: Using gossip (both in-person and online) to ruin a peer's reputation.
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: Providing students with confidential ways to report social intimidation without fear of retaliation. : Using gossip (both in-person and online) to
: Modeling behavior they have observed in media or within their own domestic environments. Strategies for Conflict Resolution these behaviors—such as social exclusion
: Intentionally leaving someone out of a group or activity to make them feel isolated.
: The desire to maintain a high position within a "clique" or "in-group."