The results of the survey showed that the overwhelming majority of abusers and victims who were involved in verbal and controlling form of domestic violence were homosexual partners. These forms of control, although common in heterosexual battering cases, have much different technique in same sex cases. One example of controlling aggression includes threatening to exploit, or “out” their partner’s sexuality, if they are still in the closet. If the victim is still in the closet, and afraid to admit their sexuality to their family or the community, this becomes a powerful tool for the aggressor, because if the victim cannot reach out to their family, or friend, due to the fear of coming out, the victim would also never report their abuser to the police for the same reasons. The fear of an aggressor “outing” their victim varies between lesbian and gay couples (Messinger, 2011, p.2233).
She said, “I’d get 30 mean questions or messages a day,” and, “Most of them were like, ‘Just kill yourself.’ ” Due to her anxiety caused by bullying, Jillian was allowed to dropout of school (Denziet- Lewis). As reported by Mayo Clinic, anxiety can also lead to substance abuse, insomnia, digestive problems, headaches and chronic pain, social isolation, problems functioning at school or work, and suicide. The effects from having anxiety are too great to be ignored. Few schools implement strategies to deal with bullying, stress, and their high expectations, causes of anxiety, and more schools need to take actions to support students with anxiety by decreasing the factors that induce
Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Kimberly Futrell Harrison College Composition I Stephanie Kurin 06/10/2012 Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Each day, kids are being bullied in their schools and at home while online. They are bullied because of race, sexual orientation, creed, physical image, or for no particular reason at all. Bullying is not limited to age, but the most prevalent age range is teenagers. Bullying in schools and on the Internet amongst teenagers has greatly increased in the past years; this has led to increased fatalities because so many feel that they don't have anywhere or anyone to go to. These fatalities are not just suicides, but
As Cole (2000) suggests, this involves physical, verbal, psychological and social aggression. Examples include hitting, threats to harm, teasing, theft or damage of possessions, rumour spreading, and exclusion (Rigby, 2007). This may be motivated by jealousy, distrust, fear, misunderstanding and the need to feel powerful (Rigby, 2007). As Cross et al., (2009) states, one in six students report being bullied at on a weekly basis with half of all students experiencing bullying at some time. Specifically 27% of Year four to Year nine students are bullied every few weeks or more (Cross et al., 2009).
Psy 430 Essay 4 –Methamphetamine Due: 10/18/12 Drugs are used with the purpose of altering one’s state of consciousness or being. Often, drugs may be abused because a person is seeking a pleasurable high. Not only may people develop a psychological dependence on a drug, but they also develop a physical dependence due to altered brain structure. Drug use not only has a direct effect on the brain and body, but often may lead to a destructive lifestyle involving violence, crime, poverty, and poor health. Methamphetamines are stimulants known to have a devastating effect on its users psychologically and physically.
Body Paragraphs—Rough Draft The aftermath for the hate crime survivors against gays can include major effect on their psyche. Many of those who have suffered from such crimes have developed depression, stress, and anxiety disorders, in addition to having anger issues and feelings of being vulnerable because of the fact that they are a homosexual. Even the ones who may not have been victims may still have fears about coming out to others about their being gay and be ashamed of what they are because of the hate crimes they have seen or heard on other gays in their community. According to a study that Dr. Gregory Herek, a Professor of Psychology at UC Davis and also its main investigator stated that based on his findings, “Lesbian and gay
One U.S. study found that parents with documented substance abuse, most commonly alcohol, cocaine, and heroin, were much more likely to mistreat their children, and were also much more likely to reject court-ordered services and treatments (Besharov, 1990). Children with a history of neglect or physical abuse are at risk of developing psychiatric problems, or a disorganized attachment style. Disorganized attachment is associated with a number of developmental problems, including dissociative symptoms, as well as anxiety, depressive, and acting out
Childhood sexual abuse has been correlated with higher levels of depression, guilt, shame, self-blame, eating disorders, somatic concerns, anxiety, dissociative patterns, repression, denial, sexual problems, and relationship problems. Depression has been found to be the most common long-term symptom among survivors. Survivors may have difficulty in externalizing the abuse, thus thinking negatively about themselves. After years of negative self thoughts, survivors have feelings of worthlessness and avoid others because they believe they have nothing to offer. Ratican (1992) describes the symptoms of child sexual abuse survivors’ depression to be feeling down much of the time, having suicidal ideation, having disturbed sleeping patterns, and having disturbed eating patterns.
Some effects are short term like difficulty walking, blurred vision, slurred speech, slow reaction times and impaired memory. A person who gets drunk occasionally may show these symptoms which will cease rather soon after stopping drinking. However the alcoholic faces some debilitating conditions that require lifelong custodial care. Blackouts can occur where the individual cannot remember anything for a period of time even when they participated in potentially dangerous events like vandalism, unprotected sex and driving. Women are more likely to have a blackout possibly because men and women metabolize alcohol differently.
Mizuno (2003) emphasises, that strong substance abuse leads to further spread of the virus through infected needles and viral contact, as often when adolescents are under the influence of alcohol they become more susceptible to unsafe and risky sex behaviours. This ultimately can result in leading to sexual abuse and rape. Families have an impact on adolescent’s behaviour and often when the adolescent is not provided with support and guidance, they tend to engage in less responsible behaviour (Brook,