Bullying in the 21st Century. Examining the Causes, Effects and Solutions.
BULLYING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The Complex issue of Adolescent Bullying: Examining the Causes, Effects and Solutions
Abstract
Adolescent bullying has been increasingly hard to measure. It is clear, however, that bullying within Australian schools is seen as a problem and one that needs addressing. This essay begins by talking about the first hurdle of defining bullying and moves on to discuss how schools are currently dealing with bullies and students in their care. Adolescents can suffer extensively at the hands of the perpetrator, suffering a multitude of life long emotional problems, anxiety, depression and psyciatric issues. How these affect their adolsecent development is discussed further, along with possible strategies that could be implemented within the educational system in order to conbat this escalating victimisation in our schools.
The Complex issue of Adolescent Bullying: Examining the Causes, Effects and Solutions
Bullying in Australian schools and also throughout the world in a miriad of settings is no new phenomenon. It is considered a large scale problem with serious consequences for all those involved. Although bullying has historially been recognised as a common outcome when children are placed in social settings it has however been the focus of many education campaign strategies. However, due to inconsistency within its definition, the measures used to study it and policies to overcome it, actual statistics on the prevalence of bullying is exceedingly hard to generate. As bullying can have such a huge impact on an adolescents life and holds correlation with such serious outcomes as depression, future delinquency and even suicide it is therefore extremely important to learn more about the behaviour and how best to address it.
The Complex issue of Adolescent Bullying: Examining the Causes, Effects and Solutions
Abstract
Adolescent bullying has been increasingly hard to measure. It is clear, however, that bullying within Australian schools is seen as a problem and one that needs addressing. This essay begins by talking about the first hurdle of defining bullying and moves on to discuss how schools are currently dealing with bullies and students in their care. Adolescents can suffer extensively at the hands of the perpetrator, suffering a multitude of life long emotional problems, anxiety, depression and psyciatric issues. How these affect their adolsecent development is discussed further, along with possible strategies that could be implemented within the educational system in order to conbat this escalating victimisation in our schools.
The Complex issue of Adolescent Bullying: Examining the Causes, Effects and Solutions
Bullying in Australian schools and also throughout the world in a miriad of settings is no new phenomenon. It is considered a large scale problem with serious consequences for all those involved. Although bullying has historially been recognised as a common outcome when children are placed in social settings it has however been the focus of many education campaign strategies. However, due to inconsistency within its definition, the measures used to study it and policies to overcome it, actual statistics on the prevalence of bullying is exceedingly hard to generate. As bullying can have such a huge impact on an adolescents life and holds correlation with such serious outcomes as depression, future delinquency and even suicide it is therefore extremely important to learn more about the behaviour and how best to address it.
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