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I wonder if bullies are more likely to lie on surveys about these variables - e.g. they say they're happier because they're putting up a front all the time - even for anonymous surveys. Could relate to:
Rob Frenette, co-founder of the advocacy and support group Bullying Canada, says he has yet to encounter a bully who did not have some underlying issue — such as violence at home — that was a likely environmental trigger for the bullying.
Obviously this would be pretty tough to tease out.
A pity that the study is rejected by people based on not liking the outcome of the study, instead of doing a peer review or trying to conduct a repeat study to see if the outcome is correct.
Regardless how you feel about bullying, you should work with what is proven to be true, not reject something because 'it doesn't feel right'. It might turn out the study was flawed, but please prove that instead of rejecting it because you don't like the outcome. This is science, not religion.
I'm not rejecting the study or disagreeing with its outcome, and didn't say that anywhere in my OP. It's an interesting topic, and like all science, one study doesn't confirm or deny anything. This study is the beginning of an interesting conversation that I'm looking forward to following along with. Relax.
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[–] mox 1 point 29 points 30 points (+30|-1) ago
I wonder if bullies are more likely to lie on surveys about these variables - e.g. they say they're happier because they're putting up a front all the time - even for anonymous surveys. Could relate to:
Obviously this would be pretty tough to tease out.
[–] anonlymouse [S] 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
The problem with that is you have to make sure non-bullies don't have problems at home.
[–] RonaldRayGuns 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
who doesn't have 'some underlying issue'? that's a bullshit factoid
[–] yafgi ago
A pity that the study is rejected by people based on not liking the outcome of the study, instead of doing a peer review or trying to conduct a repeat study to see if the outcome is correct. Regardless how you feel about bullying, you should work with what is proven to be true, not reject something because 'it doesn't feel right'. It might turn out the study was flawed, but please prove that instead of rejecting it because you don't like the outcome. This is science, not religion.
[–] mox ago
I'm not rejecting the study or disagreeing with its outcome, and didn't say that anywhere in my OP. It's an interesting topic, and like all science, one study doesn't confirm or deny anything. This study is the beginning of an interesting conversation that I'm looking forward to following along with. Relax.