Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the reason why students contact adults if they are involved in any kind of bullying, what support they had received and wished for, as well as to investigate why student don’t contact adults. About of 150 students, 50 girls and 56 boys (70%) had experienced bullying of different kinds; some had more than one kind of experience. The students expressed that they had contacted adults when they “felt unwell” and to “stop bullying”. There were no statistical significant differences between bullied, bullies and bystanders or girls and boys regarding their contacts with adults and their satisfaction with received support. When the students had evaluated their contacts with adults 32 of 40 were content with the support. Regarding support from adults, students wish for “concrete solutions” and “that adults would listen more”. Reasons why student had not contacted adults were that they “dared not” and “did not know who to talk to”. To stop the bullying the students proposed “better knowledge and efficient actions against bullying” as well as “zero tolerance to bullying”.

Keyworld: school students, bullying, adult support