Many of the children who are affected by traumatic stressors such as bullying can have their developmental processes and part of their affected by traumatic events (Ziegler, 2002). If the president has taken a strong stance on the issue of bullying, he stated, “We’ve got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal of passage” (Anderson, 2010). Many researcher and educators have theories about why bullying occurs. As Wolk (2010) noted, “Bullying are about power and control, and confronting the person that is bullying you. Many schools have been dealing with bullying within the schools lately. There have been cases where the students have killed themselves because they could handle being bullied. 48 percent reported being harassed in some way (Anderson,…
In the article, “Bullying in Schools,” written by Ron Banks, the article expresses the key components of bullying . Bullying is made of direct behaviors. Boys typically engage in direct bullying, compared to girls who bully, use more indirect strategies. Teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing are strategies used by boys. Spreading rumors and enforcing social isolation are strategies used by girls. Also, various reports and studies have shown that approximately fifteen percent of students are bullied regularly or are initiators of bullying behavior. The author stated in the article that direct bullying increases through elementary years, peak in middle school years, and decline during high school years. Also, boys are…
Some parents have really struggled with help their child being bullying. Some have to cope with the information that their child is a bully. We have to discuss what has happened with parents and work out with them a plan for handling the child’s behaviour. We have to listen to parents, let them explain how they feel. Share with them useful information so they can start thinking how to support their child.…
Researchers have assessed children’s attitudes to bullying using self-report methodologies. Most children report that they do not support the practice of bullying. In a recent Australian study of 6 to 16-year olds students, 80 to 85% of the students do not approve of bullying; although boys indicated slightly more approval for bullying than girls. In a Canadian study, 86% of the children reported that they found it somewhat or very unpleasant to watch bullying. When asked about intervening in bullying, 43% of children reported that they would typically “try to help” a child who is victimized while 33% of the children said that ‘they felt that they should help’ but didn’t. The remaining 24% responded ‘bullying was none of their business’. In…
Every day across America, children are being sent to school with the mindset that they are safe as they head to an environment that is intended to support a positive atmosphere of learning and socialization. However, schools across America are plagued with the continuous and aggressive problem of bullying that is effecting our society as a whole. Our children’s physical and emotional well-being is at risk because of the act of bullying. Without proper education, identification, and prevention to promote awareness, bullying will continue to be a major issue. The following research paper is intended to focus on the effects…
Bullying is a phenomenon that has existed even before it became documented. Because of its prior history, many forms, and different perceptions of what bullying is, there is a great extent of definitions that constitute as bullying behavior. Beginning in the late 1990’s, bullying behavior became a hot spot for researchers as school shootings increased because of the negative experiences that victims of bullying had encountered particularly in 1996 (Parkay, Hass & Anctil, 2010). Increasing school violence called for the attention of school- based bullying and its different forms. Bullying takes place in two different forms that is, traditional bullying and cyber & indirect bullying. Traditional bullying refers to physical and overt forms of bullying such as name-calling, hitting, shoving, and stealing (Arnold & Rockinson-…
References: Batsche, G. M., & Knoff, H. M. (1994). Bullies and their victims: Understanding a…
Throughout high school, victims of bullying faced many psychiatric problems, but unfortunately for them, the mental effects of bullying did not end as their high school days did. In the first study of its kind, led by Laura Bogart, researchers found that “At any age, bullying was linked with worse mental and physical health, more depressive symptoms and lower sense of self worth” (“Bullying Affects Children’s Long-Term Health”, Study Shows 1) The likeliness of whether someone would develop a mental disorder depended on who the person was, the bully, the victim, or the bully victim. In William Copeland’s study on the long-term effects of bullying, he found that pure victims had a higher risk for panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and agoraphobia, about four times more (Pappas 2). The greatest problem that victims are prone to is anxiety. Copeland stated that, “victims report the greatest anxiety problems. They might be successful later on, but they still think about the event and hold onto it.”(“Bullying Exerts Psychiatric Effects Into Adulthood”…
While performing research for this paper it became quickly noticeable that studies profiling a bully’s traits are scarcely performed. The focus of most research is in areas such as the methods of harassment used by bullies (i.e. cyber bullying), or the ramifications towards society caused by being bullied [i.e. school shootings (Barnett, Miller-Perrin, Perrin, 2011, p. 280).] There is little research focused solely on profiling the bully him/herself. If society is going to make a longstanding change and truly break the cycle of harassment…
The article entitled “Mental Health Effects Of Bullying Even Worse Than Effects Of Abuse By Adults” was written by David DiSalvo.…
According to Banks, “…fifteen percent of students are either bullied regularly or initiators of bullying behavior.” The students that bullying are the children that have a need to feel powerful and in control. Most children that bullies are the children that were physically punished and because of the parents actions, the child now believes that striking back physically is the only way to handle their problems.…
All over the world, bullying and victimization are common at various levels of schooling from elementary to secondary and beyond. The objective of bullying can range from humiliating to instilling fear in an effort to establish a character of dominance on the part of the bully. It can be in the form of physical violence, verbal abuse, or social isolation and can have lasting consequences on the victim ranging from low self esteem to the most severe: suicide. The question we all have to ask ourselves is where does this behavior stem from? Children are not born innate with an evil gene (excluding mental disease), therefore, we have to begin by looking at the family structure, the familial influence, and what role they play in the bullying behavior.…
It is estimated that “1 out of 4 elementary-school bullies will have a criminal record by the time they are 30” (Teen Health). The behavior of most bullies is fueled by emotional or psychological problems. Some have been victim of violence or abuse in their home environment while others may suffer from low self-esteem and lack of self-worth. Regardless of the reason, these kids use bullying as form of coping with their own issues. It allows the child to synthesize the feelings of power and control; both of which most troubled children lack. Less extreme, but just as problematic, reasons for bullies to act out are the pressure to fit in with a certain peer group, the need to prove their “toughness” or “masculinity” and sometimes they will even lash out in response to have been bullied themselves.…
Despite of having some inferences that support the punishments towards bullies, there are also counter inferences such as bullying is not necessary bad to be punished as criminals. There many types of bullying, for example cyber-bullying, teasing, using different language that other people do not understand and many more. ‘Bullying can also be labeled as direct or indirect.’ (Carpenter & J. Ferguson, 2012). Direct bullying is when the bullies have a physical contact with their prey whereas indirect bullying is when the bullying activity turns out to be verbally or non-physical contact. Usually direct or physical bullying activities occur when the bullies experienced it before, so they want their prey or the weak ones to feel the same way they did. Furthermore, indirect bullying activities happen when the victims are being harmed emotionally and this usually happen because the bullies want attention from other people or their prey. Typically, bullies want their attention because they feel lonely and they want to boost their self-esteem by bullying others. So we cannot totally blame the bullies themselves just because immoral actions towards others. We also have to look the bigger picture or other parties that become the factors of these bullying activities. ‘Bullies tend to come from families that are characterized as having little warmth or affection, these families also report trouble sharing their feelings and usually rate themselves as feeling less close to each other’ (Sognonvi & Sognonvi, 2010). Besides the individual factors, family background also consumes the element of bullying activities. Most of the bullies commit bullying because their parents practice authoritarian parenting style. Authoritarian parenting style is when the parents are too strict, aggressive and their children have limited access of their own freedom of life. ‘Kids who learn to be aggressive or dominating at home are more likely to repeat that behavior in the schoolyard.’ (Sanders,…
Bullying has become a high profile issue faced by many people, on a day to day basis. Most Americans believe that, a little teasing and bullying at school is just a childhood rite of passage. What they don’t know is that, there are long lasting, ramifications for victims, as well as for bullies; according to the 2009 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Center (Harvard University, 2009). Bullied children may acquire debilitating mental illnesses such as, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, and in more serious cases suicidal tendencies. Chronic childhood bullying victims are at higher risks of suicide. “Bullying magnifies these genetic and environmental predisposing risk factors” (Veskler, 2011). A new wave of research shows that in fact, bullying can leave a negative, permanent imprint on a child’s brain, while still in its formative years. These neurological scars of a bullied victim closely resemble those of a physically or sexually abused child. Revealing these psychological long-term effects, has given the ability to precast bullying not just as a “rite of passage, but a serious form of childhood trauma” (Anthes, 2010).…