Bullying is an insidiously aggressive behavior characterized by repetitiveness, asymmetry (a bully dominating his victim) and

intent to do harm (Olweus, 1993). Any individual concerned will fall into one of four categories: bully, victim, bully/victim or
not involved. If numerous researchers have taken an interest in the psychopathological impact of bullying on its victims,
there have been few studies devoted to the differences in the psychology of adolescents depending on their status in
bullying. Our research refers to the theoretical pattern of Crick and Dodge (1994) to process social information. They
contend the information will be processed in six stages in interaction with the central nervous system which involves the
regulation of emotions and the command of social skills. We have carried out two experiments. In the course of semi-
Structured individual interviews, seven hundred and seventeen (717) secondary school students answered different sets of
questions about bullying and social information processing mechanisms. In both studies we have performed statistical
analyses. The main results show different types of information processing depending on the status in bullying