Bullying Aggression
Dimension 280 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Bullying Aggression measures the presence of hostile, degrading, or coercive interpersonal behavior expressed through teasing, insults, intimidation, exclusion, rumor-spreading, and physical or sexual aggression. It encompasses both perpetrating and being targeted by repeated mean or domineering treatment in everyday relationships.
evidence final name · Conflict Tactic
Minimal Bullying Aggression
Expressions activating this band show little clear bullying content and instead contain scattered conflict, offense, firmness, or unrelated interpersonal difficulty. When aggression appears, it is isolated or weakly specified rather than a clear pattern of targeted degrading or coercive treatment.
Low Bullying Aggression
Expressions activating this band describe concrete hurtful acts such as rudeness, insults, slaps, coercive sexual behavior, or being treated as inferior. The aggression is interpersonal and harmful, but it is usually presented as specific incidents or distressing interactions rather than a strongly elaborated bullying pattern.
Moderate Bullying Aggression
Expressions activating this band depict recognizable bullying through fighting, picking on others, nasty treatment, humiliation, repeated hurtful comments, or serious harm toward siblings or peers. The behavior is more clearly targeted and recurrent, with both verbal and physical forms of mistreatment represented.
High Bullying Aggression
Expressions activating this band center on overt bullying and threatening behavior, including name-calling, insults, spiteful acts, repeated picking on others, and intimidation across social settings. The aggression is direct, socially recognizable, and framed as a pattern of targeting or dominating another person.
Severe Bullying Aggression
Expressions activating this band portray sustained cruel peer-directed mistreatment marked by mean teasing, rumor-spreading, derogatory messaging, deliberate exclusion, and physical assault. The aggression is explicitly bullying in form, with strong social humiliation, rejection, and victimization.
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Minimal Conflict Tactic: Conflict tactic is present at a low level. Expressions activating this band reflect early or diffuse conflict tactic.
Emerging Conflict Tactic: Conflict tactic is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where conflict tactic was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. Expressions activating this band reflect conflict tactic at this level of intensity.
Elevated Conflict Tactic: Conflict tactic is present here in a general or mixed form without a single dominant facet. Unlike the band below, where conflict tactic was characterized by a general form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band may reflect general or diffuse conflict tactic.
Severe Conflict Tactic: Conflict tactic is clearly present at this level. Unlike the band below, where conflict tactic was characterized by a general or mixed form, the proxy here has shifted in character. The facets that dominated at lower levels have receded. Expressions activating this band reflect conflict tactic at this level of intensity.