Bullying is an issue amongst young adolescents in the educational system that has negatively impacted them in school and their daily lives. These unwanted, aggressive behaviors among each other has affected their performance in school. Whether if it is making a threat, spreading rumors, verbally or physically abusing them, or excluding someone from a group, it affects them from learning and being mentally stable. Young girls who gets bullied in school have a different impact then young boys. The characteristics of bullying is different when it comes to young girls. There are more rumors, gossip, insults, name-calling, exclusions, online attacks, or phone calls. These characteristics certainly leads to internalizing problems being stronger for
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It can cause a drop in grades, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, suicide or even poor eating habits. It affects their learning in school because of the emotional distress that the victims are going through (Reuger & Jenkins, 2014). For instance, the exclusion of a group may cause the individual to feel like they are not important and feel isolated. It is also harder for victims to academically adjust back to school because of the separation that they feel among their peers. They will feel distracted about how to make new friends or what others will think of them. So school will be the last thing on their mind and it will reflect poorly on their grades. Bullying can also cause poor eating habits among girls because of the depression that that they are going through. Depression can cause an individual to lose appetite and lose interest of daily activities (Sampasa-Kanyinga & Willmore, 2015). So girls who are experiencing depression because of bullying may not want to attend school and have trouble sleeping and eating regularly. Furthermore, suicide is an important factor when it comes to bullying. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for individuals 15-24 years of age. Females reportedly have a higher rate at attempting suicides than males (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2015). So girls who are dealing with relational bullying may feel worthless and helpless of themselves to
It can cause a drop in grades, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, suicide or even poor eating habits. It affects their learning in school because of the emotional distress that the victims are going through (Reuger & Jenkins, 2014). For instance, the exclusion of a group may cause the individual to feel like they are not important and feel isolated. It is also harder for victims to academically adjust back to school because of the separation that they feel among their peers. They will feel distracted about how to make new friends or what others will think of them. So school will be the last thing on their mind and it will reflect poorly on their grades. Bullying can also cause poor eating habits among girls because of the depression that that they are going through. Depression can cause an individual to lose appetite and lose interest of daily activities (Sampasa-Kanyinga & Willmore, 2015). So girls who are experiencing depression because of bullying may not want to attend school and have trouble sleeping and eating regularly. Furthermore, suicide is an important factor when it comes to bullying. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for individuals 15-24 years of age. Females reportedly have a higher rate at attempting suicides than males (Drapeau & McIntosh, 2015). So girls who are dealing with relational bullying may feel worthless and helpless of themselves to