Bullying is not just a normal, if unpleasant, part of growing up, according to

Federal researchers. Rather, children who bully other children appear to be at

risk for engaging in more serious violent behaviors, such as frequent fighting and
carrying a weapon. Moreover, victims of bullying also are at risk for engaging in
these kinds of violent behaviors.

“It appears that bullying is not an isolated behavior, but a sign that children
may be involved in more violent behaviors,” said Duane Alexander, M.D., Director
of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). “The
implication is that children who bully other children may benefit from programs
seeking to prevent not just bullying, but other violent behaviors as well.” The
researchers conducted a nationally representative survey of bullying in U.S.
schools. Their findings appear in the April Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent
Medicine. The research team included members from the National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
and from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Both NIH and
HRSA are part of the Department of Health and Human Services.

An objective of the research was to determine if bullying is related to other

forms of violence-related behavior, said the study’s first author, Tonja R.
Nansel, Ph.D., of NICHD’s Division of Epidemiolgy, Statistics, and Prevention
Research. The study authors analyzed information from an NICHD-funded survey of
15,686 students in grades 6 through 10 in public and private schools throughout
the United States. The survey included questions about whether students had
bullied others, had been bullied themselves, had carried a weapon, fought
frequently, or had been injured in a fight. Before questions about bullying were
asked, the survey provided a definition of bullying to the students. “We say a
student is BEING BULLIED when another student, or group of students, say or do
nasty and unpleasant things to him or her. It is also bullying when a student is
teased repeatedly in a way he or she doesn’t like.”

The researchers found that boys across all age groups were more likely to be
involved in bullying and violent behaviors than were girls. Both children who
bullied and their victims were more likely than youth who had never been involved
in bullying to engage in violent behaviors themselves. However, the association
between bullying and other forms of violence was greatest for those who bullied
others. For example, among boys who said they had bullied others at least once a
week in school, 52.2 percent had carried a weapon in the past month, 43.1 percent
carried a weapon in school, 38.7 percent were involved in frequent fighting, and
45.7 percent reported having been injured in a fight. By comparison, of the boys
who said they had been bullied in school every week, 36.4 percent had carried a
weapon, 28.7 percent carried a weapon in school, 22.6 percent said they were
involved in frequent fighting, and about 31.8 percent said they had been injured
in a fight.

Of the boys who had never bullied others in school, 13.4 percent carried a weapon
in the past month, 7.9 percent carried a weapon in school, 8.3 percent were
involved in frequent fighting, and 16.2 percent had been injured in a fight. Among
the boys who had never been bullied in school, 18.7 percent carried a weapon in
the last month, 12.2 percent carried a weapon in school, 12.4 percent were
involved in frequent fighting, and 18.3 percent were injured in a fight.

Boys who bullied others when they were away from school were at the greatest risk
for engaging in violence-related behaviors. Among the boys who had bullied others
once a week while away from school, 70.2 percent had carried a weapon, 58.1
percent reported carrying a weapon in school, 44.8 percent said they fought
frequently, and 56.1 percent had been injured in a fight. Among the boys who had
never bullied others away from school, 14.3 percent had carried a weapon in the
past month, 8.4 percent had carried a weapon in school, 8.8 percent were involved
in frequent fighting, and 16.6 percent had been injured in a fight. Of the boys
who had never been bullied away from school, 16.9 percent had carried a weapon in
the past month, 10.6 percent carried a weapon in school, 11.2 percent were
involved in frequent fighting, and 17.9 percent had been injured in a fight. The
researchers wrote that bullying occurring away from school grounds may be more
severe than bullying at school, where there is adult supervision and more
protection against violence.

“Findings from this study suggest that programs designed to reduce violent
behaviors should address less severe forms of aggressive behavior, particularly
bullying,” the study authors wrote. “Bullying, as a behavior that is inflicted
with the desire to harm another, seems to be an important marker for violence-
related behaviors.” The authors believe their study is the first to examine how
bullying relates to other forms of violence. Previous studies, Dr. Nansel
explained, have included youth from a small geographic area and looked only at how
bullying relates to a single violence-related behavior. In 2001, Dr. Nansel and
colleagues at NICHD and HRSA conducted a survey that determined the extent of
bullying in U.S. Schools. A release describing this earlier study has been posted.
Dr. Nansel said earlier studies have concluded that the effects of bullying
behavior carry into adulthood. People who were bullied as children are more likely
to suffer from depression and low self esteem as adults, and the people who
bullied others when they were children are more likely to engage in criminal
behavior later in life.

“In this study, a strong and consistent relationship between bullying and violent
behaviors was observed,” the authors wrote. “This suggests that bullying is likely
to occur concurrently with more serious aggressive behavior, and while prevalent,
should not be considered a normative aspect of youth development.”

1. ‘study’ in paragraph 7, line 4 refer to

A the research
B Bully
C behaviors
D the study authors

2. The research team that represents survey of bullying in U.S. schools is

theNational Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
and the Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA).

A True
B False
C Not stated

3. The purpose of the research is to

A determined the extent of bullying in U.S. Schools the National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes
of Health (NIH)
B decreases the number of bulling in school with the help of the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) of the
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
C determine if bullying is related to other forms of violence-related behavior
D examine that why bullying relates to other forms of violence

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A the research is to examine how bullying relates to violence

B the research is to determine if bullying is related to violence-related
behavior
C men who bullied others when they were away from school were at the
greatest risk for engaging in violence-related behaviors
D 70.9 percent of boys who had bullied others once a week while away from
school had carried a
weapon

5. According to the above article, which of the following is false?

A the effects of bullying behavior could be carried into adulthood

B children who bullied others are more likely to engage in criminal behavior
later in life
C bullying and violent behaviors does not relate to each other

6. Find the meaning of ‘unpleasant’

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
‘Unpleasant’ is an adjective

7. Opposite of ‘unpleasant’ …………………………..an adjective

Question 8 and 9

Based on the article above, make a sentence by using the word that use this/these
definition/s

8. ‘to force somebody to have something unpleasant or that he/she does not want’

The word …………… a verb

The sentence

.……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………

9. ‘alone or apart from other people or things’

The word ………….an adjective

The sentence

……………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………

10. Rearrange ‘nletiov’ …………….an adjective, paragraph 1, line 4