Bullying behavior doesn't necessarily have to take place physically. A phenomenon of our modern technological age, known as "cyber-bullying", is now becoming increasingly common amongst users of the internet, mobile phones and other digitial technologies.

To bully someone is to intentionally cause another person unhappiness through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other methods of coercion, such as intimidation or manipulation. Victims of bullying, often referred to as targets, can suffer long term psychological damage and stress related disease in later life, and even death, usually as a result of homicide by the bully, or as a result of suicide. Bullying, therefore, is a serious issue that needs to be dealth with effectively.

In this section, you will find articles, resources and information related to bullying, such as identifying bullying tactics and bullying behavior, dealing with bullies and perpetrators of abuse, preventing bullying at school, verbal bullying, physical bullying, cyberbullying, characteristics of bullies, the history of bullying, differences between hazing, ragging and bullying, strategies to cope with bullying, helping victims of bullying at school, bullying statistics, effects of bullying, social aggression and hostility in children, types of bullying and recourses for victims of bullying.