چکیده (انگلیسی):

ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of bullying / victimization and gender
differences in the study sample. For this purpose 564 students from middle school were selected by cluster random
sampling and they completed demographic questionnaire, and Illinois Bullying Scale. Results showed that overall,
79.6% of pupils in some way - from mild to severe - are involved in bullying and about 81% are bullied as victims. In
addition, 88% of students were categorized as bully/victims. Findings also showed that 85% of boys and 72% of girls
somehow - from mild to severe - to have attempted bullying. Approximately, 87% of boys and 73% of girls are
victims of bullying. In addition, 92% of boys and 84% of girls were identified as bully/victims. Finally, using
independent t-test revealed that that in bullying and victimization is significant difference between boys and girls,
in the level of 0.001. Thus, it was found that boys, more than girls, to bully others. And more boys than girls are
being bullied or are bullying victims.