Conflict vs. Bullying

 

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