The victims will develop severe emotional disturbances which may even occur until adulthood (Balmeo et. al., 2015). This is because they will be traumatized by the bullying behavior done on them, especially when the act is very serious such as being beaten by groups of bullies until hospitalized. The victims will also encounter the feeling of depression and anxiety, as they are afraid of being bully repeatedly but they can do nothing about it as they are unable to avoid or escape from it. The victims may even think of committing suicide due to depression and having the thought of no one wants to take care of them (Ong, Elliott, Appadoo & Tan, 2010). They will also develop the feeling of low self-esteem due to being humiliated by the bullies,
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In this case, we can use psychosocial interventions specifically on cognitive-behavioral group intervention (Sandberg, 2011). This important as it will tackle on the cognitive part as well as the behavior of the victims of bully, in order for them to be better. The intervention can in anxiety management strategies in order to help them coping with their feeling of anxiety due to the act of bully, by doing role-play, group discussion and skill demonstration. This program can also be done together with the parents’ attendance in one or two session of the intervention. This is to boost up the victims of school bullying …show more content…
Skills demonstration is where those who have succeeded facing up to their fears of being bullied, show the other group members on what they can do when they meet person who wants to hurt or do something to them. This is important so that other members can learn on how they can protect themselves from harm, but not learning it to revenge to their bullies. By having this type of counseling intervention, the victims of bullying can reduce their experiences of being the victims of bully, as well as decreasing their anxiety level and depression symptoms.
5. Limitation / Recommendation Based on this research, the limitation on this topic is there are not many articles and studies being done on the intervention for the victims of school bullying. There are few studies on this topic focus but it is dated way back, thus we cannot know either the intervention done before can still be used in the recent case. Another issue is that most of the study focus on how to reduce the bullying habit or characteristics of a bully, but not many discussing on how to deal with the victims of bully, specifically in terms of physical, emotional and cognitive. As a recommendation for future research, gives more focus on more intervention for the victims of school bullying, instead of only tackling the issue of reducing
In this case, we can use psychosocial interventions specifically on cognitive-behavioral group intervention (Sandberg, 2011). This important as it will tackle on the cognitive part as well as the behavior of the victims of bully, in order for them to be better. The intervention can in anxiety management strategies in order to help them coping with their feeling of anxiety due to the act of bully, by doing role-play, group discussion and skill demonstration. This program can also be done together with the parents’ attendance in one or two session of the intervention. This is to boost up the victims of school bullying …show more content…
Skills demonstration is where those who have succeeded facing up to their fears of being bullied, show the other group members on what they can do when they meet person who wants to hurt or do something to them. This is important so that other members can learn on how they can protect themselves from harm, but not learning it to revenge to their bullies. By having this type of counseling intervention, the victims of bullying can reduce their experiences of being the victims of bully, as well as decreasing their anxiety level and depression symptoms.
5. Limitation / Recommendation Based on this research, the limitation on this topic is there are not many articles and studies being done on the intervention for the victims of school bullying. There are few studies on this topic focus but it is dated way back, thus we cannot know either the intervention done before can still be used in the recent case. Another issue is that most of the study focus on how to reduce the bullying habit or characteristics of a bully, but not many discussing on how to deal with the victims of bully, specifically in terms of physical, emotional and cognitive. As a recommendation for future research, gives more focus on more intervention for the victims of school bullying, instead of only tackling the issue of reducing