Social Correlates Of Bullying In Adolescents

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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

Bullying is said to be a major influence in “incidents of school violence” ( “School Bullying” 2). Bullying early in someone’s life is related to later issues such as suic ide intentions, anxiety, self-esteem, and other conditions that can last into their adulthood. But the victims are not the only ones affected. Bullies have increased health problems and have a hard tim e with relationships. They are more likely to commit crimes at a younger age.

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Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). The Stop Bullying websites list factors within children who are perceived to bully others. Some factors are of being dominate, concerned about their popularity, have social power, are usually easily irritated along with aggressiveness, and have friends who also bullies. Those that are being bullied can be discriminated because they may be not as popular, may look different through appearance such as weight, type of clothing, being new to the school, or not having the “cool” items (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

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involved in bullying.  A longitudinal study of male students who were bullied as children showed their

In the article “Bullying affects mental health for years” by author Deborah Kotz, she mentions that the more bullying received the extra poor mental health a person will get. In the article Kotz mentions that those who experience bullying in a weekly basis were more likely to suffer of poor mental health. Kotz also mentions the kids that are more likely to suffer bullying are those kids with overweight, transgender, homosexual, physically disabled, or who have medical conditions such as peanut allergies or diabetes. In the article Kotz also mentions statistics from studies done before which have proven by the high percentages that bullied kids do suffer poor mental health. Kotz also discusses laws passed to prevent bullying and school which

The journal article, “Parenting Style Influences Bullying,” focused on the topic of bullying among children. Children, especially with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), are more likely to bully their peers who do not have these diagnoses. The study examined parenting influence on ADHD/ODD individuals and how they interconnect with bullying between children with these developmental disorders. It has been stated that if the parent shows an inadequate amount of attention towards their child autonomy it is more likely that they become bullies. Meanwhile, children with parents that showed warmth and attentiveness decreased the odds of them becoming bullies because of the positive reinforcement.

Bullying can be hard to define, because research has shown that it comes in many forms which makes it difficult to find one set of characteristics that will describe a bully. Conclusively, studies have defined bullying as a set of repeated aggressive behavior that is intended to harm someone, which usually involves an imbalance of power between the victim and the perpetrator (Morgan, 2012, p. 174). Studies have shown that there are two distinct types of bullying, which is a direct form of verbal and physical aggression, and indirect, which often results in name calling, rumors and exclusion (Aluedse, 2006, p. 38). This form of peer victimization can have devastating effects on a child 's academic work and their physical and psychological well being (Limber, 2003, p. 23). In terms of gender, boys are more likely to be involved in physical bullying (direct) as for girls are more likely to be involved in indirect bullying (Wang et al, 2009, p. 371). Previous research indicates, that parents and friends are two important factors of social interaction associated with bullying and victimization among adolescences. Bullying is quite common among middle school children, because it is during this time that children go through puberty and hormonal changes. During this time students are looking to be accepted and fit into a specific group; however, when there is a lack of acceptance and esteem due to victimization, this can cause children to isolate themselves from those around them

The Effects of Bullying on a Child Every day in our schools, children are threatened, teased, taunted, and tormented by bullies. At any given time, about 25 percent of U.S. students are the victims of bullies and about 20 percent are engaged in bullying behavior (Education World, 2000). The National Association of School Psychologists estimates that 160,000 children stay home from school every day because they are afraid of being bullied (Education World, 2000). Bullying is characterized by three criteria(NCPTB, 2003): It is aggressive behavior or the intent to harm,

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The children are to be victims of bullying because children with ADHD are describe to be children that have an “in your face” attribute and immature because of their ability to not comprise and be flexible in their social skills are weak. ADHD has a profound impact on the children because it can lead them to be sad, depressed and helpless. In contrast to those children with better interactions with people and good social skills, children have a better control of their emotions. There are ways on how people can help. The article states by monitoring of peers relationship, it can provide help for children. Parents and teachers should communicate or understand when a child with ADHD is a victim of bullying. Another way to help reduce bullying is to implement non bullying strategies for example forcing a code of conduct on children by stating what’s wrong and what’s right. By creating a peer conflict meditation program it can teach kids as well to control their feeling to comprise and workout solutions. An addition to the help is that teachers at school could find pals for children that might have the same interest and share

Bullying has a negative physical impact but also a mental impact. Bolivar states the effects that bullying has on adolescent’s victim. “The results of this study found that there is a connection between bullying, socioeconomic status, gender, and adolescent mental health” This digs deeper into the social status and about the role of gender in situation of bullying. “The study indicates that adolescents that fear being attacked by their peers and/or peers threatening to hurt them, increases the chances of them feeling nervous, hopeless, restless, depressed, everything is an effort, and/or worthless.”. This makes us think of the correlation between your status and your gender. The article also goes into depth about how adolescents who have

Bullying is defined as “verbal, physical, or psychological abuse or teasing accompanied by real or perceived imbalance of power” and is usually targets what children perceive as different (Olweus, 1993). Bullying is prevalent across the nation. It has devastating effects on students each day. Bullying is a problem for all students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)