The document summarizes the results of a questionnaire given to 51 students participating in a leadership training program in Romania. The questionnaire asked students about their experiences with verbal bullying and name-calling. Key findings include: over 60% of boys and over 70% of girls reported being called names, most students said they would intervene if they witnessed verbal bullying, and over 80% of boys and over 50% of girls believe verbal bullying strongly impacts personality development. The conclusions note some inconsistencies but overall show that many students are aware of verbal bullying and its harmful effects.
2. The subjects of our questionnaire were 51
students all participants in the LTTA ROMANIA,
from the Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey Italy
and Romania.
There were 18 boys and 33 girls.
The age range was 15-19 .
3. 1.Have you ever been called names?
BOYS
A. YES-63,53
B. NO
C. DON'T
REMEMBER-
GIRLS
A.YES-
72,72%
B. NO
C. DON'T
REMEMBER
4. 2.Have you ever verbally bullied
someone?
BOYS
A. ONCE
B. A FEW
TIMES
C.NEVER-
63,53%
GIRLS
A. ONCE
B. A FEW
TIMES
C.NEVER-
45,45%
5. 3.How would you react if you saw
someone being verbally bullied?
BOYS
A.
IGNORE
HIM/HER
B.STAND
FOR
HIM/HER-
53,84%
GIRLS
A.
IGNORE
HIM/HER
B.STAND
FOR
HIM/HER
72,23%
6. 4.Have you ever been made fun of?
BOYS
A. YES
B. NO
C. DON'T
REMEMBER
GIRLS
A.YES
B.NO
C. DON'T
REMEMBER
7. 5.Do you think verbal bullying is as
rough as the other types of bullying?
BOYS
A.YES-
63,63%
B. NO
C.THE
ROUGHEST
GIRLS
A.YES-
39,39%
B.NO39,39%
C.THE
ROUGHEST
8. 6.Which is the appropriate way to
stop verbal harassment?
BOYS
A.EDUCATION
B.FAMILY
C.FRIEND
GIRLS
A.
EDUCATION
B.FAMILY
C.FRIENDS
9. 7.To what extend do you believe that verbal
bullying affects your personality?
BOYS
A.VERY
MUCH-
82,12%
B.A
LITTLE
GIRLS
A. VERY
MUCH
54,83%
B.A
LITTLE
C.NOT AT
ALL
10. CONCLUSIONS
? 1. A high percentage of students stated that have been
called names;
? 2. The majority say they haven¡¯t been verbally bullied. This is
in contradiction with the first question. It may mean that
some of the students haven¡¯t understood the meaning of
the first one;
? 3.In what regards their reaction to verbal bullying, the
majority of both boys and girls said they would stand for the
bullied student, help him/her;
? 4. Many students consider verbal bullying a rough form of
bullying if not the roughest;
? 5. In order to stop verbal harassment students stated they
would especially turn to education and family placing friends
on third place;
? 6. most students that answered the questionnaire are
convinced that verbal bullying does affect their their
personality.