Anti-bullying guidance for adults working with children and young people

Footnotes

1 Experience of bullying – Health and Wellbeing Census Scotland 2021- 2022 – gov.scot (www.gov.scot)

2 Throughout this document the term organisations will be used to apply to all non-school-based settings where children and young people may attend, including after-school clubs, youth groups, activity clubs and higher and further education settings, for example.

3 Throughout this document the term parent(s) will be used to apply to anyone with parental responsibility, including carer(s) and guardians, those providing a foster or residential placement, corporate parents, or the education authority where full parental responsibility rests with them.

4 Peer victimisation during adolescence and its impact on depression in early adulthood: prospective cohort study in the United Kingdom (bmj.com)

5 Bullying fosters interpersonal distrust and degrades adolescent mental health as predicted by Social Safety Theory

6 Further discussion of physical behaviour is contained at Section 3.

7 Annual Child and Family Poverty Surveys Wales 2023

8 What do we mean by race and racism? – Promoting Anti-Racist Education in Scotland (glowscotland.org.uk)

9 Left to their own devices - Young people, social media and mental health

10 A systematic review of digital risk and mitigations in children aged 8 to 12 – Challenges and Opportunities

11 Technology use and the mental health of children and young people

12 Sapouna, M. (2024). Adverse childhood experiences and bullying: Findings from the Growing up in Scotland cohort [Manuscript submitted for publication]. School of Education and Social Sciences, University of the West of Scotland.

13 Othering is a process whereby individuals and groups are treated and marked as different and inferior from the dominant social group.

14 Responding to Racist Incidents – Promoting Anti-Racist Education in Scotland (glowscotland.org.uk)

15 https://www.gov.scot/publications/decision-making-children-and-young-peoples-participation/pages/guidance/

16 The minimum age to create accounts on most social media platforms is 13.

17 Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (legislation.gov.uk)

18 School Bullying: a Social Justice Issue? How Restorative Approaches May Prevent Future Violence

19 Children in Scotland – Inclusion Ambassadors

20 Public Sector Equality Duty: specific duties in Scotland | EHRC (equalityhumanrights.com)

21 Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016 (legislation.gov.uk)

22 Information note on hate crime