(ANSA) – ROME, JUN 26 – One in five children in Italy are victims of bullying, Istat said Thursday.
The phenomenon occurs persistently over time and affects especially the youngest – between 11 and 13 years old – and foreigners more than Italians, the stats agency said in a survey carried out in 2023 that focuses on bullying and cyberbullying among young people.
The data indicate that 68.5% of children between 11 and 19 years old say they have been the victim of at least one offensive, disrespectful or violent behavior, online or offline in a year.
Therefore, 21% have suffered the same behaviors several times a month, while 8% speak of an even higher frequency, weekly.
However, the phenomenon is not the same everywhere.
According to the snapshot taken by Istat, the geographical area where bullying episodes are least concentrated is, in fact, the South of the country, while in the North-West there is the highest percentage, 71%, of children between 11 and 19 years old who said they had received offensive and/or violent behavior in a year.
If the phenomenon is not the same everywhere, the percentages also change based on age: the most exposed, in fact, are the very young, between 11 and 13 years old, 23.7% against 19.8% of the 14-19 age group.
Offenses, insults, exclusion, marginalization.
Those who suffer these bullying attitudes – online and/or offline – are foreign children, the main victims of bullying: 26.8% said they had been bullied more than once a month, against 20.4% among Italians.
And some more than others: like Romanians and Ukrainians, 29.2% and 27.8% respectively.
There is then a distinction between boys and girls, overall, with regard to harassing actions.
Males who are victims of continuous insults are 16% compared to 12.3% of females, while for girls the exclusion exceeds 12% against 8.5% among boys.
The so-called direct actions, such as insults and offenses, are precisely the most reported by the total of young people between 11 and 19 years old.
In fact, over half of the kids in a year have felt offended or insulted at least once.
In addition to offline bullying, the survey also sheds light on what happens online, in an era in which over 90% of young people between 11 and 19 years old have declared that they spend at least two hours a day on the internet.
In this regard, 34% of kids in the same age group said they had suffered harassing behavior online at least once in a year, and 7.8% had been victims several times a month.
According to the survey, the most bullied are boys: 8.9% versus 6.6% of girls.
And in this case too, the ones who suffer the most from cyberbullying are foreign kids: 39.8% versus 33.3% of Italians.
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The phenomenon occurs persistently over time and affects especially the youngest – between 11 and 13 years old – and foreigners more than Italians, the stats agency said in a survey carried out in 2023 that focuses on bullying and cyberbullying among young people.
The data indicate that 68.5% of children between 11 and 19 years old say they have been the victim of at least one offensive, disrespectful or violent behavior, online or offline in a year.
Therefore, 21% have suffered the same behaviors several times a month, while 8% speak of an even higher frequency, weekly.
However, the phenomenon is not the same everywhere.
According to the snapshot taken by Istat, the geographical area where bullying episodes are least concentrated is, in fact, the South of the country, while in the North-West there is the highest percentage, 71%, of children between 11 and 19 years old who said they had received offensive and/or violent behavior in a year.
If the phenomenon is not the same everywhere, the percentages also change based on age: the most exposed, in fact, are the very young, between 11 and 13 years old, 23.7% against 19.8% of the 14-19 age group.
Offenses, insults, exclusion, marginalization.
Those who suffer these bullying attitudes – online and/or offline – are foreign children, the main victims of bullying: 26.8% said they had been bullied more than once a month, against 20.4% among Italians.
And some more than others: like Romanians and Ukrainians, 29.2% and 27.8% respectively.
There is then a distinction between boys and girls, overall, with regard to harassing actions.
Males who are victims of continuous insults are 16% compared to 12.3% of females, while for girls the exclusion exceeds 12% against 8.5% among boys.
The so-called direct actions, such as insults and offenses, are precisely the most reported by the total of young people between 11 and 19 years old.
In fact, over half of the kids in a year have felt offended or insulted at least once.
In addition to offline bullying, the survey also sheds light on what happens online, in an era in which over 90% of young people between 11 and 19 years old have declared that they spend at least two hours a day on the internet.
In this regard, 34% of kids in the same age group said they had suffered harassing behavior online at least once in a year, and 7.8% had been victims several times a month.
According to the survey, the most bullied are boys: 8.9% versus 6.6% of girls.
And in this case too, the ones who suffer the most from cyberbullying are foreign kids: 39.8% versus 33.3% of Italians.
(ANSA).
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