Abstract:
Over time, the perception that bullying victimization is limited to the playground has faded. Many now accept that bullying can still have an impact as people move through adolescence into adulthood…The present study is an examination of the experiences of bullying victimization, perpetration, and fear where the participants were students at SHSU. Some of the advantages of this study relative to the large national level works include our ability to address multiple forms of bullying victimization, including cyberbullying victimization. We are able to explore bullying victimization of college students while also retrospectively addressing bullying victimization that occurred while these participants were in high school. We also asked participants about their experiences in engaging bullying behavior themselves…Finally, we asked our participants about the consequences of their bullying victimization experiences. This report specifically details the students’ fear of future victimization and perception of risk of future victimization on campus, at home, and retrospectively during their time in high school. (Author Text)