WHAT IS BULLYING?

Bullying is a form of abuse. It comprises repeated acts over time that involves a real or
perceived imbalance of power with the more power individual or group abusing those
who are less powerful. The power imbalance may be social power and/or physical
power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a target.

Bullying consists of 4 basic types of abuse-emotional, verbal, physical &

cyberbullying. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as psychological
manipulation.

TYPES OF BULLYING/ABUSE

1. Emotional bullying-is something everyone remembers from their childhood.

You’re remembering emotional bullying, is when a person tries to get what they
want by making others feel angry or afraid.

2. Verbal bullying-is a means of using words in a negative way such as insults,

teasing, put down, etc to gain power over someone else’s life, many people lives
have been destroyed by verbal abuse at home, in schools and business settings.

3. Physical bullying-is when one person or a group of people picks on harasses

another person by confronting them face-to-face. It can range from subtle
actions to casually degrade the person over time, to a series of more aggressive
and direct acts to purposefully hurt the person in a more immediate manner.

4. Cyberbullying-the use of electronic communication to bully a person, typically

by sending messages of an intimidating or threatening nature, is a bullying that
takes place using electronic technology.