...What is bullying? Bullying defined Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally. Acts of bullying can be physical or verbal. Many young people can be unkind to each other during adolescence as they refine social skills and grow into adults. While these interactions are unpleasant, there is a clear line between conflict and bullying. Incidents of bullying must include all 3 of these characteristics: 1) Intentional- the behavior was aggressive and a deliberate attempt to hurt another person 2) Repeated- these aggressive actions occur repeatedly over time to the same person or group of people 3) Power imbalance- the person bullying has more physical or social power than the child or children being bullied Bullying almost always takes an emotional toll upon the child being bullied, but the actions that constitute bullying vary. There are four types of bullying, which can occur separately or simultaneously: 1) Physical bullying such as kicking or pushing 2) Verbal bullying such as name-calling or yelling 3) Relational bullying such as excluding or rumor-spreading 4) Cyberbullying which involves sending hurtful messages over digital devices like computers and cell phones. Cyberbullying continues to increase as digital media become more prevalent...
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...Are You A Bully? Bullying affects many adolescents and teens every day. Despite the awareness of the damaging consequences of bullying, it still remains a problem among kids today. “Bullies come in all different sizes and shapes: some are big, some are small; some bright and some not so bright; some attractive and some not so attractive; some popular and some absolutely disliked by almost everybody. You can’t always identify bullies by what they look like, but you can pick them out by what they act like” (Coloroso 11). “Bullying is a conscious, willful, and deliberate hostile activity intended to harm, induce fear through the threat of further aggression, and create terror” (Coloroso 13). What would make a person want to bully another? This can be explained by looking into their lives. Bullies have often been exposed to violence in their homes and environment: they may have been abused and neglected. Bullying is a way for children to protect themselves so they will not be bullied or harmed. “Although every bully has their own way that they bully others, all bullies share some common traits. Some of these traits can include: they like to dominate others, they use people to get what they want, they only can see their point of view, they are only concerned about what they want and what they feel they need, they view others as weaker individuals and easy targets, they often refuse to take any responsibility for any of their actions, they seek attention, and they...
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...right? Sure.” This is how it starts: small. Bullying. A form of abuse: involving repeated acts over time attempting to create or enforce one person's (or group's) power over another person (or group). Recently, I have learned the going-on of one of the most tragic events ever, The Shoah. Through this learning I have derived some profound insights into not only myself, but others. My World Geography class researched acts of the Holocaust and discussed them at length. These exercises changed me, forever. They provided an experience that was incredibly valuable in changing my view on a variety of things: the role of bystanders, empathy, the power of little things, and how to react. Therefore, studying the Holocaust has changed my view and reaction to bullying, which is now focused on both recognizing and stopping bullying. The first thing we discussed about the Holocaust was the string of continuous discriminatory acts against the Jews. It was a changing moment for me. Before then, I had supposed the Holocaust as a random act of sorts - an event without roots before it. I was wrong. I learned that bigotry against Jews had been happening for centuries. It started in 70 A.D. and continued building and building and building. This genealogy of Jewish hatred made me rethink how I viewed small acts of bullying within my own life. Now, instead of seeing a small act of bullying and ignoring it, I see that small act as a piece, a piece of a chain that was the continued...
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...Introduction School bullying is a pervasive problem found in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States and around the world. It can take many direct and indirect forms, including physical violence, name-calling, taunting, teasing, and malicious rumor-spreading and social exclusion. Once thought of as a normal part of growing up, school bullying is now widely recognized as a serious problem that must be met with systematic preventative efforts. This article examines the nature, prevalence, and effects of school bullying. Bullying is a rising concern that plagues many of our schools. It is important for schools to address the issue of bullying because a vast amount of research has found that it can have a negative effect on students in terms of academic achievement, social and emotional development, and overall life adjustment. There are lots of reasons why students are bullying other students. Sometimes they think, “If they can do that, I can also do that too!” Students may also think that if the members of their group are bullies they need to be too. Sometimes students are afraid that if they were not bully, someone else will bully them. They also become to let out their hurt and anger. Bullying doesn’t involve only those doing the bullying and those being bullied. Bullying also involves and affects the entire school. The 3 main groups that are affected by bullying are the students who are bullied, the students who bully and the bystanders who can see it happen...
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...navigation, search Bullying is detrimental to students’ well-being and development.[1] Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power. It can include verbal harassment, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability.[2][3] The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target". Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying,[4] while some U.S. states have laws against it.[5] Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex bullying in which the bully may have one or more 'lieutenants' who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse.[6] Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism. Bullying can occur in any context in which human beings interact with each other. This includes school, church, family, the workplace, home, and neighborhoods. It is even a common push factor in migration. Bullying can exist between social...
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...Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively impose domination over others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power. Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Justifications and rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of class, race, religion, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior, strength, size or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. "Targets" of bullying are also sometimes referred to as "victims" of bullying. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, while some U.S. states, including Oklahoma have laws against it. Bullying consists of four basic types of abuse - emotional, verbal, physical, and cyber. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying has become such a problem in many places. How can we solve this problem? Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex bullying in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may seem to be willing to assist the primary bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as peer abuse. Robert W. Fuller has analyzed...
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...laid on the belligerent boys or girls. The bystanders who hover, chime in, or squirm on the outskirts of the 'mean' action are dismissed as irrelevant. Also dismissed are those who spread the tale of the victim's woe through the grapevine. In truth, however, this supporting cast plays a significant role in peer-to-peer violence....Bystanders make or break bullying episodes." (Our Children) This article examines the role of the bystander in bullying incidents and outlines some strategies to help encourage young bystanders to act in these situations. OUR CHILDREN Nov./Dec. 2003, pp. 8-10 Reprinted with permission from National PTA. Article originally appeared in OUR CHILDREN magazine, Vol.29, No.3, November/December 2003 pp. 8-10. The Bystander: A Bully's Often-Unrecognized Accomplice By Margaret Sagarese and Charlene C. Giannetti A few years ago, an upstate New York newspaper headline noted that 60 high school girls and boys, ages 14 to 21, faced criminal prosecution for leering at and cheering on two brawling 15-year-old boys. The headline and accompanying story startled us. What we found amazing about this news item was that the police were holding "the human boxing ring" accountable. The "innocent bystander" status usually accorded people on the periphery of such violence was ruled out. The furor over the Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, Illinois) incident this past May also stripped bystanders of innocence. Even though no one watching...
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...Federal Government Prevention of Bullying We have all heard the words; the words that tear us down and break us apart. A person can only bend so far before they break. No one is immune to it, we are all capable of bullying. By no means is bullying right; often times the repercussions of being bullied are devastating. Although there is no Federal law currently in place to prevent bullying, there are discrimination and harassment laws and many states have anti-bullying laws; there is hope for the Federal government to follow suit in enacting anti-bullying laws. Bullying in the United States is continuing to get expand, but the awareness of bullying is also increasing. There are several ideas of what exactly bullying is. The most common definition of bullying is “purposeful attempts to control another person through verbal abuse - which can be in the tone of voice or in content such as teasing or threats.” Sometimes the verbal abuse turns into physical abuse. Bullying is not limited to just schools; bullying is taking place in workplaces, homes, nursing homes and even in the military ("Why do People Bully?"). Research has proven that bullying happens more frequently in the middle school age years than any other school years (“New ways to stop bullying”). Over 160,000 children stay home from school every day in fear of being bullied (“Bullying and Suicide”). Seven percent of eight grade students stay home at least one day a month due to continued bullying and harassment by other students...
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...Bullying in today’s society is a large problem throughout schools, sports, and just about anywhere else you find yourself. Growing up in a small town in Missouri everyone knew each other and it seemed like bullying was not a problem. As I moved on to middle school from elementary I moved to Broomfield, Colorado. Broomfield was a much larger town than my previous residency in Kearney, Missouri. I knew no one, but it was quick to realize the difference between students to stay away from, and the students who one day I was able to call my friends. The population of my middle school was anywhere from one-thousand students to fifteen-hundred. It was very large and you could walk across school seeing a new face in the halls every day. There was a group of students however that everyone knew. The bullies stood out like a sore thumb. Day after day tormenting the sixth graders, and they were able to find a fresh one to pick on just about every week. I played sports growing up, and I was able to establish a “popularity”, if that is what it should be called, and wasn’t one of the chosen to be a victim. I felt victimized as being a bystander even though I wasn’t the one getting put...
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...people have different opinions on what bullying is. Some say it is kicking or hitting someone, others say it’s when you say mean things or call someone names. All of these things are correct, as they are different ways you can be bullied. However, they are not the official definition of bullying. Everyone has a different opinion, but the definition I follow is: Anything that a person does on purpose to upset or hurt another person –(the victim). The victim is the person that gets bullied. To be honest, bullying is just like a disease because you don’t make it happen and it does not just go away overnight. Bullying even makes you feel like you are sick or something is wrong with you! This , however, isn’t true at all. It is not your fault if you get bullied. Did you know that 900 thousand children get bullied everyday in Canada? Out of 5.2 million students! That means that 1 out of 5 students get bullied everyday! And people say that Canadians are too nice to be bullies! Many people are unaware of the bullying that happens around them. That just shows how bad it is. Here are some myths and facts about bullying: Myth number 1: “Bullying is just a stage, a normal part of life.” However, fact is – bullying is not a “normal” or socially acceptable behavior. We give bullies power by our acceptance of this behavior. Myth number 2: “If I tell someone, it will just make it worse.” Fact is: Research shows that bullying will stop when adults in authority and...
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...Bullying is an ever-growing problem in our world today that affects all types of people in many different ways. The concept of bullying has always been around, but it has recently received national recognition when investigators found the reason behind the Columbine shootings in 1999 and many other such instances of violence were a direct result of bullying behaviors. (Juvonen & Elisheva 2013) It is a sad realization when we hear of someone killing themselves or others because of the hurtful behaviors they had become accustomed to. According to Webster’s Dictionary bullying is defined as an extreme, negative, and persistent form of emotional abuse achieved primarily through verbal and non-verbal communication. In order for the label of bullying to be applied to a particular activity, individual, interaction, or process it has to occur repeatedly and on a regular basis over an extended period of time. (Landy & Conte 2010) The act of bullying can happen anywhere and at any time, and no one is exempt from its reach. Recent studies and statistics have shown bullying is an enormous problem in today’s society; it is a form of abuse that can be done in a school environment, at the workplace, and even online. A recent article about school bullying showed that on a typical school day three out of 10 American youngsters are involved in bullying as offenders, victims or bystanders, and an estimated 160,000 children skip school every day for fear of being harassed. Also, bullied students...
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...recommendation and conclusion. For discussion it will covered about the definition, age and gender, type of cyberbullying, differences between cyberbullying and traditional bullying, student coping strategies .This review will provide another perception and will be an extra information about the nature of cyberbullying as whole. Keywords: cyberbullying, cyber, traditional bullying INTRODUCTION Cyberbullying is one of the crucial phenomena that always occur in our country, Malaysia. Cyberbullying can be defined as a bullying that takes place over digital devices such as cell phones, tablets and computers. Cyberbullying can...
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...Bullying- used to gain power over peers by many different avenues of abuse. Usually caused by an imbalance of power which is almost always present in everyday life or a learned behavior from a family member or person of constant exposure to the bully. Verbally- Insults, teasing in person or through others like spreading rumors Emotionally- Threats of rejections or exile from or by peers or loved ones Blackmail – defamation of one’s character through obtaining damaging information to use against them by causing guilt or shame to the target or falsifying information in order to embarrass the victim or harm their social or professional stature. Physically- assault Cyber Bullying- Often anonymous and hard to take any legal action due to lack of evidence to prove who committed the crime.- Social media, email, text message, Instant Messaging, Blogging, chat rooms, website and one of the most common through picture/video uploading online to embarrass the target Facts Can cause loneliness, depression and anxiety. Lots of constantly bullied people commit suicide. Bully victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. A lot of people who have committed serial murders and violent crimes were bullied in their past such as Rarely bullying will have a positive outcome by the target standing up for themselves and repaying insults with kindness . Causing the target to develop skills that can be used in the future to solve problems Addressing...
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...THE EFFECTS OF BULLYING TO THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF TAGOLOAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SY: 2014-2015 by: Fernandez, Dimple A. Besa, Lindsay Q. Canoy, Richel Mae V. Dael, Bema A. Damiles, Jewel D. Parlocha, Michelle B. Pil, Riza Jane A. Introduction Bullying is the act to threat a weaker being to make them do something and hurt them emotionally or physically which later on affects a victim’s everyday life. From the looks of it, some students, especially those who are victims may have not seen the end of their situation yet. Some studies today found out that most students in grade school and high school have experienced different forms of bullying either from their peers or from their teachers in actual like calling them unpleasant names that would demean them or cyber forms of humiliation. What are the effects of this act? Can this be threat to the society that may lead into negative outcomes? Media reports often link bullying with suicide. However, most youth who are bullied do not have thoughts of suicide or engage in suicidal behaviors. Although kids who are bullied are at risk of suicide, bullying alone is not the cause. Many issues contribute to suicide risk, including depression, problems at home and trauma history. Additionally, specific groups have an increased risk of suicide, including American Indian and Alaskan Native, Asian American, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. This risk can be increased further when these kids are not...
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...The impact of by standing to workplace bullying on symptoms of depression among women and men in industry in Sweden: an empirical and theoretical longitudinal study. International Archives of Occupation and Environmental Health, 86(6), 709–716. doi:10.1007/s00420-012-0813-1 While recent studies show that workplace bullying is considered to be one of the leading causes of depression (Takaki et al. 2010), there has been very little research to show that by standing to bullying behavior has cause symptoms of depression. In this study, researchers used data in 2001 (T1) and 2003 (T2) to examine the risks factors associated with symptoms of depression among bystanders to bullying behavior...
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