Causes And Consequences Of Bullying

According to the American Psychological Association, “Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions” (Bullying, 2013). People bully each other for several reasons and there are different outcomes that are a result of those reasons. People can be bullied physically, emotionally, or verbally. Bullying can take place at school or online. Bullying should be a considered a crime, but kids get away with it all the time; furthermore prevention can be used in order to keep kids safe from bullying.

According to the National Education Association, more than 160,000 children miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. Bullying is a behavior that hurts, harms, or humiliates a student, either physically or emotionally, and it recently happens while at school, in a community, or online. Those people that have encountered bullying often experience arduous phases due to all mistreatment they been involved in. For instance, bullying occurs in many different ways and affects plenty of characteristics in a all around portion such as; mental issues, health conditions, the features affected by bullying, and the problems caused by bullying. Furthermore, bullying has become one of the most recognized headlines in the world and has as well as shocked many people, due to all bullying that has occurred in a person 's everyday life. Thus, bullying is an exceptional situation that without attention, can cause a widespread variety of consequences.

With school-aged children, bullying more frequently happens while they are at school, or afterward when the students are not being supervised by their teacher in places like the cafeteria, bus, lockers, playground or neighborhood. Now that kids have access to online technology, bullying can also happen on the internet. With this in mind, teachers must now research and understand what bullying is, and develop methods to help fight against bullying. Bullying is the aggressive, unwanted behavior that occurs between kids of all ages. Children that bully are using the power they believe they have over other kids to try to control and harm them. Bullying can happen via verbal, social, or physical abuses, such as name-calling, threats, spreading rumors, isolation, embarrassment, spitting, hitting, destroying personal things, etc. In order to be considered bullying, these bad behaviors are repeated over time.

Has someone ever made fun of you, made you feel stupid, or made you feel bad about yourself? If yes, then you have been a victim of bullying. Bullying can diminish the mental and/or physical health of bullied individuals. This epidemic happens every day, yet nothing is trying to stop it. If no one addresses the problem, then it will continue to be a problem. Yes, there are programs trying to prevent bullying, but who is to say that people are listening? Even with all of the bully prevention programs, bullying is still not being addressed properly because it is still prevalent in causing negative impacts on one’s mental and physical health and can lead to suicidal thoughts.

“In the United States, in a study of over 15,000 students attending public and private schools, Nansel, Overpeck, Pilla, Ruan, Simons-Morton, and Scheidt (2001) found that 30% of sixth- through tenth-grade students said that they had moderate to frequent involvement in bullying at school with 13% reporting their role as perpetrators and 10.6% as victims.” (Rivers, Ian, Duncan, Neil, Besag, Valerie E.) According to a more recent statistic by bullyingstatistic.org stated that verbal

Bullying is and up and coming topic in our society due to the affects and/or outcomes on the individual(s) that are victimized. Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. It is mistreatment severe enough to compromise a targeted worker’s health, jeopardize her or his job and career, and strain relationships with friends and family.(workplacebullying.com) Bullying can take place in many settings and throughout all age groups. Individuals are usually victimized due to what “society’s” perception of the way an individual should look, act, and/or feel. Sometimes bullies are not aware of their own actions, while others are. Bullying in the workplace seems to be more common everyday. Bullying is a phenomenon of unequal power. One member has power over another. In order to be able to stop and control bullying, society needs to be aware of the different types of bullying, as well as whom to properly notify when these instances occur. Society needs to be aware that individuals are unique and that social acceptance should be promoted with everyone, rather than society’s “ideal-like” individuals.

No one is deserved nor wants to be bullied. Nevertheless this issue still happens everywhere in our society, among workplaces, universities, colleges and especially high schools. According to National Association of School Psychologist in United States, one out of seven students used to bully others or being the victims. Despite of the common assumption that bullying is a normal part of children in their early years, the consequences can strongly effect on students ' well-being. Lasting for years or even the whole life, it makes the victim feel frustrated, despondent, useless, fearful or isolated. Apparently, it is crucial to push the awareness of the meaning of the word bully, why it should be on the top concerned list among parents, teachers and the bullied themselves.

Bullying is a serious issue in today’s society. It can affect the well-being of the offender, bystander, and target. It can happen almost anywhere and anytime in privacy, in schools, at places of employment, and even in neighborhoods. Bullying can be classified as being physical, emotional, verbal or social which known as cyber bullying.

Why and how does children get bullies in school? Is it necessary to have bullies in school? According to the article “Bullying and Peer Victimization”, Faris discusses the cause of bullies and how it affects their mental health. One cause of bullying is the diversity, which makes a consequence of mental problems. The mental health problems that shows are depression, anger, anxiety, low self-esteem, or low empathy. It is proven that “researchers have found that bullies have significantly lower self-esteem than bystanders (O’Moore & Kirkham, 2001), are more depressed (Roland, 2002), and have lower global self-worth, scholastic competence, social acceptance, and greater behavioral conduct problems (Austin & Joseph, 1996)” (Faris, 2009).

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.

On June 14th, 2014, my friend committed suicide due to bullying. He was bullied, for many years and never wanted anyone to help him out. For many decades now, bullying is a growing concern in our society. Bullies are selfish, ignorant kids trying to become more popular. Bullies are away many snatching people’s self -esteem, rights and ending many people’s lives.

Bullying is becoming an increasingly important problem for parents, kids, school administrators and teachers, and it affects our society according to Cantone (2015). It is defined as the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, usually to force him or her into doing what you want according to the Mariam-Webster (1828) dictionary. Its environment becomes repetitive over time and can last days, weeks, months, or even years. Bullying can take on several different forms ranging between verbal (mocking, insulting, or making racist remarks), physical (kicking, punching, slapping or damaging someone’s belongings), and indirect (spreading rumors or gossiping about another student) according to the (Bullying).

What is bullying in a broad sense and how badly does it affect its victims? “‘It is a negative action when someone intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another, basically what is implied in the definition of aggressive behavior. Negative actions can be carried out by physical contact, by words, or in other ways...’”. (Volk par. 3) While bullying can span from physical violence to emotional abuse, one thing remains constant, the constant pain that they are forced to bear. This could happen a few times or every day for years and the victims are always unable to fight back, making them feel even weaker than they already do. This will not only hurt them in that moment, but will also affect them for the rest of their lives. They could be physically and mentally hurt for the rest of their lives. Bullying is not a small issue either, it affects many people all over the world. There have been attempts to eradicate the issue, but they have all failed. While these proposed solutions may have helped the overall issue, they have not succeeded in eliminated the problem. There needs to be a better way of dealing with the issue of bullying.

¨American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims (Bullying Statistics).” Bullying is an aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power of disparity. Face to face bullying, and cyberbullying doesn't only affect the victim and the bully, but it also affects each of their families and friends. There are thousands effects of bullying, but the most influential outcomes are school shootings, suicide, and psychological issues. Bullying isn't just a part of being a kid, it is a part of life.

School is said to be the foundation for students to develop their passion and figure out what they want to be. The classroom is said to be a safe and learning environment for students to become successful. The workplace is also an environment for people to work and earn money. These places can also be where a person struggles and faces their biggest demons. Unfortunately, bullying is a widespread issue that is found all over the world. Bullying is a major problem in our society and is occurring where people spend most of their time, at school and at work. Bullying is defined as any unwanted aggressive behavior that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is highly likely to be repeated multiple times (US Department of Health and Human Services 2015). This can be seen in the form of teasing someone, leaving someone out on purpose or physically hitting someone. All these actions can cause a person to experience depression, social anxiety and low self-esteem that could then lead to academic challenges and failures. Without knowledge and ways to prevent this phenomenon, bullying will never go away.