Bullying Victimization And Internalization

In recent years, bullying has gained attention due to school shootings and the increased awareness of mental illnesses. It has led people wanting to know why people become bullies and why others become victims of bullying. To answer those questions, it is important to look at bullying from a sociological perspective.It shows what behavioral patterns and norms occur between individuals and their society that leads to bullying.

It is worth noting that whenever the term bullying is surfaces, many people visualize it as an aggressive behavior that leads to unwanted power imbalance among school-going children. However, professionals define bullying as the use of superior strength in order for one to achieve an individual’s desire or want from another individual (Gomes, 2007). A closer look at the bullying concept reveals that, bullies bully their victims for intimidation purposes, to exercise authority and superiority, and to boost their self-esteem feeling. Actions that accompany bullying include; making threats, physically or verbally attacking the victim, spreading rumors, and excluding the victim from a group on purpose. Bullies oppress others owing to engagement

With males all of the things described from the female perspective can also occur. A lot of it has to do with the physical aspect of

Most kids say that they don’t see bullying around school. In just Minnesota alone there is talk about bullying and how to prevent it. Sen. Franken states, “Nine out of 10 LGBT kids are harassed or bullied in school. One-third report having skipped school in the last month because they felt unsafe” (Shah 14). Kids should not feel unsafe to go to school. School is supposed to be a safe place to go and if someone needs help there are supposed to be people there to guide them. Franken adds, “But the sad fact is that our federal laws are failing” (Shah 14). Laws have been made to try to stop bullying, but bullying continues to exist. This shows how out of control bullying is becoming.

This article explores the prevalence rates of bullying victimization among special needs students in the United States. The researchers describe bullying victimization as the misuse and abuse of power to harm or humiliate an individual over time. Investigators have reported a higher rate of bullying and victimization among students with disabilities when compared with mainstream peers. Special needs students are prey for bullies because of characteristics related to their disabilities. Many students diagnosed with developmental delay lack social and communication skills. Disabilities such as autism, specific learning disorders, emotional disorders or attention deficit disorders may cause an individual to behave in a variety of ways. These students behaviors may be perceived as withdrawn,

How does bullying affect victims. Bullying can cause’s victims to go into a depression, think suicidal thoughts, and can have an effect on one's self-esteem. Bullying often occurs when people have been bullied themselves as a child so the individual feels it is ok to allow another person to feel the pain that they once experienced.

The article, “Cyber Bullying and Internalizing Difficulties: Above and Beyond the Impact of Traditional Forms of Bullying” acknowledges, “34 % of students reported that they had been victimized by their peers during the current school year, and 38 % reported that they had bullied others.” Low self-structure goes hand in hand with being the victim of cyber and traditional bullying. Bullying prevention programs should be mandatory in school curriculums. Execution of programs to address low self-structure should also be incorporated into school curriculums to help address the impacts of traditional and cyber bullying. Parents and educators need to intervene in bullying incidents, a failure to do so may impact students’ abilities to be happy and

Bullying has changed and become a more frequent trend over the years. Adolescents get bullied through social media and in person. In some cases there are not many people who speak out and help the person being bullied. While there might be some peers who hesitate to speak up, “[i]f no one speaks out against the bully, the bystanders interpret the lack of response as an acceptance of the behavior” (Finkelstein). When no one stands up for the victim, silence is an encouragement for the bullying to continue. Students don’t realize how speaking up for someone can make a great difference, even if it’s only one person. While children are mostly aware of what bullying is, they don’t completely understand it “[b]ullying can take many forms, including

Bullying have become a cliché topic, maybe you have seen on movies, school or even watching on tv, According to some studies 13 million children are bullying each day, 77% kids per year are bullying verbally, 50% kids per year are bullying by internet, or more knowing as cyberbullying. Psychologist say that 14% of high school students who is bullying consider suicide, because bullying victims are 2 to 9 times more likely to commit suicide than non-victims.

Bullying can be defined in three aspects: frequency, intentionality, and power differential. “Bullying involves aggressive acts that are repeated over time with intentionality and a power differential between the victim and the perpetrator” (Malecki, et al. 2015, p.116). Bullied victims and peer-victimized youth have different levels of depression symptoms including different coping strategies. In the article they state that bullying rates decreased as students left middle school and moved up to the high school level. Meaning bullying behaviors are more prevalent among students in middle school in grades 6th to 8th. It is said that students in middle school who are involved in bullying are more likely to show impulsive aggressive behaviors

Do you wake up everyday afraid to go to school? Do you skip lunch because you are afraid of being harassed or excluded? Do you ever wonder about the future of the bully and the victim? Bullying is caused by two main reasons; appearance or social status. Most of the time these are things people have no control over. Bullying is a major issue that needs to be solved because it can cause the victim mental pain, physical pain, and the victims', as well as the bullies' future, can be negatively affected by it.

This article explores the prevalence rates of bullying victimization among special needs students in the United States. Investigators of this study report an advanced rate of bullying and victimization among students with disabilities when compared with mainstream peers. However, special needs students are prey for bullies because of characteristics related to their disabilities. Typically, many special needs students may be unaware of bullying victimization because of poor social and communication skills that comprise of misread facial expressions, body language, and tone. Furthermore, disabilities

Throughout all my years in high school, bullying was a major issue. From physical fights to cyber threats, bullying comes in all shapes and sizes. Various questions can be raised regarding how to punish a bully when the only evidence is what the victim is describing. Are schools doing the most they can to prevent bullying? Why is the victim of a fight being punished in the same way as the bully? Although there have been many attempts to lessen the effects of bullying, there is still more to be done including: spreading awareness to the workplace and college campuses, finding different ways to help the people affected by bullying, and to find a different outlook when it comes to understanding the bully and their motives.

Bullying has become an increasingly widespread social phenomenon. It is defined as a way of seeing aggressive behavior occur within someone that intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying may take place in the form of physical contact, verbal use, or even psychologically. There is a major difference in bullying and normal conflict between people. It does not only occur in children, but also in adolescence. Zielinski (2014) suggests that the effects of bullying in childhood can last a lifetime, both for the child who’s bullied and their tormenter. Harassment falls into the same category and effects individuals in similar ways to those of bullying. Girdwain (2016) explains several factors that constitute bullying in old age. This paper examines Zielinski (2014) and Girdwain (2016) relation to other research articles to show the brutal side of bullying and how to fully understand the effects of it on children adolescents even the elderly.

The patient is a 15 year old female who presented to the ED with an overdose on an unknown amount of Paxil, Melatoin and some other unknown pills. Per documentation the patient reports seeing a counselor and has experienced bullying for the past couple of days.