In the attachments section at the bottom of this page, you will find all editions of our ‘Focus on: Bullying’ reports, our annual summary of bullying research in the UK (or involving UK participants).
The latest edition looks at articles on Bullying published during 2023. It is restricted to research relevant to children and young people, including students in higher or further education, and to studies that had bullying as a primary or substantial focus.
The Focus on: Bullying reports are written by Peter K Smith of Goldsmiths, University of London.
The latest edition, Focus on: Bullying 2023, includes:
- Context: Government
- Prevalence
- Definitional issues
- Measures
- The use of Participatory Action Research
- Studies on related factors
- Victimisation and depression
- SITBs (Self-injurious thoughts and behaviours)
- Deprivation and neighbourhood factors
- Social gains of bullying
- Sibling bullying
- Groups at risk
- Attitudes and bystanders
- Outside school: sports
- Outside school: college and university
- Anti-bullying policies
- Interventions