Bullying: Characterisation and the state of international research

Abstract

During the last years, the bullying issue has become an important multi-disciplinary phenomenon of study in the European Union, involving psychologists, sociologists, educationalists, paediatricians, statisticians and geographers. The interest for the study of bullying involves, on the one hand, the passionate printed articles that do not leave anyone indifferent, and increase interest in the area and, on the other hand, the progress achieved on the issue through European research starting with the work of Dan Olweus and eventually of other scholars.