Normal Peer Conflict |
Bullying |
Equal power or friends |
Imbalance of power, not friends |
Accidental |
Purposeful |
Equal emotional reaction |
Strong emotional reaction from “target”, little or no reaction from “bully” |
Not seeking power or attention |
Seeking power, attention, or material things |
An effort to solve the problem |
No effort to solve the problem |
Motivated by a disagreement |
Motivated by a specific characteristic |