...Paper 3 - Victims of Bullying, Mental Health, and Nursing Victims of bullying are at a high risk of developing various types of mental illnesses, and the evidence on this topic in the research literature can be used to inform psychiatric nursing practice. The available studies on mental health and its connection to bullying victims shows that preventing mental illness and promoting mental health involves a comprehensive approach, using combination of techniques that must be implemented by many stakeholders. The information that comes from these studies suggests that psychiatric nursing must take research findings into account. It also suggests that nurses have a definite role to play in terms of providing direct patient care, referring the patient to other helpful medical and community resources, offering education to the patient and family, and providing follow-up care. Specific interventions based on this evidence could also be adopted by Registered Nurses (RNs) after they graduate. Literature Review There is a wealth of literature available on the subject of bullying. This literature demonstrates that there is a clear link between bullying victimization and many types of mental health issues. However, it also suggests ways that mental health could be promoted among this population, and how rehabilitation could be administered. Studies have shown that bullying victims are at a higher risk for certain types of mental illness, and that issues of symptom severity, compared...
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...regarding their lives, photo uploads, and video uploads. They have truly introduced a new world to people by allowing consistent and constant communication with one another. On the other hand, these sites detract from live social interactions and have caused people to spend large amounts of time misusing them. Therefore, society must more closely examine the benefits of social networking sites and gain an understanding of how to use these sites effectively. A recent study conducted in December of 2012, examined young adults with mental illnesses and health conditions and how they used social networking. The study identified the benefits as well as safety risks including “unsolicited pornographic or violent content, sexual predation, cyber bullying, and social isolation (Ybarra & Mitchell, 2008; Rosenblum, 2007; Mann, 2008). The benefits identified within the study...
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...teaching of Paul can encompass and relate to most, if not all issues in today's society. For this essay I will focus on the issue of bullying. This particular issue has received some much needed attention in recent times and has even developed into a school program in many states. However, this is not a new issue; and in fact can be traced backed to biblical times. "For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control" (2 Timothy 1:7 ESV). So what exactly is a bully? "One who is habitually cruel to others who are weaker" (Merriam, 2013). Bullying can be either physical or emotional in nature. Within that definition there are numerous forms that bullying can manifest. Bullying can take place at work from a boss, from a preacher in church, a parent at home, or in school. The remainder of this essay will focus on bullying in school and the victims it affects. As I researched this topic I was astounded by some of the statistics that have been compiled on bullying in our schools. For instance, 160,000 children miss school every day out of "fear of being attacked or intimidated by other students" (MBNBD, 2009). This represents about 15% of absences from school "out of fear of being bullied while at school. Along that same vein, about one out of every 10 students drops out or changes schools because of reported bullying" (Bullying, 2010). These numbers are sickening,...
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...History of Education 1 In order to learn and understand where we are now and what the future may bring, we need to look and understand the past. By doing so, we can understand future perspectives about disabilities. The hurtful reality is that society, I believe, is still infected by notion that people with disabilities are less than fully human and therefore are illegible for receiving the opportunities available. History does in fact repeat itself. Maybe not as bad, but most definitely is occurring. Although, I do believe that compared to other countries, USA has been opening the light of people with disabilities and accepting their nature by providing special programs, allowing them in workforces, etc. According to a journal I read, they listed a great deal of bullets that provided examples of unfair treatments that were acceptable by different societies in given time periods. “-Killed or abandoned in the woods in ancient Greece. -Kept as jesters for nobility in the Roman Empire courts -Experienced acts of infanticide during the Renaissance -Drowned and burned during the Spanish Inquisition -Dehumanization in orphanages and asylums in 19th century Europe -Involuntary sterilization of people with developmental disabilities in the US, beginning in 1907, to prevent the passing on of inferior traits -Not allowed to attend neighborhood schools -Housed in separate institutions throughout the world.” 2. IDEA The United States Congress passed the Education...
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...Effects of Cyberbullying to the youth A Research paper Presented to Mam Reusora, Milagros By, ROGA CHARISSE ANN R. B.S SOCIAL WORK – 3A Centro Escolar University, Manila School of Education, Liberal Arts, Music and Social Work Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Setting Introduction Internet is one of the most use technologies in the Philippines. Most of the people are engage in using internet for various reasons. Some of these reasons are searching, surfing, use as communication and some of the people uses Internet to bully someone. Since technology has been introduced to the world, it seems a new kind of bully has emerged. Cyberbullying. Bullying is not a new phenomenon and it has been well recognized as a common and serious problem in the society. Most of the teenagers has experience this type of problem or witness bullying. Cyberbullying is all known across the world. It maybe unnoticed but cyberbullying can be harmful and sometimes can be fatal. As a result, some took their own life because of being stressed or depressed due to cyberbullying. The reason why I conducted this research is, it caught my attention and it is wide range of topic today. And is because I believe it is a very important problem that people need to know about, for them to understand how bad cyberbullying is. Another reason why I choose this topic is because I want to know what the victim feels about, what are the reasons of the bullies why are they doing this kind of nuisance. And of course...
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...Bullying is so widely talked about in schools and communities today. Most students have had an experience with bullying. With bullying being talked about every day, I felt this was a topic I wanted to dig deeper into and research more about it. Besides researching more about bullying and broadening my understanding for it, my cousins had an experience with bullying and I saw how it affected them. I had a first-hand experience to hear the steps that were taking by the family, school, and administration. My cousin, female, who was in junior high at the time, was bullied by her female classmates daily. The family contacted teachers and administration for steps to be done to seize the bullying. Nothing was done by administration since two of the girls were their daughters and felt that they didn’t need to do anything about the situation. My cousin had to end up transferring schools to get away from her bullies and is now excelling in everything she is doing at her new school and has a great group of friends that really support her. I was appalled at the fact that nothing was done by administration even if it was their daughters. Bullying is bullying and no student should ever have to deal with it. My cousin was lucky enough to have a mother who is very involved in her school and life and did not stop raising concern and did not let it continue. At the time, they felt moving to a new school was the only option. Now we see stories on the news where students are committing...
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...(Literature Review) 23 February 2014 INTRODUCTION Cyberbullying has become an extremely hot topic issue among parents and school officials as technological advancement has changed social behaviors over the last two decades. Cyberbullying occurs through texting, emails, social networks and the posting of inappropriate pictures of the person or persons victimized. While technology is a positive change for the future, bullies has created a significant challenge to the safety of society’s youth. Hinduja & Patchin (2008, p. 156) In providing and overview of the literature, this review will describe researchers’ concerns and findings. After reviewing definitions of traditional and cyberbullying, this paper will describe findings on the means of bullying and the effects on perpetrators and victims. To conclude the literature review, a short overview will detail experts’ thoughts on solutions. BODY The rapid development of technology has allowed a social change among today’s youth. The access to internet has reached unprecedented levels among adolescents through many devices provided through technology. In comparison to the 1980’s into the 90’s, the internet can be accessed almost at a moment of the day. Researchers like Perren, Dooley, Shaw & Cross (2010), concluded that a high percentage of victims in Swiss and Australian adolescents of cyberbullying have one or two computer systems in their home. They also describe that today’s youth are labeled as wired. Some examples of wired include...
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...Suicide Amongst Youth November 21, 2013 INTRODUCTION Barry parr, a window cleaner in a small town, was working as usual in December 2001, not expecting anything interesting to happen. Suddenly, he heard a yell from afar and saw a 14 year old girl who was preparing to hang herself from a nearby tree. He showed signs of his incipient heroism as he quickly grabbed his ladder and ran across the road to try and talk her into retreating. He tried, and that was when she got real about committing suicide. As Barry started to climb up his ladder, the girl jumped off. Luckily, Barry was close enough and strong enough and he caught her in his arms, holding her high enough to save her life. Unfortunately, however, Barry was now in an unlucky situation. Barry was out on a cold winter day when people hardly walked by, and he had in his arms, a 14 year old girl who was trying really hard to squirm out of his grasp and kill herself. Barry held on to her for an entire hour before someone passed by and called the cops. The come eventually came and helped, but not before Barry had proven to the girl, how far the world was willing to go, to save her life and keep this one lonely girl around. Suicide is a tragic and preventable mental health problem. Suicide is irrational to those who are not suicidal, but to those who are, it is the only means of escape that there is. The reason most people consider suicide to be irrational is because suicide is a permanent solution to a problem which...
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...brighter future? Everyone needs to understand the causes of bullying and try to help prevent it from the underlying cause. By punishing a bully, does that end the problem of bullying or result in more hatred and aggressiveness on part of the bully? “Since bullies are made, not born, rehabilitation is an attainable and preferable alternative to resorting to harsh reprimands or turning a blind eye” (Hanson). Bullying is a form of youth violence. It is an unwanted aggressive behaviour by one or a group of young persons. It is normally repeated frequently and affects the person physically, psychologically, socially, or educationally. Bullying can be in the form of physical, verbal or social aggression. Another form of bullying is cyber-bullying, which involves bullying through e-mail, a chat room, instant messaging, a website, text messaging, or videos or pictures posted on websites or sent through cell phones (Understanding Bullying - Fact Sheet). The first response to deal with a bully is normally to punish them. They are regarded as a ruthless, emotionless and bad person, who hurt others and therefore they cannot be helped. But most of the time, those bullies do not even realise the impact their behaviours are having on the victims. There are times when they have actually been victims of bullying themselves and to them, this is a way of venting their frustration out (Hanson). A third of bullies are victims of bullying and those kids actually are more prone to depression and...
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...intermediary (parent, family member, procurer, teacher, etc.). Around the world today, there is a human right crisis of sexual abuse of millions of women, children and thousands of men in the prostitution & other form of sexual abuse. Child prostitution is the major part of total prostitution. Children are also involved in prostitution when they engage in sex in return for basic needs such as food, shelter or safety, or pocket money to purchase consumer goods. My paper explores the criminological factors associated with child prostitution in Bangladesh such as human trafficking and child prostitution, forced into prostitution, street children, broken home, social reintegration, livelihood and poverty, marital relationship and children in cyber world. My paper is based on secondary analysis and available studies, journals, reports and internet publications. Child and child prostitution concept To identify child prostitution first we have to know about the minimum age that has legal approval of child in Bangladeshi aspects. The definition of children is not uniform in the laws of Bangladesh....
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...Pampanga State Agricultural University Magalang, Pampanga A partial requirement in MAED 202 (Methods of Research) Bullying and Academic Performance of the Grade 7 students in Andres M. Luciano High School CECILIA G. TULABOT Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction In schools, bullying occurs in all areas. It can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, thought it more often occurs in recess, hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and waiting for buses, classes that require group work or after school activities. Bullying in school sometimes consist of a group of students taking advantage of or isolating one student in particular and gaining the loyalty of bystanders, who, in some cases want to avoid becoming the next victim. School bullying is a widespread issue that affects secondary school students in three essential parts of their lives; psychologically, educationally and professionally. Bullying is a sort of aggressive behavior against others such as, verbal by calling nasty names, physical by kicking, pushing or tripping up and social by everyone stopped talking to you. Academic achievement is the first aspect which influences bullying at school. therefore, bullied children live within fear, self-blame, feel weak and it affects their personality traits and self-confidence, so this situation makes them unable to study well and they might hate going to school....
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...Crime and Deviance exam questions Crime questions – Qu. 1 & 2 – both worth 21 marks.You should spend 30 minutes on each question and each should have a traditional essay structure (include an introduction and a conclusion, at least two sides of the argument, two or more theories, relevant studies and as much evaluation as you can cram in!). You also need to show ‘conceptual confidence’ – this just means that you should make it clear to the examiner that you know and understand the important concepts, e.g. anomie, relative deprivation.Make sure you make reference to the item – both essay questions will have their own item. You can often use the information in the item as a springboard into the essay in the introduction. However, you will be penalised for ‘overuse of the item’, so don’t just copy it out. You can use short quotes or statistics from the item though. | Question: | What to include: | Assess the view that ethnic differences in crime rates are the result of the ways in which the criminal justice system operates. | This question is essentially about the presence (or not) of institutional racism in the police, courts and penal system. You will need to compare the importance of this as opposed to explanations that argue that ethnic minorities do commit more crime - either as a result of relative deprivation (left realism) or poor upbringing, absent fathers, etc (new right). * Try to include some stats, reference to patterns of offending, stop and search...
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...EFFECTS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING TO FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OF STA. TERESA COLLEGE . CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING I. INTRODUCTION The advent of technology in media has been changing dramatically. Its ubiquity and pervasiveness made certain effects that are conspicuous nowadays. In this generation, the internet – one of the new forms of media – offers services that cater and offers not only a bundle of information. This transition of technology leads and abducts the user to a simulated world created by the advent of internet known as “cyberspace”. The mass audience seems to have separating meter or real from virtual world. It is not surprising that even socialization was also a big issue to the internet journey. According to most social scientists,Socialization essentially represents the whole process of learning throughout the life course and is a central influence on the behavior, beliefs, and actions of adults as well as of children.It is a human activity with accordance to people’s freewill to manage themselves with other people without having limits, without a need of control or governance. It is free. It is neither a right nor a privilege. This means that this activity is not a prim dated or according to plan, it’s spontaneous. Youth’s, nowadays are enjoying this sociological capability because they benefit from it with this, it seems like media offer this new service which is called “social networking”. Social Networking...
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...P1: Describe forms of abuse which may be experienced by adults & P2: Describe indicators that abuse may be happening to adults Type of abuse | Definition of abuse | Example of abuse | Indicators of abuse | Physical | This kind of abuse involves contact that is pursued to cause an individual to feel intimidated, be injured or any other kind of suffering or bodily harm via physical contact.` | Some examples of physical abuse may involve: punching, pushing, striking with an object, biting, pulling, strangling, kicking, and rape. | There are many signs that indicate that an individual has been physically abused. Some may be injuries that can be seen visually, such as: bruises, cuts, marks, burns, and fractures.Other indicators may be the misuse of drugs and alcohol, the individual isolating themselves. They may have a self-esteem and low confidence which may lead to them feeling suicidal or self-harming. Feelings of fear and mistrust may be present. | Domestic | This kind of abuse is of an individual that is in a relationship that is intimate or is in the family. Domestic abuse is repetitive and is used to manipulate a person using intimidation. | This abuse can come in many forms, these may be pursued emotionally, physically, physiologically, financially or sexually. Actions such as hitting, biting, shoving, kicking, restraining, threats, and slapping may be used to control the individual. | Indicators that an individual has been abused domestically may involve the...
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...Functionalism, strain and Subcultural theories Durkheim’s functionalist theory Functionalism – society based on value consensus. Members of society sharing common culture. In order to achieve this, two things needed: - Socialisation – helps ensure individuals share the same norms and values. Shows the way to act. - Social control – rewards for conformity and punishment for deviance. Controls behaviour. Inevitability of crime – functionalists see crime as inevitable and universal. Every society has crime. Two reasons why crime and deviance are in all societies: - No everyone is equally socialized into norms and values. Some are likely to be deviant. - Diversity of lifestyle and values. Different groups have their own subcultures with distinctive norms and values. Some may see deviant acts as normal. > Durkheim says in modern societies there is tendency towards anomie. The rules for behaviour become weaker and less clear-cut. This is because modern societies have a complex division of labour meaning individuals become more different from each other. Crime is more likely. Positive functions of crime – it also performs two positive functions Boundary maintenance - produces a reaction from society, uniting members in disapproval of criminals and reinforcing their commitment to shared norms and values. Adaptation and change – all change starts with an act of deviance. There must be scope to challenge existing norms and values and this will seem deviant in the...
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