...BSHS/325 Mary Carlisle Due 10/5/2014 BSHS 325 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT BULLYING REPORT BY Matthew Lindsay Bullying- Bullying is an issue today with children at an early age and can continue through adult years. Bullying is about power and control with a person. A person who thrives on power preys on the week like a person with low self – esteem. This type of behavior can last though a person’s adult years. Bullying is an issue and has been an issue for centuries. With the study of human development it is an issue because it can lead to depression, substance abuse, suicide, and can effect a student’s learning and development and sometimes lead to safety issues for an individual or a group. Bullies have been around for generations, but in recent years experts have realized that bullying has long term effects both for the victims and the bullies. Bullying violates a section in the Unites Nations Universal Declarations of human rights. Also medical associations released a statement in 2002 declaring bullying a public health problem, because of its long term effect long term mental health results. There are three types of bullying, which are physical bullying, direct bullying and indirect bullying. Physical bullying is bullying by use of physical force, which is prevalent in schools. This type of bullying may involve spitting...
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...Bullying Report Jaleesa Brown BSHS/325 June 12, 2014 Eric Tomlinson Bullying Report When you think of the word bully what comes to mind? For some it is being made fun of and for others it is the biggest person in the neighborhood beating them up and taking their things. No matter what circumstance and form it comes in being bullied can make a person feel depressed, hurt and alone. In this paper I will be talking about why bullying is a issue to study in human development, the three components or types of bullying behavior, how gender and sexual orientation influence styles of bullying, how self-esteem affects bullying, and also how family interactions are affected by bullying. Why bullying is an issue to studying human development Bullying is defined as being about power, control, and abuse over another. It can lead to physical injury, social issues, emotional problems, and maybe even death. This is why bullying is important issue to study in human development because children or adolescence that are bullied can be at great risk for mental health problems. This includes depression, anxiety, headaches, and even problems adjusting to school. These are not the only problems that can occur a greater risk of substance abuse and violent behavior toward others can happen later on in life. Three components or types of bullying behavior Most experts may agree that the desire to harm another person is what sets bullying apart from just being mean. There...
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...Bullying Report BY: Sarah Adams Course: BSHS/325 Instructor: Lynn Hall In this paper we will talk about how bullying can affect human development and we will explain how gender and sexual orientation affects the way of bullying. We will also talk about the affect’s that bullying has on an individual’s self-esteem. We will discuss how family interaction may be affected by someone that is being bullied. After this paper you will have a better understanding as to how people bully and how it may affect individuals and ways that may help individuals that are being bullied stop bullies from continuously attacking them. Bullying is an issue in human development because of the way it affects the person that is being bullied. The bullies take control over the person by attacking someone they feel is weaker than they are and by continuously either verbally or physically abusing this individual. By the bullies doing this it can make a person feel like their life is not worth living and that they are not good enough to here. It makes individuals feel like they did something wrong because they do not know why these people are bullying them. Being bullied can interfere with the human development by making people not socialize, being withdrawn from family, seeking out negative attention. When a person is being bullied they need to find a positive source they can trust and that they are able to talk to in order to get the...
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...Bullying Report Magon Tanner BSHS/325 March 9, 2015 Melissa Russiano Bullying Report What is bullying? Bullying is about control and abuse. When you bully someone you really hurt them emotionally and sometime physically. Bullying is something that happens all the time with children and it's something that should not be taken lightly. Bullying can hurt people socially and sometimes lead to death. Children and adolescents who are bullied are at more of a risk for mental health problems. The mental health problems could include depression, anxiety, headaches, and problems adjusting to school. Bullying can also cause long-term damage to a child's self-esteem. Children and adolescents who are bullies are at a higher risk for substance use, academic problems, and violence to others later in life. Children or adolescents who are bullies and victims suffer the most serious effects of bullying and are at greater risk for mental and behavioral problems than those who are only bullied or who are only bullies. Those who bully others and those who are bullied are at higher risk for depression, NICHD research studies show. There are three components of bullying. One is power imbalance. When there is an imbalance of power, it is hard for the target to defend him or herself against bully's attacks. The difference in imbalance can be physical or psychological. For example in cases of physical imbalance the bully might be larger or stronger, older, or there may be...
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...Bullying Report Kristianna Garcia BSHS/ 325 March 23, 2015 Debra Napier Bullying Report Bullying, a behavior that has been seen through out the years with every generation and every age. Bullying is the act of intimidating or influencing others to take control of the victim Bullying is about control, power, and abuse. The majority of bullying is usually done in the situation where there is a large diverse group of children, this occurs at school. Therefore as school counselors it is key that you are aware of what bullying is, the impacts it has, how to handle a child that has been bullies, as well as those who bully others. There are a total of three different types of bully that a child can encounter. The first is Physical bullying, this is were a bully will put their hands and cause harm to another child. This type of bullying can cause serious physical harm to the child’s health. Physical bullying is most seen with boys, where they are kicking, hitting, pushing etc. This occurs because boys are taught that they are to be manly and that is how they have been taught that men solve problems. In addition boys find it easiest to intimidate others through physical stature. Physical bullying tend to be the focus on school administration due to the fact that any violence puts other students’ health at risk. In addition many schools have a zero tolerance policy toward violence. Although physical bullying is a main focus in schools it is not the only one that causes serious harm...
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...Bullying Report Theodore Ofstedahl BSHS 325 June 30, 2014 Jennifer Munro Bullying Report As school counselors, understanding bullying, and dealing with bullying, will help students in many areas. Counselors need to understand the severe impact it has on its victims. Understanding bullying will remove fear, improve self-esteem, improve grades, and in worse case scenarios’ save lives. We are going to take a look at the components, and types of bullying. How does bullying affect self-esteem? What are the gender and sexual orientation influences, and the effect of family interactions? The effects of bullying causes emotional distress, depression, fear, worry, anxiety, humiliation, loss of self-esteem, and can lead to suicide. The goals of the bully, is to be dominant over their victims, control their victim, and to project on to the victim, feelings of vulnerability. Power imbalance is an important factor for the bully, because they view their victims unable to defend themselves. (2011, Conflict with Character) Bullies seek weak, vulnerable victims, and the victims are left with feelings of helplessness. Bullying is often progressive, and victims are bullied through various methods, which include direct, verbal and indirect bullying. Direct bullying includes shoving, pushing, spitting, or hitting, and kicking. Remember, bulling is not a joke, or an accident, it is direct harassment done on purpose. Direct bullying is an aggressive method, taking advantage of age,...
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...Bullying Training Wendy Hensel BSHS/325 September 28, 2015 Jenny Coon Bullying Training According to Jacobsen and Bauman (2007) “School bullying was once considered a childhood ritual or rite of passage and therefore, often overlooked or ignored by many adults and school officials.” For a behavior to be considered bullying, it must contain three elements. It must be intended to harm, it must be repetitive, and there must be a difference of power-physical, social or other and must exist between the bully and the victim. Jacobsen and Bauman (2007) Bullying doesn’t discriminate. Bully’s like to abuse their power and pick on those who appear weak. They like to take control and make the victim feel like they have no identity. They like to make their victim feel small. There are three different types of bullying; verbal, physical and relational. Physical and verbal fall into direct bullying. This means it is directly at the victim. Verbal bullying happens quite a bit. It is often delivered in the form of name-calling, teasing, and other various verbal threats. Physical bullying is most often pushing, hitting and kicking the victim. This kind of bullying can be very dangerous. Indirect bullying involves relational bullying. Relational bullying is one of the worst forms of bullying. This type of bullying is through gossiping, rumors and making up stories about the victim. You can't tell if the bully is being serious or not. Usually, the victim tries to gain acceptance...
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...Bullying Report – The Dangers of Bullying Crystal McKinney BSHS 325 June 20, 2016 Dr. Thomas Kareck The Dangers of Bullying Hello staff. My name is Crystal McKinney and I will be bringing you the awareness of the dangers that are affiliated with bullying. Bullying in middle school is at an all time high and it is very important that parents trust that a school is a safe environment for their child to learn. It is also very important for our school staff as well as parents and volunteers to know the different forms of bullying, step by step polices and procedures, and how to report bullying in a timely manner. Awareness about bullying in adolescents will allow our school to be in compliance and closer to promoting a safe haven for our students. In this report I will be discussing some very important issues that is associated with bullying. The issues that I will be discussing are: Why bullying is an issue to study in human development, the three components or types bullying behavior as observed by researchers, how gender and sexual orientation influence styles of bullying, how self esteem affects bullying, and how family interactions are affected by bullying. There are several reasons why bullying is an issue to study in human development. Bullying continues to be at risk for a wide range of poor social, health, and economic outcomes nearly four decades after exposure. Occasional and frequent bullying is associated with...
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...Bullying Report Lorrie George BSHS/325 September 15, 2014 Erin Jacobs Bullying Report Bullying has become a very serious issue that affects school aged children and adolescents in today’s society. Bullying can happen to any child ranging in ages from children in kindergarten all the way to seniors in high school, and can be done physically, emotionally, verbally. Bullying is not only limited to schools, it can also be done in the child’s home and where the child works. Studying the issue of bullying and how it affects human development is extremely important. It is also important to gain an understanding of the child’s life to understand why it is that he or she is bullying. Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) reports that “studies suggest that kids who bully are more than likely to have been raised in a home where physical punishment is used as discipline” (n.d.). Learning which factors influence an individual to become a bully will allow the appropriate treatment to be administered to help the individual. Bullying not only hurts a person physically, mentally, and emotionally; it can also result in devastating consequences. Individuals who are being bullied have more negative health indicators that include violent behavior, depression and risk of suicide, physical health problems, poorer quality of life, delinquency, school and psycho-social maladjustment, and risk of future psychiatric problems and disorders than can possibly follow them into...
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...Bullying Dana Mittleider BSHS/325 August 4, 2014 Sandra Mathews Bullying Bullying is becoming an ever increasing problem in our schools, jobs and even cyber bullying today. It has been known to occur within a peer group or between groups. It can also occur at schools and in sports. (Bullying prevention 2013, Aug 22). I can’t really figure out why it is happening so often but I do see it on the news about how children are killing themselves due to being bullied and scared to speak out. I think some of this has to do with how we are more accepting of certain behaviors we used to not tolerate and honestly families used to be embarrassed if their kids acted out. In this report I plan to talk about why bullying is such an important issue in human development and describe the three components of behavior in bullying that have been observed by researchers. I will also try to explain how sexual and gender orientation influence the styles of bullying and how it can affect their self esteem and what it can do to affect their family dynamic. I am hopeful there can be a better understanding on the reasoning behind bullying and maybe even a better solution to help us get a handle on the situation at large. From what I have been learning there has to be three elements to be considered bullying. First off there has to be intent to harm another and it must be repetitive. There must also be a difference of power, physical, social or other must exist between the bully and the victim. Now we...
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...Bullying Behavior in Adolescence Angle Robinson-Tanner BSHS/325 March 24, 2014 Candance Gilchrist Bullying Behavior in Adolescence There is one consensus amongst those researching bullying and those dealing with acts of bullying on a daily basis, bullying is challenging to define and assess. Types and frequencies of bullying vary among different, cultures, gender, religions, and ethnicities, but are still prevalent. In order to asses acts of bullying a clear definition must be given and everyone involved need to be aware of the definition. In addition, bullying should be assessed on a continuum because there are different levels of bullying. There are many adolescents who experience acts of bullying such as rumors being spread about them, name-calling, or public ridicule. These acts of bullying are fairly apparent yet identifying acts of bullying is still very difficult for most. According to Dan Olweus there is a three part definition to bullying, which includes power imbalance when there is an imbalance of power it hard for the target to defend himself against the bully’s attacks. The result of any power imbalance is that the target of the bullying can feel weak, oppressed, threatened, and vulnerable. Repetitive actions typically, bullying is not a single act of meanness. Instead, it is usually ongoing and sustained. Bullies often target their victims multiple times. Sometimes the bullying will be the same act over and over like demanding a person homework or lunch money. Other...
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...Bullying Report Carone Williams BSHS/325 11/19/14 Sandra Matthews Bullying Report Good morning. This is a very important meeting that is directed to the school counselors. I will describe bullying and its behavior on adolescent. I’ll also explain why bullying is an issue that needs to be addressed. First, let me discuss what exactly is bullying: Bullying is when a person attempt to take control over another person with an attempt to make person feels helpless. Bullying involves exploitation and injustice on the person that is being bullied. Bullying can be physical, mentally, emotionally and verbally. According to the bullying statistics 2010, it reveals that bullying is a crime that is not going away anytime soon. There are about 160,000 children that miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. Bullying statistics 2010 also report an increase in cyber bullying activities. Signs of bullying victims are; adolescent appears moody, afraid of attending school and school activities, loneliness, sadness, depression. Bullying can occurs up to adulthood and can cause lead to suicide. Bullying can be...
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...Bullying Report BSHS/325 INTRODUCTION What is bullying? Webster Dictionary defines bullying as: use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Let’s look at this from the vision of adolescents (victims) and see how it effects them in their developmental stages. How we can identify? How we can help? Normal adolescents development is characterized by a mismatch between fundamental drives and self regulatory skills that manifest as difficulties with expressing thoughts and feelings. Understanding another’s point of view and predicting consequences of ones actions. This explains why bullying occurs most often in late primary school and early high school, when this mismatch peaks. Although, bullying can be minimized it is unlikely that bullying can be entirely eliminated. Bullying has long been perceived as an inescapable part of growing up, recent American survey shows that children aged 8-15 years rate bullying as a big problem than racism or even peer pressure to have sex, use alcohol, and other drugs. Young people with serious psychological problems might occur problems related to attention, behavior, and emotional regulation which interfere with their ability to learn. A study from the United States of America, also found that the attackers in more than...
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...Bullying Report Latasha Gibbs BSHS/325 December 8, 2013 Mrs, Carrie Natale INTRODUCTION What is bullying? Webster Dictionary defines bullying as: use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Let’s look at this from the vision of adolescents (victims) and see how it effects them in their developmental stages. How we can identify? How we can help? Normal adolescents development is characterized by a mismatch between fundamental drives and self regulatory skills that manifest as difficulties with expressing thoughts and feelings. Understanding another’s point of view and predicting consequences of ones actions. This explains why bullying occurs most often in late primary school and early high school, when this mismatch peaks. Although, bullying can be minimized it is unlikely that bullying can be entirely eliminated. Bullying has long been perceived as an inescapable part of growing up, recent American survey shows that children aged 8-15 years rate bullying as a big problem than racism or even peer pressure to have sex, use alcohol, and other drugs. Young people with serious psychological problems might occur problems related to attention, behavior, and emotional regulation which interfere with their ability to learn. A study from the United States of America, also found...
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...Jenette Varney BSHS/325 Human System and Development Barbara Kennedy Bullying Report August 10, 2015 The definition of bullying is using superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Bullying is also an aggressive behavior that involves unwanted, negative action. Bullying also is a pattern of behavior that is repeated over and over. For example boys punching, kicking and hitting one another. An article that I was reading called “Six Types of Bullying”, it talks about six different types of bullying. They are physical, verbal, relational aggression, cyber, sexual and prejudicial. Physical bullying is the most obvious for of bullying. Why is because kids uses physical action to gain power and the control over others. Physical bullying actions are kicking, punching, hitting, slapping, shoving and other physical attacks. Verbal bullying is words, statements and name calling to gain power over others. Verbal bullying action is calling someone dumb, stupid. When people use verbal bullying is usually targeting people with special needs. Relational Aggression is a social manipulation where teens try to hurt their peers or sabotage their social standings. A lot of people refers to this as emotional bullying. This is consider ostracize others from groups, spreading rumors. Here is the kicker about this, girls tend to use this bullying more often than boys, especially between fifth and eighth grade. Basically this...
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