Bullying
Bullying has been identified as a universal phenomenon and is connected both to psychological and cultural backgrounds. It is generally referred to as a repeated harmful action directed towards a weaker or presumed weaker individual by another person or a group. These actions include direct attacks such as teasing, name-calling, taunting or hitting. Further indirect actions such as rumor mongering or making the victim feel rejected comprise bullying characteristics. Bullying can exist between countries, social classes and social groups. Sociologically, bullying is perceived as a problem resulting from dysfunctional structures within the family, school, church, workplace, as well as a natural consequence of peer and malicious groups.
Bullying takes all forms of collective violence carried out by relative loosely linked or small groups usually ten to fifteen children in a class against a single individual in the class. It is noted that this hurtful aggression can be either psychological or physical and is done by either an individual or …show more content…
This is evident in the research carried out by a British national agency known as Kidscape which discovered that 68% of all children in school have experienced bullying at least once while 38% have experienced at least twice and 8% had had bullying to an extent of contemplating over suicide, being chronologically ill or feeling like running away. Similarly, an analysis of workplace bullying in 1997, revealed that greater than a half of the correspondents to have been victims. In addition, the significance of bullying is in its consequences. This stems from the fact that it is directly linked to acts such as hooliganism, vandalism and domestic violence. The aggressive behavior tends to build up which result in many adulthood behaviors such as alcohol abuse, convictions, employment problems, psychiatric breakdown, child care problems and marital
Bullying has been identified as a universal phenomenon and is connected both to psychological and cultural backgrounds. It is generally referred to as a repeated harmful action directed towards a weaker or presumed weaker individual by another person or a group. These actions include direct attacks such as teasing, name-calling, taunting or hitting. Further indirect actions such as rumor mongering or making the victim feel rejected comprise bullying characteristics. Bullying can exist between countries, social classes and social groups. Sociologically, bullying is perceived as a problem resulting from dysfunctional structures within the family, school, church, workplace, as well as a natural consequence of peer and malicious groups.
Bullying takes all forms of collective violence carried out by relative loosely linked or small groups usually ten to fifteen children in a class against a single individual in the class. It is noted that this hurtful aggression can be either psychological or physical and is done by either an individual or …show more content…
This is evident in the research carried out by a British national agency known as Kidscape which discovered that 68% of all children in school have experienced bullying at least once while 38% have experienced at least twice and 8% had had bullying to an extent of contemplating over suicide, being chronologically ill or feeling like running away. Similarly, an analysis of workplace bullying in 1997, revealed that greater than a half of the correspondents to have been victims. In addition, the significance of bullying is in its consequences. This stems from the fact that it is directly linked to acts such as hooliganism, vandalism and domestic violence. The aggressive behavior tends to build up which result in many adulthood behaviors such as alcohol abuse, convictions, employment problems, psychiatric breakdown, child care problems and marital