Bullying Is A Social Interest

Bullying has become a worldwide issue that has evolved over the years. Some people may argue that bullying has decreased as more people are aware and educated about the effects of bullying. Although people are more educated about bullying, it has only increased over the years. Today, every seven seconds someone is being bullied. Every seven seconds a life is ruined. It is horrendous. Bullying rates have gone through the roof over the years and only makes life for teenagers harder now. 1 in 10 people drop out of school because repeated bullying. 1 in 10 lives ruined. 1 in 10 further education opportunities destroyed. Our current society is doing appalling when it comes to bullying.

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among people of all ages, but mostly school-age children. Society has been aware of bullying since around 1693, but it was not viewed as a real problem until the 1970s. “While overall incidents of school violence, such as assault and theft, have declined in the last decade, bullying is on the rise.” (qtd in Tyre) The percentage of middle and high school students that have been victimized by bullying went up from 14 percent in 2001 to 32 percent in 2009. (Tyre)

*Bullying is still prevalent today- Bullying, continues to affect an estimated 50–80% of young people. Approximately 16 children each year in the UK commit suicide as a result of being bullied (Side, & Johnson, 2014). In spite of decades of research and more recent guidance by Government, bullying in schools remains a serious concern to young people and educational Practitioners (Side, & Johnson,

The current paper is a review of the literature on the effect of bullying on adolescent development. There are a range of definitions of bullying but the most widely accepted one is the definition put forth by Olweus (1978), who was one of the first to apply a system wide successful intervention in Norway. He states

Bullying has become a major issue in the United States and around the world. What brought the attention to people about bullying is the number of suicides that are committed by adolescents and the stories they share online or live television. Bullying is categorized to be direct verbal, direct physical, and indirect forms. Not every person has an idea how terrible bullying can be and how harmful it is to the victim. Bullying has driven students to commit actions they have never done before such as cutting themselves, suicidal thoughts, health disorders, and bad behavior. Bullying must be taken seriously, because it results in negative effects on its victims and may drive students to commit horrific actions. Lawmakers should draft anti-bullying legislation, students should stand up for one another, and society should work out what can be done to combat this problem.

In the United States and all over the world people get bullied every day at school. As a result, this motivates people to try an stop bullying. Countries have made laws to keep kids in school and out of school, safe from bullying, and some schools have rules to deal with bullying. Furthermore, bullying can have many other major impacts on bullies, victims, and witness of bullying. For example it can have an impact on mental health, and it can lead to suicide.

As the most well-known anti-bullying program, the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) seems to be an effective program (“Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: Scope And Sequence”). However the effectiveness of this program is uncertain in many countries except in Norway (Simmons). A study even found that OBPP had no effect in general in preventing bullying in American schools (Simmons). Moreover, huge resources are required since OBPP is “used at the school, classroom, and individual levels and includes methods to reach out to parents and the community for involvement and support” (“Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: Scope And Sequence”). A school with limited staff and resources may find it hard to introduce and implement this whole-school program across several levels. Instead, “an on-the-ground, local approach with individual students rather than a broad , mandated program” should be recommended (Simmons). It is important to offer bullied students available and trusted channels to seek help from. From my experience, I was bullied once by a senior student in high school, and I felt embarrassed to talk to my parents about it. Parents should be encouraged to discuss the concept of bullying freely with their children, so that bullied kids do not feel afraid or embarrassed about reporting. Moreover, Students should know who and where to seek help from in school. For example, a teacher can be appointed to be the main contact person about reporting bullying. Furthermore, the program should consist of regular meetings and seminars that educate students, teachers and parents about the implementation of this

Interestingly bullying has been identified and studied internationally with the earliest work in the field initiated in the late 1970s by Dan Olweus in Scandinavia. Also, other researchers in Great

The American Psychological Association (n.d.) defines bullying as “a form of aggressive behavior in which a person may intentionally cause another individual harm or humiliation”. While bullying is classified as form of aggressive behavior, studies reveal that bullying comes in many

This is only one scenario that has played out in the scene of bullying in schools around the world. There are many others, some not as negative and more that are worse. In some instances it is believed that bullying has led to school shootings and suicide. It is estimated that 50% of children will experience bullying before they graduate high

Collected and reviewed cross sectional data on bullying, being bullied and violence from peer reviewed articles suggested also that active bullying and violence in boys ages 10-12 comes from parenting styles and lack of education on the subjects of bullying and violence preventions along with many social factors and that rectifying bullying and violence behaviors could be directly related to parent and

There has been a lot of research done on bullying since the 1980s when Olweus, who was a Norwegian researcher, began to study bullying. In Scandinavia, bullying had become a social interest because people noticed that it was a problem in their society. The school officials in Scandinavia did not take action against bullying until three boys from Norway had committed suicide because they were bullied by their peers. This event caused national interest in bully and victim problems. Since, people suspected that there was a bullying issue they had conducted a study in which data was obtained from 140,000 students in 715 schools. The results indicated that 15% of students in Norwegian schools were involved in bullying. It also indicated that about 94% of the students classified as victims and 6% were classified as bullies (Beaty, Alexeyev, 2008).

The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a literature review of the topic proposed for completion of the final project. Bullying has become an ongoing global phenomenon. In particular are bully/victim behaviors and its impact on bully-victim cycles with K-12 students. This project intends to explore the research regarding the dichotomy of bullying and victim behavior, specifically bullies who have previously been victim or are currently victims of bullying.

Bullies in School Kathleen Berger 1 Bullying was once commonly thought to be an unpleasant but normal part of child's play, not to be encouraged, of course, but of little consequence in the long run. However, developmental researchers who have looked closely at the society of children consider bullying to be a very serious problem, one that harms both the victim and the aggressor, sometimes continuing to cause suffering years after the child has grown up. 2 One leading researcher in this area is Dan Olweus, who has studied bullying in his native country of Norway and elsewhere for twenty-five years. The cruelty, pain, and suffering that he has documented in that time are typified by the examples of Linda and Henry: Linda was systematically

School bullying and bullying as a whole has become a growing concern. The need for more intervention is more recognized, as incidents of bullying and inappropriate acts towards others occur in places outside of the classroom. This literature takes a closer look at bullying in schools. Olwesus (2013) states “the field of bullying research is to some extent plagued by problems, disagreements, and unresolved issues” (p.752). Whether if anyone will agree on the root of bullying, the fact remains that bullying has to be examined at its very core to remedy the matter before it becomes a bigger concern. There is a dire need for intervention based programs to be set in place to address the fact the act of bullying has lasting effects on the bully and the victim. When intervention programs are put into place to address bullying, the act of bullying decreases due to the gained understanding of the effects.