Can Witnessing or Experiencing Domestic Violence Be Linked to Bullying in Adolescents?

A child that is exposed to domestic violence may have long term effects from witnessing the abuse. The effects will start at school when trying to socialize

Children in homes where there is abuse usually end up either, being abused themselves or being neglected. This is where they generally learn to become abusers themselves.

For children living in violent and unsafe homes, they are learning that hitting and verbally abusing someone is the proper way of communicating love. According to Holt, Buckley & Whelan (2008), “as they learn a generational cycle begins in which children grow up to be victims and abusers as adults.” The effects that domestic violence has on children are heartbreaking. Some of the major effects are; increased risk of poor health, poor education, isolation, learned helplessness and decreased satisfaction in such family environment.

In the article Big Bad Bully, the author, Hara Estroff Marano describes that “the one most hurt by bullying is the bully himself” even if at first it is not obvious. Marano claims that the aggression of a bully starts at an early age. The aggression can be physical such as hitting, kicking, and punching or the aggression can be verbal such as name calling, threats, and insults. As Marano writes, “Bullying causes a great deal of misery to others, and its effect on victims last for decades, perhaps even a lifetime.”

There are studies showing that 3-4 million children who are between the ages of 3 and 17 are at the risk of domestic violence every year. The children of the women who get abused, usually witness it. (2) This causes the children to have psychological problems, and trust issues. Children that grow up in a violent household, learn very easily that no one can be trusted. It ruins their thought of love and also ruins their courage. (8) No child should have to witness their mother or father get abused. These children show the same behavioral patterns as those who are neglected. They often look for attention, affection, and approval, since they aren't getting much in their home lives. (8) Children deserve to be loved and cared for. They shouldn't have to worry about the things they do, and they shouldn't have to worry about what might happen to them next. There are statistics that show that most of the children who witness domestic violence, will become a victim too. If they do not become a victim, they will have severe psychological trauma. (8) The children are likely to be abused, but they are just as likely to abuse. It's common for children who watch abuse to repeat that abuse to others, such as significant others, and possibly their children.

This article explores the different patterns on how children become bullies. Victims of bullying are repeatedly exposed to aggressive behavior ( Lereya, Samara & Wolke, 2013). This study involved both children and parents. The research was conducted to know why some children become bullies and others don’t. According to Lereya (2013), children’s family experiences and parenting behavior before entering school help shape their capacity to adapt and cope at school. It is important to identify how parenting styles and parent-child relationship are related to victimization in order to develop intervention programs to prevent or victimization in childhood and adolescence

About three years ago, when I was with my abusive boyfriend I noticed that he got his abusive behavior from his older brother. One night, when we went out for dinner one of the servers told me I looked beautiful, of course my boyfriend heard and he grabbed my hand and took me right home. I was terrified. He was calling me nasty names in the car, he made me feel disgusting and he even grabbed my arm until I couldn’t move it anymore. Domestic violences arises from the family itself and the learning institutions as well, such as schools. If the abuser grows up with violent behavior they will believe that it is okay for them to act that way. Which fails on the family to appropriately execute the roles of society, and if the schools fail to offer basic education about violence the students fail to understand

There are various types of bullying that students are face with such as; physical bullying, this type of bullying involves hitting, shoving, pushing, tripping and any other kind of force. Verbal bullying involves the use of hurtful comments such as, name-calling and teasing. Social bullying involves using relationship to hurt someone, it involves excluding or ostracizing someone from a friend group, spreading rumors or the silent treatment. Cyber bullying happens over cell phone and the internet. School bullying is not subject to any particular gender both boys and girls are guilt of or victims of some form of bullying. However; bullying is likely to be missed by teachers, Johnson.pg 129 states “while teachers view bullying as a major problem, it is low on the list reported by students.” This quote explain that it is almost impossible to know whether a child is being bullied or the type of bullying that they experience. Therefore, in this essay I will claim that violence has increased in school as a result of bullying, and because of bullying student bringing weapons to school as a means of

Most times, domestic violence could possibly lead to child abuse. Even though the person may be committing these attacks against their significant other, it could sometimes lead to the child being harmed as a way of punishing their significant other. Then there are times

Domestic violence occurs everyday. It seems as though it is a natural occurring phenomenon in our lives. Looking toward the youth, domestic violence can lead to major problems in their lives. Their choices and feelings in the world can be formed and revolved around the effects of domestic violence. Although they are young, innocent individuals, middle school children have the potential to become monsters if violence occurs often in their lives. It is simple really. If they can get hurt by people, why can't they hurt other people? This way of contemplating can result in the creation of a bully. Can domestic violence turn our kids into young oppressors? Furthermore, parents and guardians are unconditionally responsible for the well-being of

In my opinion, I believe one of the biggest factors that is associated with relational violence is within family factors. Although I believe individual factors play just as big of a part in relational violence, I am going to talk about the family factors today. I have read many stories and met people who grew up in abusive situations, whether it's the parents abusing the children or the parents abusing each other. According to Busby et. al (2008) confirmed in a “study that children who witness violence from their parents perpetuate that violence as children and are more likely to be violent as adults” (as cited by Knox & Schacht, 2013, p. 384). Also, if children were the ones being abused, they are that much more likely to be abusive towards

I will start by describing the biological dimensions of bullying victims, perpetrators, and bully-victims. Carpanzo et al. (2011) asserts that there are gender differences in bullying. While both biological genders participate equally in relational and physical aggression according to the study, physical aggression is more common in boys but relational aggression is equal between the sexes. Bullying was more stable across a two-year period and weighed more heavily on individual personality characteristics with the males in the study and girls were more influenced into participating in bullying behavior by social norms. A study by Fu et al. (2012) examined bullying victimization in twelfth graders between 1989 and 2009. The study aimed to find repetitive risk factors concerning socioeconomic status and behavioral characteristics. The result of the study

The study came from the need to determine the role that bullying plays on adolescent violent behavior and delinquent acts. Most research has been done middle school bullying with very few studies looking at high school bullying.

Many researches on bullying have found a strong connection between bullying behavior and the gender differences (Hathorn & Harris, 2006).Furthermore it has been evaluated to find out the difference between diverse types of violence in bullying between girls and boys in various grades. For example, several researches have debated that physical bullying is more prevalent in

Domestic violence appears in a variety of forms that may be hard to identify. Breakthecycle.org published an article “Learn About Dating Abuse,” in which domestic abuse is defined as a pattern of abusive behavior in an intimate relationship. The one thing in common between all unhealthy and abusive relationships is the need for power and control. Common forms of domestic violence include physical, verbal, sexual, and financial. Any young adult can experience domestic abuse, not just married couples (“Learn About Dating Abuse”).