...The Damaging Effects of Bullying, Why It Needs to Stop, and How to Stop It There are many problems in our school system today, but the number one problem, in my opinion, is bullying. “An Analysis of School Anti-Bullying Laws in the United States,” written by Maryellen Kueny and Perry Zirkel, states that “bullying has been a persistent problem in middle level and high schools.” According to Kueny and Zirkel’s article, “an early national study found that among sixth through twelfth graders, 56% of students witnessed bullying and 71% know of a peer who is being bullied.” In the same article mentioned before, “a study of bullying in American schools found 86% of students in grade 6 through 10 engaged in bullying sometimes or more frequently.” As you can see bullying plays a big role in our school systems today and causes many problems not just for the student being bullied but for the bullies themselves. Bullying should be put to an end because it causes damage to those who are bullied and the bullies, as well. Physical bullying, verbal bullying, convert or hidden bullying, and cyberbully are the four main types of bullying. Out of the four types, verbal bullying and cyberbullying are the most common. Verbal bullies use words to harm others through name-calling, insulting, making racist comments, or harsh teasing. Cyberbullying can happen at any time. The Alannah and Madeline Foundation says that cyberbullying includes: “abusive or hurtful texts, emails, posts, images or videos...
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...---------------------------------------------------------- 11 - 12 IIA. INTRODUCTION In our everyday life, we always receive opinions from other people. These can be criticisms and good or bad comments. We are free to express these opinions but there are some who express it over that sometimes they may hurt someone’s feelings. If this will be repeatedly done and is getting worse that they can really affect the mental behavior of someone, then this will be called as bullying. Bullying is the repeated and systematic harassment or attack on someone. It is a habitual abuse and forcing someone to act in involuntary manner. Actually there are three types of bullying; emotional, verbal and physical. The most common thing is the verbal bullying. It’s the bullying with the use of words. It can be a form of racial comments, sexual comments, insults and name-calling. This type of bully is done everywhere but for students, verbal bullying is common in schools. Words are...
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...Human development online class 2/26/15 Bullying One of the most important periods in an individual’s life is their school years. School is a place where children and teenagers socialize, obtain different social skills, and prepare themselves for their future life and career. What is bullying? Bullying is defined as repeated, systematic efforts to inflict harm through physical, verbal, or social attack on a weaker person. Bullying will always be the problem in schools, parks, and in many places frequented by children. The usual place where bullying happens is at the school where older and bigger children have the chance to do their hostile mistreatment of younger and smaller children. In “Ronan’s escape” video, which is a film about a boy name Ronan be a victim of bullying in school. The bullying may consist of taunting, name calling or actual physical harm inflicted on the victims. According to data collected by the National Institute of Child 30% of all children studying in middle and high school were at least once in a semester bullied or acted as bullies themselves in the United States of America (national conference of state legislations). Moreover, several recent studies in United States of America indicate over 11,000 children reported being the victims of bullying. An additional 3 percent described themselves as both victims and bullies. In a study of over 2,000 New York state students, 9 percent reported being frequently victimized by bullies. In California...
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...looks at bullying and other forms of violence in a school setup, at work and through the social media. In definition, bullying can be defined as the act of using force, coercion or threat to intimidate, abuse or imposing aggressive dominion over others (Kuykendall, 2012). Some people argue that for such a behavior to fit the definition of bullying, it has to be habitual and repetitive. It may not necessarily be the case since there may be a particular person who likes picking on his colleagues after a long time. As long as the act involves the characteristics of coercion, threats, and use of force meant to intimidate abuse or impose aggressive dominion, then the act qualifies as bullying. In a situation where there is continued bullying, a prerequisite perception always comes into the mind of a bully or any other party involved: physical and the social power imbalance. There are many behaviors that qualify as bullying especially when they are directed towards a particular person on a repetitive manner. These behaviors include; threats, verbal harassments, coercion, physical assaults and many other mean acts towards an intended individual. There are also many factors that are highlighted as justifications of bullying including; sexuality, religion, class, gender, race, personality, lineage, body language, appearance, reputation, behavior, size, strength or ability (Kuykendall, 2012). All of these are rationalizations that are heighted as causing factors of bullying behaviors...
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...Edwin Table of content • Introduction • Bullying In the Workplace • Some examples of bullying • Examples of some actions that can be taken • Types of Bullying • The Impact of Workplace Bullying • Solutions to Workplace Bullying • Conclusion Introduction: Bullying is be defined as the activity of repeated, aggressive behavior intended to hurt another person, physically or mentally. Bullying is characterized by an individual behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person. The most common bullying type is school bullying, where some students use 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. [pic] Bullying In The Workplace In the United States, more than a third of the workforce have been tormented on...
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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 Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Of all the people who have considered suicide almost half have attempted. As easy as it is for someone to bully another it is almost impossible to get through for the victim, and often ends in a tragic outcome. Typically those who bully use their strength, popularity or power to harm, control or manipulate others. They usually target those who are weaker in size or may have a difficult time defending themselves. There are many major problems that can result in bullying in general. Recently there was a girl by the name of Amanda Todd, and she got bullied for a while after making a few bad decisions that got spread around and later committed suicide. Since the incident suicide awareness has been high. The problem with our society is it takes this girl to bring up suicide awareness when there was already thousands probably millions of others who have committed suicide. After the suicide a group of people made a support page on Facebook that now has over 800,000 likes. It’s great that they are showing her support now, but where were they before when she was crying for help. People don’t care about anything until they are gone. Another important problem is that everybody glorifies one person. Approximately 560 people commit suicide in America alone. And they don’t have a Facebook page or any type of support for that matter. We need to stop focusing on one thing and think about everything...
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...Bullying Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Of all the people who have considered suicide almost half have attempted. As easy as it is for someone to bully another it is almost impossible to get through for the victim, and often ends in a tragic outcome. Typically those who bully use their strength, popularity or power to harm, control or manipulate others. They usually target those who are weaker in size or may have a difficult time defending themselves. There are many major problems that can result in bullying in general. Recently there was a girl by the name of Amanda Todd, and she got bullied for a while after making a few bad decisions that got spread around and later committed suicide. Since the incident suicide awareness has been high. The problem with our society is it takes this girl to bring up suicide awareness when there was already thousands probably millions of others who have committed suicide. After the suicide a group of people made a support page on Facebook that now has over 800,000 likes. It’s great that they are showing her support now, but where were they before when she was crying for help. People don’t care about anything until they are gone. Another important problem is that everybody glorifies one person. Approximately 560 people commit suicide in America alone. And they don’t have a Facebook page or any type of support for that matter. We need to stop focusing on one thing and think about everything...
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...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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...After navigating thru stopbullying.gov, the first thing as a librarian we need to know is the definition of what bullying is. I often hear kids say, “He bullied me!”, when kids are just being mean and not bullied. According to the website, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.” I am now more aware of the specifics types of bullying, which are verbal, social, and physical. Verbal bullying is teasing, name calling, inappropriate sexual comments, taunting, and threating to cause harm. Social bullying is leaving someone out on purpose. Also, telling other children not to be friends with someone...
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...Bullying in the Workplace Introduction In the United States, more than a third of the workforce have been tormented on the job, according to a 2010 survey by the Workplace Bullying Institute, a research and support group whose goals are to understand, correct and prevent all abuse at work. It has been estimated that about 30% of U.S. employees over the course of their work life experience some type of workplace bullying (Workplace Bullying Institute, 2010). What is Workplace Bullying? “Bullying,” by definition is the process of intimidating or mistreating somebody weaker or in a more vulnerable situation (Microsoft Word , 2007). Research has been done on the occurrence of workplace bullying, and it’s been found that bullying is not a rare occurrence, although it varies in the reporting of the incidents (International Small Business Journal, 2011). It is important to be familiar with the definition and the types of workplace bullying and report it to the proper people so it can be stopped. Types of Bullying There are several different things that are considered to be “bullying” if you experience it at your workplace. Bullying can be aggressive with screams or threats and it can be passive and be disguised and hard to identify. Here is a few of the things considered to be bullying: 1. Verbal Abuse, which is the use of words, to attack, control, and inflict harm on another person, it involves inflicting mental cruelty on another person, attacking the...
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...are locked in lockers, given a verbal beating, and even physically hurt by other children just for a simple difference. Then the victims of these cases are told that they can find sanctuary with the anti-bullying programs implemented at the school, but Ph.D. holders in psychology and emotional intelligence Marc Brackett and Diana Divecha say otherwise. In the article, School Anti-Bullying Programs Ineffective by Marc Brackett and Diana Divecha, they argue that public school anti-bullying programs in the United States are unable to help students who are physically and emotionally bullied. The authors support their thesis with facts such as the Center for Disease Control and Prevention declared that "bullying [had become] a major public health problem"(par. 4) and points out a reason why bullying had become such a prominent issue, is that the victims of bullying suffer from "depression, anxiety, low self-worth,... academic problems,... [and] extreme suicidal thoughts" (par.4)....
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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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...The Problem A. Introduction 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...
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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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