A Review of the Literature
For many years, bullying has been a major problem in many schools. Bullying is associated with serious health concerns, whether a child is the bully or the victim. Kids who are victims of bullying usually have lasting effects on their physical and mental health. This literature review describes the effects of bullying approaching the following topics:
• Physical effects
• Social impacts
• Emotional difficulties
• Mental complications
Bullying is a serious problem that should not be ignored. Bullied children are known to be more likely to have anxiety, depression, and thoughts of suicide. Bullies often seek victims who seem unable to defend themselves. Targets may also suffer long-term consequences of persistent bullying. Many researchers have indicated that bullies have antisocial tendencies.
What are some physical effects of bullying?
Physical bullying is a serious problem, affecting not only the bully and the victim, but also the other students who witness the bullying. (Physical Bullying, 2013)
Physical Bullying include:
• pushing
• tripping
• slapping
• Spitting
Most bullies attack kids, who are shy, quiet, or physically small. In addition, kids of a different race and sexual preference bullied just because, they are different. Bullies sometime find victims who seem unable to defend themselves. Therefore, the result of physical bullying can make children feel unsafe and they will think something is wrong with them.
What social impact
Children who are bullied may have short term effects on them. They often do not like to go to school, have problems making friends, and in extreme cases develop depression can lead to suicide. Bullying can have lasting effects on a victim. Fortunately, most who are bullied receive support from others tend not to have any lasting effect.
Bullying may result in death, physical injury, social and emotional distress. Bullied students are more likely to experience anxiety, depression, poor school adjustment, and sleep difficulty.
Bullying and in its many various ways effects everyone in a lot of ways. A lot of the people are being humiliated and hurt. Victims of bullying commit suicide because people that are being bullied think bullying will not stop. Bullying is a big problem in many countries, it is a problem that everyone can experience at anytime and anywhere. Bullying can be the number one problem everyone experiences in daily basis.
Bullying is a wide spread epidemic in our country. Almost everyone will be bullied at some point in their life. Bullying happens for many reasons and can have fatal consequences if it is not handled.
Bullying is one of the largest public health problems in the world today. Bullying involves the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others (Wikipedia). Children and adults are bullied in school, work, and even on the internet. Bullying can cause physical and mental health issues as well as a decrease in academic performance. It may also cause depression and anxiety and could lead to alcohol and/or drug abuse. The effects of bullying can also cause physical harm in kids and teens by disrupting their sleep, causing gastrointestinal issues and headaches (CNN Wire, 2016).
The issue of bullying became a concern in the United States after researchers found that many school shootings were a result of students wanting to get revenge for being a victim of bullying. It first appeared that they were loners or individuals who set out to hurt others for their own satisfaction, but they were actually finally standing up for themselves. Bullying can cause students to lose their identity and feel useless. Students who are victims of bullying become depressed and may suffer from psychological issues. Many students that are being bullied suffer from low levels of self-esteem, anger for not standing up for themselves, or hopelessness. The behavior of bullying can destroy another
Bullying is a growing epidemic in today’s society and has become a pressing social and educational concern. It is often dismissed as typical adolescent behavior but ignoring the problem could be detrimental to the bully, the person being bullied, and even those who stand by witnessing the unkind acts but do nothing about it. Bullying can hinder academic, social, and emotional development and because it manifests in different forms, it is important to recognize the signs and address it with all parities immediately.
Physical bullying is found in many situations. Bullies want to harm you or make you feel uncomfortable and want to make you feel depressed and want to bother you. They just want to find some kind of way to bother you or make you do something for them. Physical bullying is when the bully hits you or touches you. There are kids all the time that are getting bullied and need to stand up for themselves. It is a horrible thing that has happened to many kids. If someone is physically bullying you, tell a parent or a teacher. Just find a person that will stop the situation and get the bully to stop hitting you or touching you. This is a serious problem that has been happening for many years. There is a story about a boy that was bigger than most kids and was bullied really bad. Other kids called him fat and ugly. He was really depressed and stressed out over it. He just said that he wanted it to stop.
Bullying is the most common form of violence in our society, and it has two key components: physical or psychological.
Those who are bullied often become bullies. “According to a 2007 study of bullying in Japan, South Africa and the United States, 72 percent of children who were physically abused by their parents become a bully, a victim of a bully or both” (Swearer). In some cases parents could cause kids to be bullies, victims, or both without noticing that they are doing so. Bullying is “aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance” (“Bullying Definition”). Bullying could be found in multiple places, but most likely it can be found in school. Bullying, a monster in the society, has many negative effects including mental health, substance use, and suicide.
Over the past couple of years, the issue of bullying in the educational environment has gained national attention, various laws have been put in place to prevent bullying. The methods of bullying have changed from cyberbullying, verbal bullying, and physical bullying. Bullying has been known to effect a student’s metal, social, and physical capabilities. Some of the consequences of bullying are suicide, depression, and lack of self-esteem.
Bullying in children and adolescence is becoming an ever increasing issue as it is prevalent in various forms including physical, verbal, relational, and cyber space (Wang et al., 2011). Bullying can be defined as a subtype of aggression that involves repeated exposure to negative actions with the intent to cause harm or discomfort and an imbalance of power between the bully and victim (Hong, Kral, & Sterzing, 2014). Youth who are being bullied have been found to have significant risk of developing depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and attempts, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (Yen et al., 2014). Studies have shown that depression is associated with exposure to bullying, so it is crucial that health care professionals
Physical bullying can result in many extreme outcomes. The bully creates dangerous physical harm to their victims and in today society EVERY victim has a breaking point and retaliates in a violent way. Victims of bullying get thoughts of suicide, cutting themselves, low self esteem, and also wanting to become a bully because its happening to them. Unfortunately there are a lot of students and staff today and parents do not feel like their schools are a safe place to go because of the types of bullying that occur.
Nerd, ugly, stupid, creep, loser: these are just a few of the hurtful words that school bullies and other students direct towards their excluded, vulnerable peers in schools around the U.S. Bullying is a familiar word often heard in schools, workplaces and now on the internet. It can occur in the form of physical, mental or emotional abuse. In general, bullying has been perceived as “aggressive behavior that is intentional, harassment, and an imbalance of power with the result of inflicting pain or discomfort on others” (“Bullying”). Thousands of children in the United States are affected every day by bullying. This kind of behavior is detrimental to all involved and should not be allowed in any school system as it can quickly affect an individual beyond anyone's imagination. In some cases, bullying can undermine the self-esteem of the victims which can force them to take extreme measures dangerous to them and others. The experience of school bullying can end up causing enduring damage to both victims and bullies. The effects of school bullying include decreased academic achievement, depression and anxiety and high risk of self-destructive behaviors.
Bullying, in its many forms, is becoming an extremely hazardous problem that many individuals endure. Bullies torment others because they themselves have insecurities, have been bullied themselves, or have a mental illness that brings out the worst in them. Nevertheless, bullying can physically and emotionally destroy the victim, whether it is by physical abuse, cyber bullying, or verbal abuse.