Table 3.

Personal techniques to counteract bullying (25)

Techniques	Behaviors
Verbal	Express own feelings to the perpetrator, saying him/her to stop the bullying Appease the person Understand the perpetrator’s anger Calm attitude Provide memories in a careful way Face to face communication (not isolate) Mirror behavior of the perpetrator Talking about the incidents to a colleague Talking about the incidents with the perpetrator’s boss Talking about the incidents with the human resources department Talking about the incidents with the delegates of professional associations
Non-verbal techniques	Maintaining an eye-contact with the perpetrator Taking a physical distance from the perpetrator Adequate use of the touch Using surrounding space limitation to calm the person Change the conversation argument to focus elsewhere the undesired attention
Writing about the incident	Take a registration of data and hour of the incidents Mail to the perpetrators and ask to stop his/her negative behaviors Take copies of mails and written memories, for safety reasons