A number of common elements emerge from a cross-cultural examination of the issue of school bullying in a number of countries. The issue of how best to define or describe bullying is a key element readily identified as a point warranting further discussion. Cultural and historical influences appear to shape significantly how bullying is viewed eg in China, Japan and Korean.. It also appearsthat bullying manifested itself differently in terms of age and gender as the statistics from all countries highlighted (Slee& Skrzypiec, 2016)
