Girls Bully Mean: Girls tend to be relationally aggressive through emotional and psychological forms of bullying (i.e. spreading rumors, withholding friendships, ignoring, gossiping, or excluding a child from a small group of friends). Girls also bully almost exclusively with other girls and are provoked more by these types of behavior, rather than physical behaviors.

Boys Bully Best: In general, males are more likely than females to be physically violent and to bully other students of both genders.