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Salmivalli, K. Lagerspetz, K. Björkqvist, K. Osterman, and A. Kaukiainen, "Bullying as a Group
Process: Participant Roles and Their Relations to Social Status within the Group," Aggressive Behavior 22
(1996): 1-15.
Dan Olweus, "Peer Harassment: A Critical Analysis and Some Important Issues," in Peer
Harassment in School, ed. J. Juvonen and S. Graham (New York: Guilford Publications, 2001): 3-20.
This circle of bullying has provided educators and parents the material to construct and try to
eliminate bullying in the home and also in the school. With the development this circle, it is easier to
determine who exactly the bully is, the victim of that bully and the surrounding indirect participants.
Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
The Olweus Bullying Questionnaire is an important planning tool before and after program
implementation.
• Includes a narrative report to help you interpret results
• Compares your school's results to national data
• Presents results in graphs already formatted on PowerPoint slides
• A District Report and Trends Report is also available.
(http://www.olweus.org/public/questionnaire.page).
The questionnaire that has been developed by Dr. Olweus has questions that include : How often
have you been bullied at the school in the last couple months ; with the answers consisting of I have not
been bullied at school, it has happened once or twice, 2 to 3 times a month, about once a week or several
times a week. The questionnaire also defines exactly what bullying is and how to distinguish bullying from
something different. The questions are worded as such so it will not confuse the students and the answers
are grouped together so the students can calculate their answer accordingly.
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