Forms of Bullying and Associations Between School Perceptions and Being Bullied Among Finnish Secondary School Students Aged 13 and 15

Table 3 Different forms of bullying: percentages of 15-year-old students who have experienced different forms of bullying, by gender

	15 years
	Boys				Girls				Sig.
	Never, %	Once or twice a month, %	2–3 times a month, %	Weekly, %	Never, %	Once or twice a month, %	2–3 times a month, %	Weekly, %	Sig.
Incidences of bullying (overall)	74	17	4	5	77	15	4	4	0.283
I was called mean names, was made fun of, or teased in a hurtful way	64	23	5	7	72	17	6	5	< 0.001
Other students left me out of things on purpose, excluded me from their group of friends, or completely ignored me	86	9	2	3	81	11	3	6	0.001
I was hit, kicked, pushed, shoved around, or locked indoors	86	9	3	3	96	3	1	2	< 0.001
Other students told lies or spread false rumours about me and tried to make others dislike me	81	11	4	3	78	13	6	3	0.166
Other students made sexual jokes, or gestures to me	83	9	3	5	83	10	4	3	0.084
I’ve been bullied on the Internet, by e-mail, or with pictures	95	3	1	1	94	4	1	1	0.886
I’ve been bullied via mobile phone	97	2	1	1	97	2	1	0	0.609