ABSTRACT
Bullying is an unprovoked attack intended to cause distress and discomfort to others. Although bullying has been a problem for centuries, it is only in the past 20–30 years that it has become a topic of scholarly investigation and concern, first in Scandinavia (Olweus, 1978, 1993) and later in other parts of Europe and the world (see Jimerson, Swearer, & Espelage, 2010; Smith et al., 2002). Serious study of this phenomenon in the United States did not really start until 1998, motivated by a rash of school shootings and findings that indicated that school shooters were all victimized by bullies at school (Vossekuil, Fein, Reddy, Borum, & Modzeleski, 2002).
