According to a study conducted by Atik (2006), 4.6% of the participants was defined as bully, 21.3% asvictim, and 6.5% as bully/victim. Girls are typically more exposed to bullying than boys, and boysdisplay bullying acts more often than girls do (Harris & Petrie, 2003). While boys tend to displayphysical bullying more, girls tend to use different forms of indirect bullying like gossiping or spreadingrumors (Vanderbilt & Augustyn, 2010).