his/her family status, there is also minimal parent child interaction and therefore the parent is not engaged in the child’s life and is unaware of any obstacles the child is facing on a day to day basis. Similar to Jansen et al. (2012), Due et al.( 2009) provided a Family affluence scale which also measured the socioeconomic status of families. Questions included if the family owns a car, how many computers the family owns, and how often the family goes on vacation. Results similarly indicated that adolescent participants from lower socioeconomic status families are more prone to be in bullying situations. In a study on Adolescent bullying amongst different ethnicities, Spriggs, Iannotti, Nansel, and Haynie ( 2007), used variables such
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Several studies were done involving bullying in a school context amongst ethnic groups and students of lower socioeconomic status. Due et al ( 2009) discovered that the chances of being bullied is higher for someone with a lower socioeconomic status than someone with a medium socioeconomic status in a school context. He also concluded that participants who go to schools where socioeconomic inequality is a substantial factor have a higher chance of being bullied. Since ethnic minorities are bullied often, bullying due to ethnicity was considered the highest causation of victimization in the school setting . (Felix and Sukkyung). Due to the high occurrence of bullying, victims were asked how they feel about safety in the school. Peskins study resulted that school safety was highly correlated with victimization amongst white students showing a huge problem that students feel unsafe coming to their own …show more content…
Victimization Preventions Victimization preventions need to be present in order to prevent bullying in the future. Bullying has become a widespread issue that people need to be further educated on and be provided with more information. Not only is this crucial for students but it is also imperative for administration and teachers. It is crucial that the administration be educated on the seriousness of bullying and victimization since they have the power and can educate the students to prevent future bullying. ( Felix & Sukkyung, ) The world has to be proactive against the violence that goes on within the school system today. It is integral for people to be properly educated on the dangers of bullying that are occurring.( Due et al, 2009, Seals and Young, 2003). Having bullying intervention programs would be beneficial to stop bullying and especially be valuable for children from lower affluent families(Due et. al, 2009). Jansen et al. (2012) further stresses that these intervention programs should being at a younger age since findings have found that bullying in elementary school has become an issue. The article further agrees with Due et. al ( 2009) by stressing that these interventions need to be primarily focused on children who have an increased risk of being bullied such as children who come from low affluent
Several studies were done involving bullying in a school context amongst ethnic groups and students of lower socioeconomic status. Due et al ( 2009) discovered that the chances of being bullied is higher for someone with a lower socioeconomic status than someone with a medium socioeconomic status in a school context. He also concluded that participants who go to schools where socioeconomic inequality is a substantial factor have a higher chance of being bullied. Since ethnic minorities are bullied often, bullying due to ethnicity was considered the highest causation of victimization in the school setting . (Felix and Sukkyung). Due to the high occurrence of bullying, victims were asked how they feel about safety in the school. Peskins study resulted that school safety was highly correlated with victimization amongst white students showing a huge problem that students feel unsafe coming to their own …show more content…
Victimization Preventions Victimization preventions need to be present in order to prevent bullying in the future. Bullying has become a widespread issue that people need to be further educated on and be provided with more information. Not only is this crucial for students but it is also imperative for administration and teachers. It is crucial that the administration be educated on the seriousness of bullying and victimization since they have the power and can educate the students to prevent future bullying. ( Felix & Sukkyung, ) The world has to be proactive against the violence that goes on within the school system today. It is integral for people to be properly educated on the dangers of bullying that are occurring.( Due et al, 2009, Seals and Young, 2003). Having bullying intervention programs would be beneficial to stop bullying and especially be valuable for children from lower affluent families(Due et. al, 2009). Jansen et al. (2012) further stresses that these intervention programs should being at a younger age since findings have found that bullying in elementary school has become an issue. The article further agrees with Due et. al ( 2009) by stressing that these interventions need to be primarily focused on children who have an increased risk of being bullied such as children who come from low affluent