Being Bullied?
Self-Test: Are You Being Bullied?
Consider each of the questions in the self-test below and decide if you Strongly Agree, Agree, Somewhat Agree, Disagree or Strongly Disagree with the behaviors that may be happening to you. Then, circle the corresponding number.
Does the person you’re having trouble with:
| Strongly Agree | Agree | Somewhat | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | ||
| 1. | Repeatedly: -Ignore you. -Not say hello when you greet them. -Not return your phone calls or emails. |
5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2. | Dismiss what you’re saying or “put you down” while alone or in the presence of others? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3. | Sabotage you or make you look foolish, by “forgetting” to tell you about a meeting (or) if the person is your boss, set you up to fail by making impossible demands of you? | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 4. | Spread rumours, lies and half-truths about you? | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 5. | Frequently act impatient with you, treating you like you’re incompetent? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 6. | Blame and criticize you? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 7. | Try to intimidate you by interrupting, contradicting and glaring at you and giving you the silent treatment? | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 8. | Tease, ridicule, insult or play tricks on you, especially in front of others? | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 9. | Always insist on getting their own way and never apologize? They never consider your point of view. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 10. | Leave you out of social and work situations as opposed to welcoming and inviting you in. They deliberately make way to exclude you. | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Total score = _____________ |
To get your total score add up the numbers; there is a possible total score of 54.
If your score is 14 or below, it doesn’t look like you’re being bullied. If your score is between 15 and 25, there are indications of bullying behaviour. Naturally, the higher the score, the more pronounced the behaviour. If your score is 30 or above, you are definitely being bullied. As scores increase beyond 30, the severity of the bullying escalates.
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