Abstract

School bullying has been identified as a problematic behavior among adolescents, affecting school achievement, prosocial skills, and psychological well-being for both victims and perpetrators. The purpose of this study was to identify different ways of bullying among 77 students of public secondary school, in Kathmandu, Nepal. A descriptive, cross-sectional study design was carried out to study bullying among students in grade nine. Semi-structured questionnaire related to socio-demographic information and factors associated with bullying was used along with Olweus Bullying Questionnaire. The mean age of respondents was 15.5 years. Victims faced bullies like verbal, physical, social, relational, and cyber-related bullying. About 87% of respondents experienced verbal bullying. according to respondents the major reason for bullying was their physical weakness (84.4%). Keywords: bully, children, adolescents, violence in school.

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