk to an adult you trust. (e.g. parent, school counsellor, school nurse, or social worker) You can also phone the Kids Help Line. They provide free, confidential, anonymous, 24-hour hour telephone and online counselling service for young people aged between 5 and 18 years. Your teacher will hand out a card with further information.
Please place your survey in the envelope provided and then hand it to your class teacher.
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Quantitative Research: Staff Survey
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CONFIDENTIAL SURVEY
Dear Staff Member, The Child Health Promotion Research Centre (CHPRC) at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia has been contracted by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) to conduct research into indirect or covert bullying in Australian schools. This project aims to improve the knowledge and understanding of covert bullying (including cyber bullying) in primary and secondary schools to ultimately determine effective policy and practice to address this problem. By completing the survey you are consenting to take part in this research. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes to complete, and the information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential. Each question has a number of alternatives, so please answer all questions to the best of your knowledge. You may withdraw your consent at any time, without prejudice. After completing the survey, please seal it in the envelope in which it came and return it to your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator. If you do not wish to complete this survey, please return the incomplete survey to your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator. By doing this we will know you received the survey and have decided not to participate. If you have any queries about the survey or the DEST funded Covert Bullying Project, please contact the Project Director, Melanie Epstein, on (08) 9273 8496 or email m.epstein@ecu.edu.au. Thank you for your help. Yours sincerely
Donna Cross Professor Child Health Promotion Research Centre Edith Cowan University Western Australia
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Thank you for agreeing to complete the survey. We will ask you about two types of bullying. 1) Overt bullying this type of bullying is done face-to-face and includes: being physically aggressive like hitting, kicking or pushing someone around; or making fun of or teasing others in mean or hurtful ways . 2) Covert bullying this type of bullying is not easily seen by adults or others and includes: telling lies or nasty stories about someone behind their back; making someone feel afraid they may get hurt; or ignoring, excluding, or leaving someone out on purpose, or not letting someone join in. When covert bullying is done electronically using technology it is known as CYBER bullying. This refers to sending mean and nasty pictures or words on the Internet or mobile phone. We have used these pictures with your students to explain these two major types of bullying. These behaviours are only considered bullying when they are done AGAIN and AGAIN to deliberately hurt someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening. It is not considered bullying when teasing is done in a friendly and playful way OR when two students who are AS STRONG AS each other get into a fight. The questions in this survey primarily relate to covert bullying. Please consider the definition of covert bullying as you answer the following questions.
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On average, how often THIS TERM at school did you observe, or were the following behaviours reported to you? (please circle one number for each statement)
1
Not once this term
Once or twice this term
Every few weeks this term
About once a week this term
Most days this term
A student was deliberately ignored or left out of a group to hurt him/her A student was teased in nasty ways A student was told by other students that he/she wouldnt be liked unless he/she did what the other students said A student had lies told about him/her behind his/her back, to make other students not like him/her A student was made to feel afraid that he/she would get hurt A student had his/her secrets told to others behind his/her back, to hurt him/her A student had hurtful rumours spread about him/her behind his/her back
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A student deliberately tried to hurt another student by not talking to him/her A group of students decided to hurt a student by ganging up on him/her A student deliberately tried to hurt another student by breaking up a friendship he/she had A student was frightened or threatened by another student A student was hurt physically by another student A student was sent threatening emails A student was sent nasty messages on the Internet, e.g. through MSN A student was sent nasty text messages (SMS), or prank calls to his/her phone A student had someone use his/her screen name or password, to pretend to be him/her, to hurt someone
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else A students private emails, messages, pictures or videos were sent to others, without permission, by someone else A student had mean or nasty comments or pictures sent or posted about him/her on websites e.g. MySpace, Bebo or Facebook A student was deliberately ignored or left out of things over the Internet A student had nasty notes written and circulated about him/her
(a & e adapted from Peer Relations Survey, Rigby & Slee 1998; cd Sullivan; Olweus 1996; fk adapted from Rigby & Bagshaw, 2001; b & l from Bond 2007; mt adapted from Smith 2007)
2. Did you observe any other bullying behaviours by students at your school THIS TERM. (please circle only one number) a b No 1 Yes 2 Please describe below.
Please describe the observed behaviour in the space below, and identify how often you observed this behaviour(s) this term. Please describe the observed behaviour(s) in the space below: Once or twice this term
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About once a Most days week this this term term
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
3. How many students THIS TERM have you noticed displaying these types of behaviours as a result of being bullied? (please circle one number for each statement) Teachers: Please respond for your class School Administrators: Please respond for your school I None dont of know them a Students became (more) socially withdrawn at school A few of them About a quarte r of them 4 4 4 4 4 About half of them Most of them
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6
b Students appeared (more) nervous at school c Students appeared to be (more) depressed d Students showed declining academic engagement e Students showed declining academic performance
4. Covert bullying is bullying that is not easily seen by others. Which of the following behaviours if they happened again and again are considered to be bullying by MOST teachers at your school? (please circle one number for each statement) I dont know a Students deliberately ignoring or leaving others out of a
group to hurt them
Yes 2
No 3
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Students teasing others in nasty ways
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
c Students telling others they wont like them unless they did
what they said
d Students telling lies about others behind their back, to

make other students not like them
e f
Students making others feel afraid they would get hurt Students deliberately trying to hurt others by telling other students secrets behind their backs their backs
g Students spreading hurtful rumours about others behind h Students deliberately trying to hurt other students by not
talking to them
i j k l m
A group deciding to hurt other students by ganging up on them Students trying to hurt other students by trying to break up friendships they have Students trying to frighten or threaten other students Students hurting others physically Students sending threatening emails
n Students sending nasty messages on the Internet, e.g.

through MSN
o Students sending nasty text messages (SMS), or prank

calls to other students mobile phones
p Students using other students screen names or passwords,

to pretend to be them, to hurt others
q Students sending other students private emails, messages,

pictures or videos to others without permission Students sending or posting mean or nasty comments or Bebo or Facebook
r pictures about other students to websites e.g. MySpace, s Students deliberately ignoring or leaving others out of
things over the Internet
Students circulating nasty notes about other students at school
(a & e adapted from Peer Relations Survey, Rigby & Slee 1998; cd Sullivan; Olweus 1996; fk adapted from Rigby & Bagshaw, 2001; b & l from Bond 2007; mt adapted from Smith 2007)
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5. What proportion of students in the following year levels at your school do you think BULLIED OTHERS this year (2007)? (please circle one number for each statement)
This year level is not at our school I dont know None of them A few of them About a quarter of them About half of them
Most of them
a b c d e f g h i j k
Year 3 students Year 4 students Year 5 students Year 6 students Year 7 students Year 8 students Year 9 students Year 10 students Year 11 students Year 12 students Year 13 students
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
6. What proportion of students in the following year levels at your school do you think were BULLIED BY OTHERS this year (2007)? (please circle one number for each statement)
This year level is not at our school a b c d Year 3 students Year 4 students Year 5 students Year 6 students 1 1 1 1 None of them About a quarter of them About half of them
I dont know
A few of them
Most of them
2 2 2 2 58
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7
e f g h i j k
Year 7 students Year 8 students Year 9 students Year 10 students Year 11 students Year 12 students Year 13 students
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7
7. Covert bullying is bullying that is not easily seen by others. What proportion of students in the following year levels at your school do you think COVERTLY BULLIED OTHERS this year (2007)? (please circle one number for each statement)
This year level is not at our school a b c d e f g h i j k Year 3 students Year 4 students Year 5 students Year 6 students Year 7 students Year 8 students Year 9 students Year 10 students Year 11 students Year 12 students Year 13 students 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I dont know 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 None of them 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 A few of them 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 About a quarter of them 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 About half of them 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Most of them
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8. What proportion of students in the following year levels at your school do you think were COVERTLY BULLIED BY OTHERS this year (2007)? (please circle one number for
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9. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements about covert bullying behaviour: (please circle one number for each statement)
Strongly disagree a Covert bullying toughens students up Its up to parents, not teachers, to teach their children how to respond to covert bullying 1 Disagree Neither agree nor disagree 3 Agree Strongly agree 5
c It makes me angry when students are covertly bullied d Students who covertly bully are unlikely to change their behaviour e Students who are covertly bullied need help to ensure the covert bullying stops f Covert bullying is a part of school life which should be accepted
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g Teachers should help students deal with covert bullying h Students who are covertly bullied usually deserve what they get i It is the responsibility of ALL school staff to stop covert bullying Punishment is the best way to respond to a student who is covertly bullying others
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k Students who covertly bully others should be spoken to by school staff about their behaviour and given the opportunity to change l Students who are bullied in covert ways should learn to cope with it on their own
m Teachers should do more to prevent covert bullying from happening n Covert bullying is usually more hurtful than overt bullying o Covert bullying is harder to stop than overt (face to face) bullying p Teachers should respond in the same way for overt (face to face) bullying and covert bullying by students
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(Items j,m and o adapted from Peer Relations Assessment Questionnaire Form C Teachers; Rigby, 1997)
10. Please indicate how effective you believe each of the following strategies are in your school for reducing COVERT BULLYING. (please circle one number for each statement)
We have not applied this strategy a Consulting with the whole school community (e.g. staff, students and parents) on ways covert bullying can be prevented b All staff responding consistently following reports and observations of covert bullying c Supervising students during school recess and lunchbreaks to prevent or respond to covert bullying at school d Supervising electronic devices during school recess and lunchbreaks to prevent or respond 1 Not effective 2 Somewhat effective 3 Effective 4 Very effective 5
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to covert bullying at school e Confiscating electronic devices when not used in accordance with school policy f Awareness raising activities to promote the schools stance and action on covert bullying g Developing clear actions for all staff to help manage covert bullying incidents h Principal and other senior staff commitment to covert bullying prevention i Consulting with students to identify ways covert bullying commonly occurs j Consistently involving school health services in covert bullying management (e.g. school psychologist, school chaplain) k Adults in the school community modelling positive social behaviour to students l Facilitating bystander discouragement of covert bullying behaviour m Promoting peer support for students who are bullied in covert ways n Actively engaging students in learning activities that address covert bullying o Providing a wide range of out of class time (e.g. during recess and lunch) activities to keep students occupied p Working specifically with students who are covertly bullied as well as those who covertly bully others 1 2 3 4 5
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Question 10 continued. Please indicate how effective you believe each of the following strategies are in your school for reducing COVERT BULLYING. (please circle one number for each
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covert bullying is included among the behaviours addressed by the school behaviour manageme nt / pastoral care committee Incorporatin g covert bullying prevention into the school planning processes Providing information or training to help staff to deal with (prevent and manage) covert bullying Providing information for parents to help them to talk with their children about covert bullying Developing an ethos that actively discourage s bullying Encouragin g students to report covert bullying incidents to parents and teachers Including a covert bullying
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prevention / manageme nt component in the behaviour manageme nt plan
11. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements. (please circle one number for each statement)
I think teachers in my school need more training to enhance their skills to: a Discuss covert bullying with students b Discuss covert bullying incidents with parents whose children are involved c Deal with (prevent and manage) covert bullying incidents d Encourage students to help someone who is being covertly bullied e Address covert bullying within the curriculum f Identify students who are being covertly bullied g Identify students who covertly bully others h Encourage more parents to take action to help prevent covert bullying i Contribute to the development of the schools bullying policy Strongly disagree 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Disagree 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Neither agree nor disagree 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Agree 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Strongly agree 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
12. What other teacher training programs would be useful at your school to help reduce COVERT bullying (including cyber bullying)? Please also describe why you believe these strategies would be effective. (please write in the space provided) ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 13. During the 2007 school year (THIS YEAR), how many hours per week on average were you, as a staff member, actively involved in the management of any bullying incidents with students and/or their parents? (please circle one number) a b 0 hours per week Less than 1 hour per week 1 2 3
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c Between 1 and 3 hours per week
d Between 4 and 6 hours per week e More than 6 hours per week
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14. Covert bullying is bullying that is not easily seen by others. During the 2007 school year (THIS YEAR), how many hours per week on average were you, as a staff member, actively involved in the management COVERT bullying incidents with students and/or their parents? (please circle one number) a b 0 hours per week Less than 1 hour per week 1 2 3 4 5
c Between 1 and 3 hours per week d Between 4 and 6 hours per week e More than 6 hours per week
15. Does your school have a written component in the behaviour management plan or a specific bullying policy that addresses COVERT bullying? (please circle one number) a 1. No, our school does not have a bullying policy 1 2 3 4 5
b Yes, our bullying policy explicitly refers to covert bullying c No, our bullying policy does not explicitly refer to covert bullying d No, but specific reference to covert bullying is currently being developed e Unsure
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Please indicate to what extent your school has adopted the following strategies to reduce COVERT bullying. (please circle one number for each statement)
Not applied this strategy Dont know Is not likely to be adopted 3 Planned but not yet started In the process of being adopted adopted
a Consultation with the whole school community (e.g. staff, students and parents) on ways covert bullying can be prevented
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b Consistent action by staff following reports and observations of covert bullying c Staff supervision of students during school recess and lunchbreaks, to prevent or respond to covert bullying d Staff supervision of electronic devices during school recess and lunchbreaks, to prevent or respond to covert bullying at school e Confiscating electronic devices when not used in accordance to school policy f Awareness raising activities to promote the schools stance and action on covert bullying g Development of clear actions for all staff to help manage covert bullying incidents h Principal and other senior staff commitment to covert bullying prevention i Consultation with students to identify ways covert bullying commonly occurs j Consistent involvement of school health services in covert bullying management (e.g. school psychologist, nurse, school chaplain) k Adults in the school community model positive social behaviour to students l Facilitation of bystander discouragement of covert bullying behaviour m Promotion of peer support for students who are bullied in covert ways n Active engagement of students in learning activities that address covert bullying o Provision of a wide range of out of class time (e.g. during recess and lunch) activities to keep students occupied p Working specifically with students who are covertly bullied as well as those who covertly bully others
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Question 16 continued. Please indicate to what extent your school has adopted the following strategies to reduce COVERT bullying. (please circle one number for each statement)
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Is not Not Don likely applied t to be this know adopte strategy d Ensuring covert bullying is included among the q behaviours addressed by the school behaviour management /pastoral care committee
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Incorporation of covert bullying prevention into the school planning processes Providing information or training to help staff to deal with (prevent and manage) covert bullying
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17. What other strategies are being used by your school to effectively reduce COVERT bullying (including cyber bullying)? Please also describe why you believe these strategies are effective. (please write in the space provided) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________
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18. COVERT bullying can not be easily seen by others. OVERT bullying is done face to face. Which of the following responses usually occur at your school when a student reports being bullied or witnessing a bullying incident that is OVERT; and which of the following responses usually occur at your school when a student reports being bullied or witnessing a bullying incident that is COVERT? (please circle one number for each statement
referring to OVERT bullying, and one number for each statement referring to COVERT bullying) The response: NO, this is not our response to OVERT bullying
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Is immediate Allows for longer term follow-up with students involved Does not use threat, humiliation or aggression Ensures the immediate safety of the student being bullied Provides support for and ongoing contact with the student who is bullied Involves meeting(s) with the student being bullied Involves meeting(s) with the student(s) who were bullying others Involves immediate followup with students involved in the bullying incident Informs and involves parents where appropriate Involves clear and consistent consequences for behaviour Provides clear and consistent reporting procedures for staff, students, parents and the wider community
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19. How would you rate the priority your school staff places on addressing student COVERT bullying relative to OVERT (face to face) bullying? (please circle one number)
a b c d Lower priority Similar priority Higher priority Unsure 1 2 3 4
20. How effective are the current WHOLE SCHOOL bullying prevention strategies in your school at reducing COVERT bullying? (please circle one number)
a Very effective at reducing covert bullying Moderately effective at reducing covert bullying Slightly effective at reducing covert bullying Ineffective at reducing covert bullying Unsure of the effectiveness No whole school strategies are in place 1
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21. How would you describe the overall level of communication between your school and parents (e.g. via newsletters) about ways to reduce COVERT bullying? (please circle
one number)
a b c d e
No communication Low level of communication Medium level of communication High level of communication Unsure
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22. What does your school most need to reduce the levels of covert bullying between students? (please write in the space provided)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Does you school have a notebook computer program involving any of the following year groups? (please circle one number for each statement) Yes
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Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Other year groups (please list)______________________________ ____
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24. When covert bullying is done electronically it is known as CYBER BULLYING. This refers to sending mean and nasty pictures or words on the Internet or mobile phone. To what extent do you feel skilled to deal with cyber bullying? (please circle one number) a b c d
I am very skilled to deal with cyber bullying I am moderately skilled to deal with cyber bullying I am poorly skilled to deal with cyber bullying I am not at all skilled to deal with cyber bullying
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Which position/s do you hold in your school? (please circle as many as apply)
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a Principal b Deputy Principal c Teacher d School Psychologist e School Nurse f Parent Representative Other Please specify g ________________________________________
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Female Male
What is your gender? (please circle one number)

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n
Which year level/s do you teach this year? (please circle as many as apply)
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Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Year 12 Year 13 Other Please specify: _____________________________
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Under 25 years 1
Which category best represents your age? (please circle one number)
25-29 years 2 30-34 years 3 35-39 years 4 40-44 years 5 45-49 years 6 50-54 years 7 55-59 years 8 60 years or older 9
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For how many years prior to this year have you been working in schools? (please What is your highest academic qualification? (please circle one number)
1 2 c Post-grad. Dip / Masters 3 _ What area/degree________________ d Other 4 _ Please specify__________________________________ Thankyou for taking the time to complete this survey. Your participation in this important research is valued After completing the survey, please seal it in the envelope in which it came and give it to your Schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator.
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a Diploma b Bachelor Degree
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Quantitative Research: School Coordinator Protocol
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Thank you for taking part in the Covert Bullying Project. Your schools participation will assist us to improve the knowledge and understanding of covert bullying among Australian primary school and secondary school students. This new knowledge will also help to determine effective policy and practise to address this problem. You have received a School Pack of materials containing the following: Fax back form Year 7 to 9 Classroom Packs Staff Surveys Return post pack The information presented in this document outlines the actions you need to take as the Coordinator for the Covert Bullying Project in your school. Ste p Survey Distribution Guidelines Please complete the attached fax back form indicating: the date the surveys will be administered in your school; the final date of term in your school for 2007; and a convenient time for the CHPRC to phone you regarding the survey administration (if required). Distribute Classroom Packs to Year 7 to 9 classroom teachers participating in the project. Note: the approximate class time to allow for student survey administration is as follows: one hour for students in Years 4-6, and 40 minutes for students in Years 7-9. Distribute Staff Surveys to staff members participating in the project. Note: staff surveys will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Notify school counsellors and other pastoral care staff of the date the Covert Bullying Project surveys will be administered in your school. Notify parents via a newsletter item (if appropriate) of the date the Covert Bullying Project surveys will be administered in your school. Collect student and staff surveys when they are completed. Upon collection please ensure that each class teacher has completed the Questionnaire Summary Table outlining: number completed surveys; number of absent students on the day of the survey administration; the number of students who refused to complete a survey; and the number of students unable to complete a survey due to learning/literacy difficulties. Follow up absent student/staff surveys. Return staff and student surveys to the CHPRC at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia using supplied reply paid return post packs.
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The following pages provide more detail about the above steps. Survey administration guide for the Covert Bullying Project:
Complete the attached fax back form found at the end of this document, indicating the following: The date the surveys will be administered in your school; The final date of term in your school for 2007; and Ste p1 If you would like to speak to a CHPRC staff member regarding any issues or concerns you may have related to the data collection in your school, please indicate a convenient time and phone number for a CHPRC staff member to contact you. Upon receipt of this fax, CHPRC staff will send you a return fax the day before your nominated survey administration date, with a list of students who have consent to participate in this project. This will ensure parents have more time to return their consent forms. All other students who do not appear on this list are NOT able to complete the survey. Distribute classroom packs to the Year 7 to 9 classroom teachers participating in the project. Each Classroom Pack contains the following: Teachers Guide (survey administration protocol) Student Consent List Year 7 to 9 Student surveys (one per student with consent) Yellow C4 envelopes (one per student survey) 1x large yellow envelope (to collect each class surveys) Kids Help Line information (one per student) Please ensure that each class teacher participating in the project receives their Student Consent Lists (so they know which students have their parents permission to complete a survey) and Classroom Pack. Please discuss the contents of the Classroom Packs with classroom teachers. Classroom teachers are asked to follow their Teachers Guide when administering the surveys in their classrooms. Distribute staff surveys to staff members participating in the project. Please ensure that each staff member receives the appropriately labelled survey. If you have not nominated staff to receive a survey, please distribute the surveys to a teacher in the appropriate position as indicated on the survey label. Each staff member will be asked to complete the survey, place it in the yellow envelope provided and return it to you when completed. Please indicate when you would like the staff members to return their surveys to you. _ Notify school counsellors and other pastoral care staff of the date the Covert Bullying Project surveys will be administered in your school. The Covert Bullying Project will ask students about bullying behaviours. When answering these questions, some students may feel the need to discuss certain issues with an adult at the school they can trust. Each student survey contains the following details: If answering questions in this survey raises any issues or feelings that concern you please talk to an adult you trust. (e.g. parent, school counsellor, school nurse, or social worker). You can also phone the Kids Help Line. They provide free, confidential, anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service for young people aged between 5 and 18 years. Classroom teachers will be distributing Kids Help Line contact details, as indicated in the Teachers Guide. Notify parents via a newsletter item (if appropriate) of the date the Covert Bullying Project surveys will be administered in your school. Your school may also wish to inform parents of the date the Covert Bullying Project surveys will be administered in your school. As mentioned in Step 3 above, there may be students who by answering these questions feel the need to discuss certain issues with an adult, possibly a parent or other family member they can trust.
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Follow up any absent student or staff surveys. If any staff or students (with parent consent) are absent on the day of the administration please ask them to complete their survey as soon as they return. Return completed staff and student surveys to the CHPRC at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia using the supplied reply paid return post packs before the end of the school term for 2007.
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FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET ____________________________________________________________________________ TO: Melanie Epstein FROM: ____________________________________________________________________________ DEPARTMENT: Child Health Promotion Research Centre DEPARTMENT: ____________________________________________________________________________ FAX NUMBER: (08) 9273 8799 RETURN FAX NUMBER: ____________________________________________________________________________ DATE: NO OF PAGES (INC. THIS ONE): 1 ____________________________________________________________________________ SUBJECT: DEST Covert Bullying Project ____________________________________________________________________________
1. The student and staff surveys will be administered on the following date in our school:
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2. The final date of term in our school for 2007 is :

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3. Please indicate below if you would like a CHPRC staff member to phone you regarding any issues or concerns you may have related to the data collection in your school. Please indicate a convenient time and phone number for a CHPRC staff member to contact you.
YES, I would like a CHPRC staff member to phone me regarding the data collection in my school. The best time to call me to discuss the data collection in my school is: Day: ______________________________ Time: ________________________
Please fax this form to (08) 9273 8799
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Quantitative Research: Teacher Protocol Years 4 to 6
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Thank you for taking part in the Covert Bulling Project. Your schools participation will assist us to improve the knowledge and understanding of covert bullying among Australian primary school and secondary school students. This new knowledge will also help to determine effective policy and practice to address this problem. You have received a Classroom Pack of materials containing the following:
Teachers Guide (survey administration protocol) Student surveys (one per student with consent) Yellow C4 envelopes (one per student survey) 1x large yellow envelope (to collect your class student surveys) Kids Help Line information (one per student) Student Consent List: list of students who have parent permission to participate in the
survey Please see your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator if any of these items listed above are not in your Classroom Pack. The information presented in this document outlines the actions you need to take as a survey administrator for the Covert Bullying Project in your school. If you have any questions about the survey process, please contact your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator. We greatly appreciate your participation in the Covert Bullying Project. Ste p 1 2 3 4 Survey Administration Guidelines Using the Student Consent List, identify students who may have difficulty completing the survey and decide whether they will need extra help. Introduce the activity to the class by reading the first page of the survey protocol. Distribute surveys to students who have parent consent to participate using the Student Consent List. Distribute alternate school work or activities to students not completing the survey. Begin the survey. 5 Note: the class time to allow for student survey administration is approximately one hour for students in Years 4-6. During the survey: please do not move around the room or look at students answers as it may change they way they respond. Finished: collect completed surveys. Please complete the Questionnaire Summary Table (found at the bottom of the Student Consent List) with students who: completed a survey; refused to participate; were absent; or were unable to complete a survey due to learning/literacy difficulties.
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The following pages provide more detail about the above steps.
Survey administration guide for the Covert Bullying Project

Note: Please read out all information to your class, except statements written in Italics.
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Using the Student Consent List, identify students who may have difficulty completing the survey and decide whether they will need extra help. Please make sure there is someone available to assist these students. If you decide that it would be better for them not to participate please give these students alternate school work or activities. Please place a line through these students names on the Student Consent List, and mark with the comment not able to complete. Introduce the activity to the class. Please read aloud the statement below.
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I am giving you a survey today to help us all make sure our school continues to be a safe place that promotes learning and healthy relationships. This is an individual activity and it is important that you work quietly and follow my instructions. Some students in the class will be doing another activity. If this is you, someone from your home has sent back a consent form indicating that they would not like you to complete a survey. Instead you will complete alternate class work. Please do not talk to the students doing the survey or look at what they are writing. To start with, I will hand out the surveys. Please listen quietly for your name. As I call your name, please come to me and collect your survey. Once you have received your survey, please place it neatly on your desk and wait quietly until all the surveys have been handed out. Once everyone has a survey, we will all start together, so please sit quietly and get a pen or pencil ready. Please do not open the survey until I say to do so. Ste p3 Distribute surveys one at a time. Please hand out a survey to each student in your class who has parental consent as indicated on the Student Consent List. If a student has consent to complete a survey, but is absent, please write the students name on a survey in PENCIL and ask them to complete the survey when is next suitable. Ask the student to erase their name from the top of the survey before sealing in the yellow envelope. Please ensure that any students who are not present on the day of the survey Step administration completes the survey at a later time THIS TERM. If a student refuses to do the survey, ask them to wait until the class has begun the survey. Encourage, but dont force them to participate. Remind them that they dont have to answer any questions they dont want to. Also emphasize the confidentiality of the surveys. If a student still refuses, provide them with an alternate activity. Keep your conversation with them quiet to avoid others around them joining in and also refusing to participate. Please record the number of students who refuse to participate on the Student Consent
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List. Please make sure that students completing the survey are seated in test conditions. Ste p4 Distribute alternate school work or activities to students not completing the survey. Please ensure that students completing the alternate activity are NOT seated next to those completing the survey. Begin the survey. Slowly read aloud each of the questions, including the question number,question and responses. Read the questions, prompts and responses exactly as they are written.Do not expand on or explain the question. Do not paraphrase (say a question in your own words).All students in all classes must receive exactly the same information. This means they are only toreceive the information as it is written in the Teachers Guide.You may repeat a question. Do this if a student asks you to repeat a question or if they say theydo not understand a word. Remind students to not race ahead. Praise students for staying with you. If many students are racing ahead, ask all students to stop and put their pencils down. Ask all students to turn to the question number you are up to. When you see all students have thisquestion in front of them, tell students they can pick up their pencils. Tell students that if they have already completed the question to check their answer to make sure they understood the question. Remind students that we are interested in what they have to say and to keep their eyes on their own survey and not on what others are writing. Use lots of praise. The survey is long, so please praise students for working hard and staying with the task. Remind them we will give them something at the end if they keep working well.
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POSSIBLE STUDENT QUESTIONS AND APPROPRIATE RESPONSES What does this mean? If a student does not understand a question, please dont reword the question or give the answer. Its best to read the question to the student clearly and tell them to answer as best they can or to leave it blank. What do I do with the pictures on Page 2? These pictures provide a definition of bullying. When the student is answering the next questions they should think about bullying in this way. They can look back at this definition to remind themselves what bullying is. Does it count as bullying if it was your brother or sister? If the behaviour is occurring at school the student can include their brother or sister when answering. What does the number on top of the survey mean? The number on the top right-hand corner of the survey is used to identify your school and year level only. It is not possible to find out who completed a survey. The surveys are anonymous.
Please read out the information below: Lets read the cover of the survey together. You read in your head and Ill read aloud. Dear Student
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We are using this survey to find out how students treat each other at your school. We will be asking you some questions about bullying and your experiences while using the Internet or a mobile phone. All information you provide will remain confidential. No one at your school or your home will see your answers. Your survey will be sealed in an envelope and mailed to University researchers. Please DO NOT put your name on this survey. This is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. Please answer all the questions as honestly as you can. We are very interested in what you have to say and not what others around you think. If you dont want to answer any questions, you dont have to. If you do not want to complete this survey you do not have to.
Before you turn the page and we start the survey, there are a few things we need to talk about. Lots of questions in this survey ask you about THIS TERM. Who would like to tell the class what we mean by THIS TERM? THIS TERM is: The term you are currently in. Can everyone please think about THIS TERM when they answer the questions in this survey. Remember, your answers and the answers of other students are private. So please feel comfortable in answering each question based on what you think, not what you think your friends will write or what you think we want you to say. There are no right or wrong answers and everyone will answer differently. Remember, no-one at school not even me, will see your answers. Your parents will not see them either. When you are finished, your surveys will be collected and placed in an envelope, then sent to Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Please raise your hand if you have any questions. Before you begin answering the questions, I would first like to read aloud some examples of different types of bullying. Please turn the page Lets look at the following descriptions of bullying. You may have noticed that students sometimes bully other students and there are many ways that students can be bullied. Bullying is when these things happen AGAIN and AGAIN to someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening. Again and again means that these things keep happening to someone lots of times. Please look at the descriptions below (while the students look at these descriptions, please read out the descriptions on the next page).
1. Hit, kicked or pushed around. 2. Made fun of and teased in a mean and hurtful way
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3. Lies or nasty stories told about someone behind their back. 4. Made afraid of getting hurt. 5. Ignored, excluded, left out on purpose, or not allowed to join in. 6. Mean and nasty pictures or words posted/sent on the internet or mobile phone.
Some types of bullying can be physical, like hitting, kicking or pushing someone around, as seen in description number 1; Others are done face to face, like making fun of or teasing others in mean or hurtful ways as seen in description number 2; Other types of bullying are done in ways that are not easily seen by adults or others. This type of bullying includes: Telling lies or nasty stories about someone behind their back, as seen in picture 3; Making someone feel afraid that they may get hurt, seen in picture 4; Ignoring, excluding, or leaving someone out on purpose, or not letting someone join in, seen in picture 5; or Sending or posting mean and nasty pictures or words on the Internet or mobile phone, seen in picture 6. This definition refers to the Internet. Who can tell the class what the Internet is? (If further clarification of the Internet is required: The Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks, which allows access to things like websites and email). Does anyone have any questions about these types of bullying? When you answer the questions about bullying, please think about bullying in these ways. You can look back at the pictures at any time while answering the survey to help you remember what we mean by bullying.
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Before we continue, it is important to understand that it is not considered bullying when teasing is done in a friendly and playful way OR when two students who are AS STRONG AS each other get into a fight. Remember, while fighting is wrong, it is not bullying if those involved are as strong as each other. Now it is time to begin the survey. For each question, you will be asked to pick a response by circling a number. If you want to change an answer you have circled, put a cross through it and then circle the answer for that question that best describes you. Does anyone have any questions about how to answer the survey? It is really important that we complete each question together as I read it out. Dont jump ahead or turn the page until I say. If I am reading too fast or too slow, please raise your hand and let me know.
Step 6 DURING ADMINISTRATION: Please DONT move around the room and look at what students are writing. If there are no more questions, please turn the page and we will begin Question 1.
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What is your age in years? Please write your age below.
_____________________ 2. What year level are you in at school? Please write your year level below.
I am in year _____________________ 3. Are you male or female? Please circle 1 if you are a male and 2 if you are a female.
a Male 1 b Female 2 4. How many brothers and sisters do you have living at home? Please write the number of brothers and sisters you have in the boxes below. Brother/s Sister/s 5. If you have brothers and sisters, are you the eldest child in your family? Please circle 1 for yes, 2 for no, or 3 if you are an only child. a b
Yes No
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c I am an only child
The next eight questions ask you about using computers, the Internet and mobile phones.
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6. How often do you use the following? Please circle one number per statement.
I dont use this a How often do you use a mobile phone at school? If you dont use a mobile phone at school, you would circle number 1 If you rarely use a mobile phone at school, you would circle number 2 If you use a mobile phone 1 to 3 times a month at school, you would circle number 3 If you use a mobile phone once a week at school, you would circle number 4 If you use a mobile phone everyday at school, you would circle number 5 How often do you use a mobile phone when not at school? If you dont use a mobile phone when not at school, you would circle number 1 If you rarely use a mobile phone when not at school, you would circle number 2 b If you use a mobile phone 1 to 3 times a month when not at school, you would circle number 3 If you use a mobile phone once a week when not at school, you would circle number 4 If you use a mobile phone everyday when not at school, you would circle number 5 c How often do you use a computer WITH Internet connection at school? Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 How often do you use a computer WITHOUT Internet connection at school? Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 Rarely 2 1-3 times a month 3 Once a week 4 Every day 5
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
e How often do you use a computer WITH Internet connection at home f How often do you use a computer WITHOUT Internet connection at home g How often do you use a computer WITH Internet connection at a place other than school or home (e.g. library, friends house)
h How often do you use a computer WITHOUT Internet connection at a place other than school or home (e.g. library, friends house)
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Please turn the page
7. Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use the Internet and/or mobile phone? Please circle one number for each statement.
Yes Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use the Internet at a school? Circle 1 for yes, 2 for no, or 3 if you dont have access to this Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use the Internet at b home? Circle either 1, 2, or 3 Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use a mobile phone at c school? Circle either 1, 2, or 3 Do you have rules about when or for how long you can use a mobile phone at d home? Circle either 1, 2, or 3 No I dont have access to this
8.
only.
In your home, do you use a computer with Internet access? Please circle one number
Circle 1 for yes or 2 for no. a b Yes 1 _ Go to question 9 No 2 _ Go to question 10
If you circled 2 for no, you will not be completing the next question. Please wait until everyone in the class has finished question 9, and then we will all start question 10 together.
9.
In your home, in what location(s) do you use a computer with Internet access?
Yes No 2
Please circle one number for each statement.
I can access the Internet from any room in my house (wireless Internet) a Circle 1 for yes or 2 for no b In my bedroom Circle 1 for yes or 2 for no c In my brother and/or sisters bedroom d In my parents bedroom e In the living or family room f In the kitchen g In the study h In the games room or play room i In the spare room j Other (please
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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describe)_______________________________________ (adapted from the Electronic Bullying Survey 2006) Please turn the page. Everyone can answer the next question, question number 10.
10. THIS TERM how often did you see a student or students bully others AGAIN and AGAIN? Please read every line, decide on your response and then circle one number. Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 a I DID NOT see others being bullied this term 1 _ Go to question 12 b I saw at least one student being bullied ONCE OR TWICE this term 2 _ Go to question 11 c I saw at least one student being bullied EVERY FEW WEEKS this term 3 _ Go to question 11 d I saw at least one student being bullied ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term 4 _ Go to question 11 e I saw at least one student being bullied MOST DAYS this term 5 _ Go to question 11
If you circled 1 you will not be completing the next question. Please wait until everyone in the class has finished question 11, and then we will all start question 12 together. 11. What actions did you take the last time you saw or heard about someone being bullied AGAIN and AGAIN? Please circle one number for each statement. Circle 1 for yes or 2 for no. Yes a I did nothing b I told my parents about it c I told an adult at school about it d I told another student about it e I helped the person being bullied, at the time f I helped the person being bullied, later on g I ignored it h I made a joke of it i I joined in with the person bullying j I got someone to help stop it k I told the person who was bullying, to stop l I later found a way to hurt the person who was bullying m Other (please describe)____________________________________ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 No 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Everyone please turn the page. Everyone can answer the next question, question number 12.
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12. THIS TERM, how often did you bully another student or group of students AGAIN and AGAIN? Please read every line, decide on your response and then circle one number. Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4
or 5
a b c d e
I DID NOT bully other students this term I bullied other students ONCE OR TWICE this term I bullied other students EVERY FEW WEEKS this term I bullied other students ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term I bullied other students MOST DAYS this term
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13. THIS TERM, how often did you on your own or in a group, do these things to another student or students? Please read each statement carefully, and answer as honestly as you can. Remember
that no one at this school will see your answers. Please circle one number for each statement.
I did not do this to others this term

This term I ignored another student, didnt let them join in, or left them out of a group to hurt them If you did not do this to another student or students this term, circle 1 If you did this to another student or students this way once or twice this term, circle a number 2 If you did this to another student or students every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If you did this to another student or students about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you did this to another student or students most days this term, circle number 5
b This term I teased another student in nasty
Once or twice this term
Most days this term
ways If you did not do this to another student or students this term, circle number 1 If you did this to another student or students this way once or twice this term, circle number 2 If you did this to another student or students every few weeks this term, circle number 3 89
If you did this to another student or students about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you did this to another student or students most days this term, circle number 5 This term I told another student I wouldnt
c like them unless they did what I said Circle
either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
I did not do this to others this term d This term I told lies about another student behind their back, to make other students not like them Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 This term I made another student feel afraid that I would hurt them Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 This term I told secrets about another student behind their back to others to deliberately hurt them
Once or twice this term 2
Every few weeks this term 3
About once a week this term 4
Most days this term
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2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
g This term I spread hurtful rumours about another student h This term I tried to hurt a student by not talking to them i This term I was part of a group who decided to hurt another student by ganging up on them
j This term I tried to hurt another student by trying to break up a friendship they had k This term I tried to frighten or threaten another student l This term I physically hurt another student
Please turn the page. This is still question 13.
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Question 13 continued. THIS TERM, how often did you on your own or in a group, do these things to another student or students? Please circle one number for each statement.
I did not do this to other s this term m This term I sent nasty or threatening emails to another student Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 n This term I sent nasty text messages (SMS), or prank calls to another students mobile phone 1 1 1 1 1 1
Onc e or twic e this term 2 2 2 2 2 2
Every few week s this term
Most days this term
3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5
o This term I sent nasty messages on the Internet, e.g. through MSN to another student p This term I used one or more peoples screen name or password and pretended to be them q This term I sent someone elses private emails, messages, pictures or videos to other students This term I sent or posted mean or nasty comments or pictures about another student to websites e.g. MySpace; Facebook This term I sent mean or nasty messages or pictures about another student to other students mobile phones This term I deliberately ignored someone or left another student out of things over the Internet to hurt them
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2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
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u This term I wrote and circulated nasty notes about a student at school v Other (please describe)____________________________
14. THIS TERM, how often were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by another student or group of students? Please read every line, decide on your response and then circle one number. Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
a b c I WAS NOT bullied by other students this term I was bullied by at least one student ONCE OR TWICE this term I was bullied by at least one student EVERY FEW WEEKS this term 1 2 3 4
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15. THIS TERM how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by students from your school? Please circle one number for each statement.
I was not bullie d this term a This term I was bullied again and again in the classroom If you were not bullied this way this term, circle number 1 If you were bullied this way once or twice this term, circle number 2 If you were bullied this way every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If you were bullied this way about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you were bullied this way most days this term, circle number 5 b This term I was bullied again and again at break times Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 This term I was bullied again and again on the way to school Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 1 1
Onc e or twic e this term 2
Every few week s this term 3
About once a week this term 4
Most days this term 5
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
d This term I was bullied again and again on the way home from school e This term I was bullied again and again at home f This term I was bullied again and again at a friends house This term I was bullied again and g again somewhere other than these places. Please write your answer in the space provided.
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16. THIS TERM how often did these things happen to you? Please read each statement carefully, and answer as honestly as you can. Remember that no one at this school will see your answers. Please circle one number for each statement.
This did not happe n to me this term a Students deliberately ignored or left me out of a group to hurt me If this did not happen to you this term, circle number 1 If this happened to you once or twice this term, circle number 2 If this happened to you every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If this happened to you about once a week this term, circle number 4 If this happened to you most days this term, circle number 5 b I was teased in nasty ways If this did not happen to you this term, circle 1 If this happened to you once or twice this term, circle number 2 If this happened to you every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If this happened to you about once a week this term, circle number 4 If this happened to you most days this term, circle number 5 c I had a student tell me he/she wouldnt like me unless I did what he/she said Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 I had a student tell lies about me behind by back, to make other students not like me Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Ive been made to feel afraid I would get hurt 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 Onc e or twic e this term 2 Every few week s this term 3 About once a week this term 4
Most days this term
d e
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2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
f I had secrets told about me to others behind my back, to hurt me g I had hurtful rumours spread about me behind by back h I had students deliberately trying to hurt me by not talking to me
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Please turn the page. This is still question 16.
Question 16 continued. THIS TERM how often did these things happen to you? Please circle
one number for each statement.
This did not happe n to me this term i A group decided to hurt me by ganging up on me Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Someone deliberately tried to hurt me by trying to break up a friendship I had Someone tried to frighten me I was hurt physically by another student I was sent threatening emails 1
Every few week s this term
Abou t once a week this term 4
Mos t day s this term 5
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3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5
n I was sent nasty messages on the Internet, e.g. through MSN o I was sent nasty text messages (SMS), or prank calls to my mobile phone Someone used my screen name or password, pretending to be me to hurt someone else Someone sent my private emails, messages, pictures or videos to others
Mean or nasty comments or pictures were sent or posted about r me to websites e.g. MySpace; Facebook s Mean or nasty messages or pictures were sent about me to other students mobile phones I was deliberately ignored or left out of things over the Internet
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3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
u I had nasty notes written and circulated about me by someone at
school Other. If you answered other v please describe in the space 1 provided _____________________________ Please turn the page 2 3 4 5
For the following questions, please think about bullying that cant be easily seen by others. This bullying includes: Lies or nasty stories told about someone behind their back. Made afraid of getting hurt. Ignored, excluded, left out on purpose, or not allowed to join in. Mean and nasty, pictures or words posted/sent on the Internet or mobile phone. 17. THIS TERM, how often did you see a student or students bully others AGAIN and AGAIN in ways that cant be easily seen by others? Please read every line, decide on your response
and then circle one number.
Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 a b I DID NOT see others being bullied this way this term I saw at least one student being bullied this way ONCE OR TWICE this term 1 2 3 4 5
c I saw at least one student being bullied this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term d I saw at least one student being bullied this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term e I saw at least one student being bullied this way MOST DAYS this term
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You are doing really well, thank you for your answers so far. We are very interested to hear what you think, so please turn the page
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18. THIS TERM, how often did you bully another student or group of students AGAIN and AGAIN in ways that cant be easily seen by others? Please read every line, decide on your
response and then circle one number.
Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 a b c d e
I DID NOT bully other students this way this term I bullied other students this way ONCE OR TWICE this term I bullied other students this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term I bullied other students this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term I bullied other students this way MOST DAYS this term
1 2 3 4 5
19. THIS TERM, how often were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by another student or group of students in ways that cant be easily seen by others? Please read every line, decide
on your response and then circle one number.
Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 a b
I WAS NOT bullied this way by other students this term I was bullied by at least one student this way ONCE OR TWICE this term
1 2 3 4 5
c I was bullied by at least one student this way EVERY FEW WEEKS this term d I was bullied by at least one student this way ABOUT ONCE A WEEK this term e I was bullied by at least one student this way MOST DAYS this term
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20. THIS TERM, how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by students from your school in ways that cant be easily seen by others? Please circle one number for
each statement.
I was not bullie d these ways this term This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others in the classroom If you were bullied these ways once or twice this term, circle number 2 a If you were bullied these ways every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If you were bullied these ways about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you were bullied these ways most days this term, circle number 5 b This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others At break times Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 1 1
Onc e or twic e this term
Most days this term
This term I was bullied in ways that c cant be easily seen by others On the way to school Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 d This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others On the way home from school
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5
e This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others At home f This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others At a friends house
This term I was bullied in ways that cant be easily seen by others g somewhere other than these places. Please write your answer in the space provided.
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21. THIS TERM, if you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others, who did it and how often did they do it? Please circle one number for each statement. Remember
to answer the following questions by thinking about bullying that cant easily be seen by others.
I was not bullie d these ways this term This term I was bullied in ways not easily seen by others by mainly one boy If you were not bullied these ways this term, circle number 1 If you were bullied these ways once a or twice this term, circle number 2 1 If you were bullied these ways every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If you were bullied these ways about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you were bullied these ways most days this term, circle number 5 b This term I was bullied in ways not easily seen by others by a group of boys Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 c This term I was bullied in ways not easily seen by others by mainly one girl Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 1 1
Onc e or twic e this term
Most days this term
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
d This term I was bullied in ways not easily seen by others by a group of girls Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 e This term I was bullied in ways not easily seen by others by both boys and girls Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5
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2 2
3 3
4 4
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22. THIS TERM, how well did you know the person or group of people who bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others? Please circle one number for each
statement. I was not bullied these ways this term I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I know a Circle 1 if you were not bullied these ways this term Circle 2 if you were bullied these ways this term Circle 3 if you were not bullied these ways this term b I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I dont know Circle either 1, 2, or 3 c I was bullied in these ways by someone or people from another school Circle either 1, 2, or 3 d I was bullied in these ways by someone or people I dont know, who contacted me over the Internet e I was bullied in these ways by someone or people who I met over the Internet f Other. If you answered other, please write in the space provided Yes No
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
23. THIS TERM, if you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others at school, how often did these age groups of students bully you? Please circle one number for
each statement. I was not bullied these ways this term I was bullied in these ways by someone or people in a year level below me a Circle 1 if you were not bullied these ways this term Circle 2 if you were bullied these ways a few times this term Circle 3 if you were not bullied these ways lots of times this term b I was bullied in these ways by someone or people in the same year level as me Circle either 1, 2, or 3 c I was bullied in these ways by someone or people 1 year level above me Circle either 1, 2, or 3 d I was bullied in these ways by someone or people 2 year levels above me e I was bullied in these ways by someone or people 3 or more year levels above me f I dont know what year level they were in 101 1 2 3 1 2 3 A few times this term Lots of times this term
1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
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24. THIS YEAR (2007), what did you do if another student or group of students bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others? Please circle one number for each
statement.
I was not bullied these ways this year I ignored the student or students who were bullying a Circle 1 if you were not bullied this year Circle 2 if you did this, this year Circle 3 if you did not do this, this year b c I did nothing Circle either 1, 2, or 3 I walked away Circle either 1, 2, or 3 1
Yes
No
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
d I stayed away from the person bullying or the place where it occurred e f g h i j I got angry I fought back I told the student or students to stop bullying I made a joke of it I did not respond to the threatening or nasty emails or other electronic messages I kept or printed a record of the electronic messages or nasty comments
k I changed my mobile phone number, or got a silent number, or changed my passwords or username l I turned off my computer or mobile phone, or blocked messages or profiles
m Other. If you answered other, please write in the space provided
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25. If you were bullied AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others at school THIS YEAR (2007) from whom did you ask for help? Please circle one number for each statement I was not bullied these ways this year I did not ask for help from anyone this year Circle a 1 if you were not bullied this year Circle 2 if you did this, this year Circle 3 if you did not do this, this year b I asked for help from parents/guardian Circle either 1, 2, or 3 c d I asked for help from friends from my school I asked for help from friends not from my school 1 Yes No
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
e I asked for help from teachers / School staff member f I asked for help from other family members (grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister or brother etc) g I asked for help from the Kids Help Line
h I asked for help through a Website. Please write the name of the Website i Other. If you answered other, please write in the space provided
26. The LAST TIME this year (2007) a student bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN at school in ways not easily seen by others did things get better after you asked an adult for help? Please circle one number for each statement. a b c d I was NOT bullied in ways not easily seen by others THIS YEAR (2007) I was bullied but I didnt ask anyone for help I asked for help and things GOT BETTER STRAIGHT AWAY I asked for help and things GOT BETTER AFTER A WHILE 1 2 3 4 5 6
e I asked for help and things GOT BETTER to begin with, but then the bullying RETURNED TO the SAME AS BEFORE f I asked for help and the bullying CONTINUED
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I asked for help and the bullying GOT WORSE
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27. For each of the following statements, decide how much you agree or disagree.
Please circle one number for each statement.
In my school:
Most staff are friendly to each other If you strongly agree circle 1 If you agree with the statement circle 2 If you neither agree nor disagree with the a statement circle number 3 If you disagree with the statement circle number 4 If you strongly disagree with the statement circle number 5 If you are unsure circle number 6 Most staff are available to b talk to about bullying Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 Most students in my year group stick up for c someone who is being bullied Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 d Most students in my year group report bullying e Most staff try to stop bullying f Most staff take bullying seriously g Reports of bullying are dealt with immediately h Help is provided to students who are bullied i Help is provided to students who bully others j The way students are expected to behave is fair k The way most staff deal with bullying is fair l We have a policy about how the school will respond to bullying
Strongly agree
Agre e
Neither agree nor disagree
Disagre e
Strongly disagre e
Unsure
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2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
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28. Have you stayed away from school THIS YEAR (2007) because another student or group of students bullied you AGAIN and AGAIN in ways not easily seen by others? Please read every line,
decide on your response and then circle one number. Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
a b c d e
No, I WAS NOT bullied in ways not easily seen by others THIS YEAR (2007) No, I did NOT stay away because of these types of bullying No, but I wanted to stay away because of these types of bullying Yes, I stayed away once or twice because of these types of bullying Yes, I stayed away more than twice because of these types of bullying
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29. THIS TERM, how often and where were you bullied AGAIN and AGAIN by someone sending you mean or nasty words over the Internet or mobile phone? Please circle one
number for each statement.
I was not bullie d this term a In the classroom If you were not bullied this way this term, circle number 1 If you were bullied this way once or twice this term, circle number 2 If you were bullied this way every few weeks this term, circle number 3 If you were bullied this way about once a week this term, circle number 4 If you were bullied this way most days this term, circle number 5 b At break times Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 c On the way to school Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 d e f On the way home from school At home At a friends house
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Every few weeks this term 3
Abou t once a week this term 4
Most days this term 5
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
5 5 5 5 5
g Other. If you answered other, please write in the space provided

statement.
30. Decide how you feel about each statement below. Please circle one number for each
Do you feel It is easier to bully another student over the Internet than in person? If you feel that this always true, circle a number 1 If you feel that this is sometimes true, circle number 2 If you dont feel this is true, circle number 3 If you are unsure, circle number 4 b It is more hurtful to bully other students over the Internet than in person? Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4
Yes, alway s
Yes, sometimes
No
Unsure
1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4 4
c Electronic bullying is scarier than face-toface bullying? Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4 d Websites that make fun of other students are funny? e If you report electronic bullying, you will be the next one to be bullied? f It is worse to hit or punch a person than to send him/her a nasty email, instant message or text message (SMS)? Students should be allowed to say whatever they want about other students on their personal web pages?
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31. What do you think are the best ways to stop students bullying others ONLINE? Please circle one number for each statement. Yes a Blocking messages Circle 1 for yes, 2 for no, or 3 if you dont know b Reporting to police or other authorities Circle either 1, 2, or 3 c d e Asking them to stop Circle either 1, 2, or 3 Fighting back Ignoring it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 No 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Dont Know 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
f Keeping a record of nasty emails or text messages (SMS) g h i Telling a teacher Telling a parent Changing email address or mobile phone number
j Other. If you answered other, please write in the space provided
32. How do you feel about your school? Please circle one number for each statement. Never I feel close to people at this school If you never feel this way, circle number 1 If you sometimes feel this way, circle a number 2 If you usually feel this way, circle number 3 If you always feel this way, circle number 4 If you are unsure, circle number 5 b I feel like I am part of this school Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 Som e times Usuall y Always Unsure
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2 2 2
3 3 3
4 4 4
5 5 5
c I am happy to be at this school Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 d I am treated fairly by teachers
at this school 33. Do you feel safe at school? Please read every line, decide on your response and then circle one number. Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4
a b c d Yes, ALL of the time Yes, MOST of the time Yes, SOME of the time No, I NEVER feel safe at school 1 2 3 4
34. For each sentence, circle the number that shows how often you feel this way. Please circle one number for each statement.
Never I feel alone at school If you never feel this way, circle number 1 a If you sometimes feel this way, circle number 2 If you usually feel this way, circle number 3 If you always feel this way, circle number 4 b I have lots of friends to talk to at school Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4 c Its hard for me to make friends at school Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4 d e f g I have nobody to talk to in my classes I dont have anyone to spend time with at school Im lonely at school I feel left out of things at school 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 3 4 Some times Usually Always
h There are areas of the school that make me feel scared i I feel there are areas of the school that are safe
35. Compared to other students in your year group, which of the following best describes MOST of the results on your last school report THIS YEAR (2007)? Please read every line,
decide on your response and then circle one number.
Circle either 1, 2, 3, or 4
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a b c d
Better than most other students in my year group About the same as most other students in my year group Not as good as most other students in my year group I dont know
1 2 3 4
Please turn the page This question asks you to decide how you feel by marking either a 1 for Not true, 2 for Somewhat True or 3 for Certainly True. Before we do the next question, lets practise together. If you think a sentence is not true for you, what number would you circle? [number 1] If you think a sentence is true for you some of the time or somewhat true, what number would you circle? [number 2] If a sentence is true for you all the time or certainly true, what number would you circle? [number 3] Is everyone ready to answer this question now? Great lets get started! 36. Please read each statement and circle the number which indicates how things have been for you OVER THE LAST MONTH. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not spend too much time on each statement. Please circle one number for each statement.
Over the LAST MONTH: a I try to be nice to other people. I care about their feelings Circle 1 for not true Circle 2 for somewhat true Circle 3 for certainly true b I am restless, I cannot stay still for long Circle either 1, 2, or 3 c I get a lot of headaches, stomach-aches or sickness Circle either 1, 2, or 3 d I usually share with others (food, games, pens etc) e I get very angry and often lose my temper 111 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 Not true Somewhat true Certainly true
f I would rather be alone than with people of my age g I usually do as I am told h I worry a lot i I am helpful if someone is hurt, upset or feeling ill j I am constantly fidgeting or squirming k I have one good friend or more l I fight a lot. I can make other people do what I want m I am often unhappy, down-hearted or tearful n Other people my age generally like me o I am easily distracted, I find it difficult to concentrate
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Over the LAST MONTH: p q r s t u I am nervous in new situations. I easily lose confidence I am kind to younger children I am often accused of lying or cheating Other children or young people pick on me or bully me I often volunteer to help others (parents, teachers, children) I think before I do things
Not true 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Somewhat true 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Certainly true 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
v I take things that are not mine from home, school or elsewhere w x y I get on better with adults than with people my own age I have many fears, I am easily scared I finish the work Im doing. My attention is good
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37. For this question, please circle one number for each statement. How many times in the PAST MONTH. Times in the PAST MONTH:
Have you stolen something from a shop or person (even if it was only worth a little money)? If you never did this in the past month, circle number 1 a If you did this once in the past month, circle number 2 If you did this twice in the past month, circle number 3 If you did this three time in the past month, circle number 4 If you did this more than three times, circle number 5 b Were you in a physical fight? Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 c Were you in an argument with friends? Circle either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 d e Did you lose your temper or get really angry? Did you get into trouble at home? 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 2 3 4 5
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f Did you break something of your own on purpose? g Did you damage or destroy things that did not belong to you (eg street signs, cars, neighbours property)?
h Did you have a disagreement or argument with your parents? i Have you not paid for something like sneaking onto a bus or train or into a movie? j Did you bring a weapon (like a knife, gun or chemical spray) to school? k l Smoked cigarettes? Drunk alcohol without your parents knowing?
Thank you for completing this survey. If answering questions in this survey raises any issues or feelings that concern you please talk to an adult you trust (e.g. parent, school counsellor, school nurse, or social worker). You can also phone the Kids Help Line.
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They provide free, confidential, anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service for young people aged between 5 and 18 years. I will hand out a card to everyone once all the surveys have been collected. Please place your survey in the envelope provided and then hand it to me.
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Once the survey is completed: please ask students to close their surveys and seal it in the yellow envelope provided. Ask a student to collect the surveys in the large student survey collection envelope. Stop students 2 minutes before the end of class even if not everyone has finished. Please complete the Questionnaire Summary Table at the bottom of your Student Consent List indicating: number of student surveys completed; number of absent students on the day of the survey administration; number refused to complete the survey; and the number unable to complete a survey due to learning/literacy difficulties. Please return the large yellow envelope containing all your students surveys, to the Covert Bullying Project Coordinator.
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Covert Bullying Project: Teachers Guide (Year 7 to 9)
Thank you for taking part in the Covert Bulling Project. Your schools participation will assist us to improve the knowledge and understanding of covert bullying among Australian primary school and secondary school students. This new knowledge will also help to determine effective policy and practice to address this problem. You have received a Classroom Pack of materials containing the following:
Teachers Guide (survey administration protocol) Student surveys (one per student with consent) Yellow C4 envelopes (one per student survey) 1x large yellow envelope (to collect you class student surveys) Kids Help Line information (one per student) Student Consent List: list of students who have parent permission to participate in the
survey Please see your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator if any of these items listed above are not in your Classroom Pack. The information presented in this document outlines the actions you need to take as a survey administrator for the Covert Bullying Project in your school. If you have any questions about the survey process, please contact your schools Covert Bullying Project Coordinator. We greatly appreciate your participation in the Covert Bullying Project. Ste p 1 2 3 4 Survey Administration Guidelines Using the Student Consent List, identify students who may have difficulty completing the survey and decide whether they will need extra help. Introduce the activity to the class by reading the first page of the survey protocol. Distribute surveys to students who have parent consent to participate using the Student Consent List. Distribute alternate school work or activities to students not completing the survey. Begin the survey. 5 Note: the class time to allow for student survey administration is approximately 40 minutes for students in years 7-9. During the survey: please do not move around the room or look at students answers as it may change the way they respond.
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Finished: collect completed surveys. Please complete the Questionnaire Summary Table (found at the bottom of the Student Consent List) with students who: completed a survey; refused to participate; were absent; or were unable to complete a survey due to learning/literacy difficulties.
The following pages provide more detail about the above steps.
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Survey administration guide for the Covert Bullying Project Note: Please read out all information to your class, except statements written in Italics. Step 1 Using the Student Consent List, identify students who may have difficulty completing the survey and decide whether they will need extra help. Please make sure there is someone available to assist these students. If you decide that it would be better for them not to participate please place a line through these students names on the Student Consent List, and mark with the comment not able to complete.
Step 2 Introduce the activity to the class. Please read aloud the statement below. I am giving you a survey today to help us all make sure our school continues to be a safe place that promotes learning and healthy relationships. This is an individual activity and it is important that you work quietly and follow my instructions. Some students in the class will be doing another activity. If this is you, someone from your home has sent back a consent form indicating that they would not like you to complete a survey. Instead you will complete alternate class work. Please do not talk to the students doing the survey or look at what they are writing. To start with, I will hand out the surveys. Please listen quietly for your name. As I call your name, please come to me and collect your survey. Once you have received your survey, please place it neatly on your desk and wait quietly until all the surveys have been handed out. Once everyone has a survey, we will all start together, so please sit quietly and get a pen or pencil ready. Please do not open the survey until I say to do so. Step 3 Distribute surveys one at a time. Please hand out a survey to each student in your class who has parental consent as indicated on the Student Consent List. If a student has consent to complete a survey, but is absent, please write the students name on a survey in PENCIL and ask them to complete the survey when is next suitable. Ask the student to erase their name from the top of the survey before sealing in the yellow envelope. Please ensure that any students who are not present on the day of the survey Step administration completes the survey at a later time THIS TERM. If a student refuses to do the survey, ask them to wait until the class has begun the survey. Encourage, but dont force them to participate. Remind them that they dont have to answer any questions they dont want to. Also emphasize the confidentiality of the surveys. If a student still refuses, provide them with an alternate activity. Keep your conversation with them quiet to avoid others around them joining in and also refusing to participate. Please record the number of students who refuse to participate on the Student Consent List. Please make sure that students completing the survey are seated in test conditions. Step 4. Distribute alternate school work or activities to students not completing the survey. Please ensure that students completing the alternate activity are NOT seated next to those completing the survey.
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Step 5 Begin the survey. Remind students that we are interested in what they have to say and to feel comfortable and confident to answer all questions as honestly as they can. ALL surveys are confidential.
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POSSIBLE STUDENT QUESTIONS AND APPROPRIATE RESPONSES What does this mean? If a student does not understand a question, please dont reword the question or give the answer. Its best to read the question to the student clearly and tell them to answer as best they can or to leave it blank. What do I do with the pictures on Page 2? These pictures provide a definition of bullying. When the student is answering the next questions they should think about bullying in this way. They can look back at this definition to remind themselves what bullying is. Does it count as bullying if it was your brother or sister? If the behaviour is occurring at school the student can include their brother or sister when answering. What does the number on top of the survey mean? The number on the top right-hand corner of the survey is used to identify your school and year level only. It is not possible to find out who completed a survey. The surveys are anonymous. To get started I will read aloud the instructions on the cover. Dear Student We are using this survey to find out how students treat each other at your school. We will be asking you some questions about bullying and your experiences while using the Internet or a mobile phone. All information you provide will remain confidential. No one at your school or your home will see your answers. Your survey will be sealed in an envelope and mailed to University researchers. Please DO NOT put your name on this survey. This is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. Please answer all the questions as honestly as you can. We are very interested in what you have to say and not what others around you think. If you dont want to answer any questions, you dont have to. If you do not want to complete this survey you do not have to. Before you turn the page and we start the survey, there are a few things we need to talk about. Lots of questions in this survey ask you about THIS TERM. Can everyone please think about THIS TERM when they answer the questions in this survey. Remember, your answers and the answers of other students are private. So please feel comfortable in answering each question based on what you think, not what you think your friends will write or what you think we want you to say. There are no right or wrong answers and everyone will answer differently. Remember, no-one at school not even me, will see your answers. Your parents will not see them either. When you are finished, your surveys will be collected and placed in an envelope, then sent to Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Please raise your hand if you have any questions. Before you begin answering the questions, I would first like to read aloud some examples of different types of bullying. Please turn the page
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Lets look at the following descriptions of bullying. You may have noticed that students sometimes bully other students and there are many ways that students can be bullied. Bullying is when these things happen AGAIN and AGAIN to someone who finds it hard to stop it from happening. Again and again means that these things keep happening to someone lots of times. Please look at the pictures below (while the students look at these pictures, please read out the descriptions below the illustration box). Some types of bullying can be physical, like hitting, kicking or pushing someone around; Others are done face to face, like making fun of or teasing others in mean or hurtful ways; Other types of bullying are done in ways that are not easily seen by adults or others. This type of bullying includes: Telling lies or nasty stories about someone behind their back; Making someone feel afraid that they may get hurt; Ignoring, excluding, or leaving someone out on purpose, or not letting someone join in; or Sending or posting mean and nasty pictures or words on the Internet or mobile phone. Does anyone have any questions about these types of bullying?
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When you answer the questions about bullying, please think about bullying in these ways. You can look back at the pictures at any time while answering the survey to help you remember what we mean by bullying. Before we continue, it is important to understand that it is not considered bullying when teasing is done in a friendly and playful way OR when two students who are AS STRONG AS each other get into a fight. Remember, while fighting is wrong, it is not bullying if those involved are as strong as each other. Now it is time to begin the survey. For each question, you will be asked to pick a response by circling a number. If you want to change an answer you have circled, put a cross through it and then circle the answer for that question that best describes you. Does anyone have any questions about how to answer the survey? Once you have finished the survey, please place it in the yellow envelope provided.
Step 6 DURING ADMINISTRATION: Please DONT move around the room and look at what students are writing.
Step 7 Once the survey is completed: please ask students to close their surveys and seal it in the yellow envelope provided. Ask a student to collect the surveys in the large student survey collection envelope. Stop students 2 minutes before the end of class even if not everyone has finished. Please complete the Questionnaire Summary Table at the bottom of your Student Consent List indicating: number of student surveys completed; number of absent students on the day of the survey administration; the number refused to complete the survey; and the number unable to complete a survey due to learning/literacy difficulties.
Thank you for completing this survey. If answering questions in this survey raises any
issues or feelings that concern you please talk to an adult you trust (e.g. parent, school counsellor, school nurse, or social worker). You can also phone the Kids Help Line. They provide free, confidential, anonymous, 24-hour telephone and online counselling service for young people aged between 5 and 18 years. I will hand out a card to everyone once all the surveys have been collected.
Please return the large yellow envelope containing all your students surveys, to the Covert Bullying Project Coordinator.
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The confidence intervals contained in this appendix, reflect the precision of the prevalence estimates for the bullying outcomes presented in Chapter 5. The confidence interval for the percentages presented give a range of values around the percentages where the true (population) prevalence can be expected to be located with 95% certainty. A smaller range indicates an estimate that is more precise. Small sample sizes with low numbers of students generate less precise estimates and will have wider confidence intervals. The confidence intervals were calculated using the technique of bootstrapping (using the R statistical package) due to the complex multistage sampling design and similarly complex weighting procedures used in this study. General Bullying Behaviour: Being bullied Q14. This term, how often were you bullied again and again by another student or group of students?
Year Level Confidence interval % Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 23.8 29.9 22.9 17.0 20.1 25.3 21.0 31.5 34.7 26.1 34.4 27.1 32.8 26.2
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Confidence interval Year 4 % Year 5 % 33.3 52.0 40.6 37.3 43.9 29.8 28.3 35.3 26.1 22.5 19.7 24.8 23.8 31.5 44.2 42.9 31.1 34.4 35.1 31.4 44.5 Year 6 % 31.5 19.2 19.3 22.0 28.2 7.6 16.7 37.6 26.5 28.2 29.2 39.6 14.2 28.0 Year 7 (Prim) % NA 16.7 16.3 7.1 NA NA 16.6 NA 48.6 42.7 13.2 NA NA 32.1 Year 7 (Sec) % 17.4 NA NA NA 16.1 18.2 NA 23.9 NA NA NA 50.6 34.4 NA Year 8 % 22.3 24.2 28.4 22.6 29.7 11.6 24.6 35.4 38.5 43.5 30.6 49.4 35.9 28.5 Year 9 % 18.0 20.5 25.1 17.1 9.1 14.7 18.4 26.3 33.3 37.6 22.5 24.0 27.5 24.2
NS W NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA
29.9 25.0 11.2 16.3 28.5 23.9 12.9
Year level
Gender Male Confidence interval % Female Confidence interval % 27.0 28.9 23.2 22.3 36.3 35.7 26.8 33.0
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim)
19.6 29.1 21.9 9.4
27.1 36.3 26.5 36.5
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23.8 27.8 16.6
34.7 45.2 25.4
16.9 21.5 22.2
24.8 28.9 27.6
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Sector Government Confidence interval % Non government Confidence interval % 24.4 22.7 23.5 20.0 20.9 19.1 18.0 30.2 30.2 30.6 25.8 29.4 30.3 23.2
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9
22.6 31.7 21.7 15.0 17.3 26.7 21.3
33.4 37.6 25.2 39.4 27.5 36.5 29.3
Year level Metropolitan Confidence interval % Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 Sector 23.7 31.3 23.0 18.9 17.2 21.5 20.6 Gender Male Confidence interval % Government Non government 24.0 24.5 31.1 28.9 26.2 21.0 Female Confidence interval % 29.7 24.2 30.4 35.2 26.3 39.5 23.8 31.0 24.7 19.1 21.6 20.6 8.2 24.4 30.9 17.6 Non metropolitan Confidence interval % 41.0 37.0 28.4 22.3 39.2 43.9 34.0
Covert Bullying Behaviour: Being bullied Q19. This term, how often were you bullied again and again by another student or group of students in ways that cant be easily seen by others?
Year Level
Confidence interval %
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim)
16.8 17.1 16.1 9.2
20.4 22.1 18.8 18.5
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ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA NA 23.6 0.0 9.6 10.0 9.4 14.3 9.1 NA 26.9 31.8 21.0 16.1 17.8 18.2 18.3
12.9 16.1 9.4
17.5 20.5 13.7
Year 5 %
NA 17.9 8.6 12.9 9.2 15.0 16.6 20.2 NA 27.7 21.7 24.3 18.7 18.5 20.8 30.4
Year 6 %
NA 23.7 14.7 13.5 11.8 17.9 3.4 12.6 NA 28.5 20.7 20.6 16.5 20.7 9.0 21.9
Year 7 (Prim) %
NA NA 12.5 8.1 3.4 NA NA 13.4 NA NA 33.3 21.7 7.6 NA NA 25.0
Year 7 (Sec) %
8.0 13.9 NA NA NA 10.2 8.7 NA 13.8 20.6 NA NA NA 35.4 15.2 NA
Year 8 %
7.5 16.0 12.5 19.2 12.4 20.9 5.7 12.1 10.0 23.2 15.4 30.6 22.2 24.7 17.1 21.9
Year 9 %
6.1 7.3 14.3 10.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 10.3 15.4 15.5 20.8 21.0 11.7 20.1 11.1 19.5
Year level
Gender Male Confidence interval % Female Confidence interval %

22.2 17.0 16.8 9.9 11.1 15.4 11.9 27.4 23.0 19.6 14.8 16.9 21.3 17.9
10.9 16.8 14.4 5.9 13.4 14.6 3.9
12.6 22.4 19.1 23.6 21.5 22.3 8.5
Year level
Sector Government Confidence interval % Non government Confidence interval %

16.6 12.0 13.0 8.6 14.3 11.3 7.3 21.0 15.3 19.0 16.5 21.3 16.6 12.9
16.2 18.7 16.6 8.5 10.4 17.6 9.3
20.9 25.7 19.3 21.0 16.4 24.3 15.2
Year level
Location Metropolitan Confidence interval Non metropolitan Confidence interval
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Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 17.4 18.6 16.4 9.5 11.2 13.7 8.7 20.8 22.8 18.6 20.6 16.0 18.6 13.6 11.2 9.5 12.4 5.9 14.7 18.6 8.6
%
22.8 25.4 21.2 17.0 24.7 30.7 16.9
Sector
Gender Male Confidence interval % Female Confidence interval % 17.1 14.3 20.2 17.0
Government Non government
14.2 12.2
17.3 14.1
Technology Bullying Behaviour: Being bullied Q16 (items m-t). Bullied by means of technology.
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Confidence interval %
3.7 4.9 5.1 3.6 6.6 5.7 6.2
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Confidence interval Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9
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% ACT NS W NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA NA 1.7 11.1 2.7 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.4 NA 6.4 16.7 7.7 18.4 10.2 5.6 13.3
% NA 5.5 0.0 1.0 6.3 3.3 5.6 1.7 NA 8.9 9.1 3.8 17.1 8.0 6.9 9.0
% NA 6.6 3.8 2.4 7.2 14.3 3.0 0.0 NA 8.1 7.1 5.8 9.1 17.4 6.8 1.3
% NA NA 7.4 1.3 7.1 NA NA 4.4 NA NA 12.0 7.3 17.0 NA NA 7.9
% 3.4 8.0 NA NA NA 3.7 3.2 NA 8.3 10.5 NA NA NA 25.3 5.7 NA
% 0.0 5.4 3.2 2.8 1.1 10.0 2.2 3.2 15.0 10.7 12.0 14.4 11.8 20.1 10.2 13.5
% 0.0 4.0 7.1 4.0 0.5 15.2 3.6 4.0 17.9 9.7 13.0 10.8 6.9 43.0 14.6 11.7
Year level
Gender Male Confidence interval % Female Confidence interval % 5.7 4.4 5.5 4.0 5.4 6.4 6.7 9.0 6.7 7.9 11.1 8.4 11.8 11.3
1.4 5.1 4.0 1.6 5.4 2.9 4.1
2.7 6.7 6.5 7.6 12.0 7.9 8.2
Year level
Sector Government Confidence interval % Non government Confidence interval % 4.2 4.4 9.3 4.8 7.4 4.5 7.4 9.3 8.2 12.4 9.2 11.4 9.2 12.0
2.9 4.7 3.0 2.3 5.4 5.3 4.3
5.4 6.3 4.5 8.9 7.3 11.1 9.0
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% Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 2.4 5.4 4.5 3.7 7.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 7.1 6.1 9.9 8.7 10.1 9.4 6.9 2.2 5.9 1.2 3.6 3.7 6.3
% 11.2 5.6 9.4 6.5 9.9 11.8 13.0
Sector
3.1 6.4
5.1 8.0
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Confidence interval Year 4 % Year 5 %

NA 4.1 21.7 3.2 5.3 18.3 2.2 7.8 NA 11.5 0.0 7.4 0.8 5.3 8.9 1.2 NA 14.7 19.4 16.6 5.8 14.6 10.9 6.0
Year 6 %
NA 8.3 3.8 2.2 6.4 14.3 2.3 2.7 NA 14.2 21.4 7.9 12.3 19.2 6.8 15.2
Year 7 (Prim) %
NA NA 16.7 1.0 1.5 NA NA 1.8
Year 7 (Sec) %
NA NA 32.4 9.3 8.5 NA NA 10.2 6.9 6.2 NA NA NA 3.1 7.6 NA
Year 8 %
8.3 9.7 NA NA NA 12.2 17.2 NA 5.0 7.9 3.8 6.6 10.2 6.0 5.0 7.7
Year 9 %
16.7 12.5 15.6 16.0 19.8 18.9 8.1 21.8 5.1 8.6 11.4 4.6 4.6 1.3 3.2 7.8
%
18.2 13.1 17.4 12.9 13.8 14.0 18.3 22.5
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NA 1.7 4.2 0.4 0.7 4.4 0.9 2.7
Year level

1.6 4.1 5.3 1.3 4.6 8.2 5.4 3.3 6.3 8.7 6.5 9.4 13.3 12.3
2.3 14.7 6.8 3.4 11.9 8.6 9.9
4.6 19.7 10.3 10.8 15.4 13.2 17.7
Year level

3.7 5.8 6.7 3.6 10.8 9.4 11.1 7.0 9.1 14.1 10.0 13.8 15.3 14.3
1.3 10.7 5.4 1.1 4.4 7.8 5.6
2.5 14.4 8.2 8.9 10.4 11.5 13.6
Year level Metropolitan Confidence interval % Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 1.4 11.1 6.2 3.1 14.2 9.9 4.3 2.8 5.1 Non metropolitan Confidence interval % 6.7 8.4 9.6
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Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9
1.8 6.3 9.2 7.2
9.2 10.9 13.2 11.3
2.1 9.4 7.1 8.5
9.2 13.3 11.6 22.8
Sector
9.0 11.2
10.9 13.7
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Confidence interval Year 4 % Year 5 % NA 1.9 12.0 1.1 3.7 12.6 1.9 4.3 NA 8.1 0.0 5.0 0.7 3.5 3.3 0.4 NA 11.0 11.4 9.9 3.4 7.9 4.0 4.0 Year 6 % NA 7.6 3.7 0.7 1.6 10.0 1.0 0.0 NA 11.4 20.7 4.9 4.8 12.4 4.0 5.3 Year 7 (Prim) % NA NA 8.3 0.4 0.4 NA NA 0.5 % NA NA 22.2 6.3 6.3 NA NA 5.0 0.0 2.6 NA NA NA 1.0 2.6 NA Year 7 (Sec) % 6.9 5.5 NA NA NA 10.1 10.6 NA 5.0 2.9 3.8 3.6 6.8 2.1 1.8 0.0 Year 8 % 10.0 4.8 6.3 12.4 10.5 14.4 4.4 9.3 5.1 1.6 9.5 3.1 0.1 1.0 2.1 3.2 Year 9 % 9.1 6.2 16.7 8.1 3.9 10.1 8.3 8.3
ACT NS W NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA
NA 0.4 2.3 0.3 0.3 2.7 0.5 1.8
Year level
Gender Male Confidence interval % Female Confidence interval % 0.6 1.8 4.4 0.6 3.0 3.9 2.0 1.8 3.8 6.6 5.1 7.5 7.4 5.5
Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 Year level
1.2 9.2 4.1 1.6 3.1 3.2 4.2 Sector Government
2.2 11.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 6.3 8.8
Non government Confidence interval % 1.9 2.9 4.2 1.3 4.0 4.7 5.4 3.3 4.9 8.4 6.2 7.5 6.8 9.0
Confidence interval % Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 0.5 6.6 4.0 0.6 1.8 3.1 1.4 1.3 8.6 5.9 5.8 7.3 6.7 5.0
Year level Metropolitan Confidence interval % Year 4 Year 5 0.7 6.3 1.3 7.7 1.5 1.9 Non metropolitan Confidence interval % 4.4 7.5
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Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9
4.4 0.9 2.8 3.9 2.7
6.5 5.9 7.3 6.8 5.7
3.0 0.9 2.5 2.8 4.0
7.2 5.5 6.9 6.8 9.2
Sector
4.4 4.9
5.7 7.6
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Confidence interval Year 4

%
Year 5
% NA 1.9 4.4 4.3 2.5 4.5 0.0 4.2 NA 0.4 0.0 2.3 1.1 4.4 0.5 0.5 NA 2.0 4.3 4.1 3.7 6.9 1.1 8.3
Year 6
% NA 0.9 0.0 0.4 2.5 4.3 0.6 0.4 NA 3.9 6.1 0.9 10.1 6.9 4.3 3.7
Year 7 (Prim)
% NA NA 0.0 0.3 1.8 NA NA 0.5 % NA NA 13.9 3.2 11.0 NA NA 7.1
Year 7 (Sec)
% 3.4 1.9 NA NA NA 2.3 2.2 NA 20.8 4.4 NA NA NA 11.7 12.2 NA
Year 8
% 2.5 0.5 8.0 2.3 0.9 13.4 3.1 5.8 15.8 6.1 9.1 6.6 5.5 20.9 4.6 14.8
Year 9
% 3.0 1.1 9.3 6.7 0.0 5.2 1.5 4.5 10.3 10.5 12.5 11.4 4.0 9.9 2.3 12.6
ACT NSW NT QLD SA TAS VIC WA
NA 0.2 4.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3
Year level

0.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 1.5 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.7 3.0 4.5 5.9 6.7 7.4
0.2 1.4 1.6 1.5 4.5 4.1 4.6
0.6 3.9 3.3 5.4 10.2 6.0 8.2
Year level

0.8 2.0 3.2 1.8 4.6 6.3 6.0 2.4 3.6 8.1 5.4 7.9 10.6 13.9
0.1 1.0 0.1 0.8 1.3 1.2 1.4
1.8 2.1 1.4 4.2 7.2 4.1 4.3
137
Year level Metropolitan Confidence interval %

Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 (Prim) Year 7 (Sec) Year 8 Year 9 0.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 2.1 3.0 3.7 0.7 2.4 3.3 4.3 6.5 5.7 8.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.8 4.4 3.4 2.6
Non metropolitan Confidence interval %

6.0 3.4 3.1 5.3 8.9 9.4 7.7
Sector
1.6 5.3
2.8 7.6
138

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At school Before school

c Immediately after school d At night

e During school holidays f On the weekend

a Mainly one male? b A group of males? c Mainly one female?

d A group of females? e Both males and females?

(Adapted from Rigby & Slee, 1998)

(please circle one number for each statement)

j Web page k Other (please describe)

a I ignored it b I told my parents about it c I told an adult at school about it

What should teachers do to help kids talk about these things?

Please DO NOT put your name on this survey.

Thank you for your help.

1-3 Once times a a week month 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

h Computer WITHOUT Internet connection at a place other than

Yes a b Internet at school Internet at home 1 1 1 1

I dont have access to this 3 3 3 3

c Mobile phone at school d Mobile phone at home

8. In your home, do you use a computer with Internet access?

h In the games room or play room

In the spare room

j Other (please 1 describe)_______________________________________

e I made another student feel afraid that I would hurt them

Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2

Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3

About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4

Most days this term 5 5 5 5 5 5

This did not happe n to me this term

Once or twice this term 2 2 2

Every few weeks this term 3 3 3

About once a week this term 4 4 4

Most days this term 5 5 5

Ive been made to feel afraid I would get hurt

I had secrets told about me to f others behind my back, to hurt me

Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

Most days this term 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Most days this term

d On the way home from school

At home At a friends house Other (please describe)

A few times this term 2 2 2 2 2 2

Lots of times this term 3 3 3 3 3 3

k I changed my mobile phone number, or got a silent number, or changed my passwords or

username l I turned off my computer or mobile phone, or blocked messages or profiles 1 1 2 2 3 3

A Website (please write 1 name)____________________________ Other (who did you ask?)__________________________ 1

Neither agree nor disagree 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

(adapted from Rigby & Slee, 1998)

I was not bullied these ways this term

Once or twice this term 2 2 2 2 2 2

Every few weeks this term 3 3 3 3 3 3

About once a week this term 4 4 4 4 4 4

Most days this term

____________________ Other (please describe)

(Electronic Bullying Survey)

Other (please describe)

32. How do you feel about your school?

(McNeely, 2002; Resnick, 1997)

33. Do you feel safe at school?

(adapted from Peer Relations Questionnaire, Rigby & Slee, 1998)

Never a I feel alone at school 1 1

b I have lots of friends to talk to at school

37. How many times in the PAST MONTH:

A Website (please write 1 name)__ Other (who did you ask?) 1