Every student experiences some sort of bullying; however, some social groups experience harsher and more frequent bullying. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual students (GLB) often face many obstacles. High school is often considered a jungle for any student but what about students that are GLB? These students face many psychological outcomes such as depression, drug and alcohol abuse, lower GPA, hate crimes and suicidality. The study by Elliot and Kilpatrick examine how homophobic victimization in school influence the above factors and possible outcomes in middle school.
As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying, even though there is still more bullying at school in comparison to online. (Elizabeth Landau, 2013)Cyberbullying among preteens and teens has increased dramatically in recent years as young people spend more time socializing online, according to the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey. Cyberbullying includes sending hurtful or threatening e-mails or instant messages, spreading rumors or posting embarrassing photos of others. Young people who are victims of cyberbullying are more likely to report social problems and interpersonal victimization. Being victimized also increases their chances of harassing peers online themselves.
3. Bullies lack empathy, and may even get pleasure out of other people’s pain Studies shown that bullies score low on tests of empathic reactivity, and have also found that bullies can be more likely to develop anti-social personality disorder. This is a condition that causes people to ignore the rights and feelings of those around them. One study scanned the brains of young people who had exhibited bullying behaviors in the past, while they were watching videos that showed people experiencing pain. The researchers noticed a great deal of activity in the areas of the brain devoted to reward and pleasure.
A major total of 71 percent of children have reported that bullying is a problem at their school and 15 percent of all school absentees are directly related to bullying. Every month 282,000 secondary school students are physically attacked. “Bullycide” remains to be the leading cause of deaths of children 14 years of age and younger, while the numbers remain low they are indeed “creeping up”. Suicide rates among 10-14 year olds have increased by 50 percent in the past three decades and in 2005 270 ten to four-teen year old children killed themselves due to bullying, most by hanging. All of these statistics are too high and most are escalating every day, society has to put an end to this trend and
The school murder sprees of the 1997-98 provide the beginning of his questioning of the increase in violence in the past 25 years. Garbarino traces the roots of all this violence to many facts which I will explore. The first issue Garbarino looks at is the family situation, and the parental involvement and attachment issues. The failure on the parent and child to attach can lead to an early experience of dissociation, or emotional disconnection. The child experiences intense anxiety or fear, and learns to disconnect from it.
A person can start to get aggressive when they are being neglected, rejected, or have insufficient attention; thus all leading to bullying (“The Bully as a Victim?”). When it comes to teens becoming bullies the causes are slightly
These words are often used by people to target Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual teenagers. As a result, almost 38% of students reported that they had "frequently or often" been subjected to harassment at school. Included in this, are 1/4 of students saying that they had been harassed physically because of their gender identity. This implies that verbal abuse often times lead to physical abuse. Words are the leading cause of misunderstanding, and words uttered in a derogatory manner often have negative outcomes.
Indeed, it is very important to recognize the motivations and causes behind bullying. To begin, Giese states that bullying is a serious issue which has taken the lives of many young students over the last year, due to torment and bullying from other students, and it stretches far beyond the simple comprehension of “good kid versus bad kid” (Giese, 2012). Furthermore, according to study done by the World Health Organization and the Canadian Council of Learning a substantial number of students through grades 6-10 have confessed to bullying other, more specifically 25 percent of males and 18 percent of females, and it has become very difficult to identify the victims and the bullies. Furthermore Giese states that it is essential, as like any other mandatory subject in the educational system, to teach children to be compassionate, caring and generous. Furthermore, according to an Angus Reid survey the majority of Canadian believe that bullies should be lawfully punished, however Giese argues that the understanding of bullying goes beyond the simple act of good child versus bad child and children of today are not responsible for developing the act of ‘gang up’ on others.
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).
Bullying, the act of repeatedly picking out one person and hurting them in one way or another, causes physical, emotional, and psychological setbacks. Bullying presents itself in many places, like the work place, schools, and, sometimes, even at home. For many, everyone encounters bullying at some point throughout life. Many reasons supposedly cause bullying, and many people ask how does the bullying affect the victim. Bullying effects on victims are plentiful also.