Prevalence of Types of bullying in schools in Yazd city from the perspective of teachers.

This study examined the prevalence of bullying in schools from the perspective of the teachers. In this Research 416 teachers were employed in secondary sector (200 men and 216 women) selected to a cluster random sampling method and participated in the survey. For measuring different types of bullying a 15-Items questionnaire was made. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Chi square test. Findings showed that the highest incidence of bullying in boys، respectively، for the name calling (43%)، making fun of others (42%)، Insult (36%)، and kicking (34%) is. In girls، the highest rates of bullying، was “making fun of others” (26/9%). In the comparison between boys and girls، the boys were in the majority of types of bullying، but the rumors، excluding others from participation in، and to disrupt friendships، girls are significantly different. Accordingly، boys more than girls، were committed all types of bullying related to the three categories. Since this study shows that types of bullying -particularly verbal bullying- is common، schools should be reduce the rate، through anti-bullying programs.