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Completed on 2018
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Bullying is a common annoying scenario that is encountered by children in the recent times. The purpose of this study is to identify some of the coping mechanisms children do when they are bullied in a school setting. This is a phenomenological inquiry on the experiences of ten (10) Leyte Normal University-Integrated Laboratory School pupils who encountered bullying. Colaizzi’s method of phenomenological interpretation was utilized to arrive at meaningful themes.The analyses of the researchers on the phenomenological inquiry appeared that children used several strategies/mechanisms to cope with victimization or being bullied in school. These are Self-Defense, Seeking Social Support, Stand Up to the Bully, Distancing, Tension/Reduction/Externalizing, and focus on the positive. Seeking social support in this study was often used by victims that was viewed as one of the more successful approaches. Victims found that seeking social support and advice helped them learn different ways of addressing their bullies as well as providing them with positive feedback and support from peers and adults they trusted. School intervention which involve the students, teachers, school administration and parents might successfully challenge existing social conditions that tolerate and promote bullying. This study could provide ways of understanding how pupils experience bullying in the different forms and providing them and other future cases the necessary assistance or school intervention.