The Effects of Bullying
Nowadays, bullying has become one of the greatest widespread concerns, and it happens very often in daily life. It is a well-known issue and has serious effects on both the bully and the victim, and that is what makes the entire world talk about it. First, defining what bullying means for most people, it is a process of an aggressive and indecent act or behavior among children. It consists of many types such as verbal bullying, cyber bullying, emotional bullying, and physical bullying. These different types of bullying are spread among children in schools and other places, and for most of them, they most likely consider it as a part of empowerment and some may think that it is a part of growing up. Children at a young …show more content…
Children who are victims of bullying might think that the bullies are better and smarter than them in school, so they will think that they no longer have a chance in participating in school activities, or joining any particular group in school because they do not feel accepted. They also have a difficult time understanding why the bullies are teasing, humiliating, and making fun of them. This situation will kill the confidence they have for themselves and lower their self-esteem. The victims will most likely resort to hurting themselves and having suicidal thoughts in their head. They are not strong enough to overcome these difficult situations since they cannot think of anything positive and will start acting out and reacting negatively. Since they get the feeling that they are worthless, they will have no other choice beside feeling anxious, and attempting to end their lives. According to the authors, Gabriel and Kehinde, a study examined the psychopathology of bullying and emotional abuse among school children. Frequent bullying has been observed to be a predicting factor for anxiety disorders in early adulthood. In recent times, evidence of statistical association between being bullied and development of eating pathology, multiple mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression) both in female and male victims has been reported (Salmivalli, Kaukiainen, 8c Lagerspetz 1996; Kochenderfer 8c Ladd, 1997; Roland, 2002)
Nowadays, bullying has become one of the greatest widespread concerns, and it happens very often in daily life. It is a well-known issue and has serious effects on both the bully and the victim, and that is what makes the entire world talk about it. First, defining what bullying means for most people, it is a process of an aggressive and indecent act or behavior among children. It consists of many types such as verbal bullying, cyber bullying, emotional bullying, and physical bullying. These different types of bullying are spread among children in schools and other places, and for most of them, they most likely consider it as a part of empowerment and some may think that it is a part of growing up. Children at a young …show more content…
Children who are victims of bullying might think that the bullies are better and smarter than them in school, so they will think that they no longer have a chance in participating in school activities, or joining any particular group in school because they do not feel accepted. They also have a difficult time understanding why the bullies are teasing, humiliating, and making fun of them. This situation will kill the confidence they have for themselves and lower their self-esteem. The victims will most likely resort to hurting themselves and having suicidal thoughts in their head. They are not strong enough to overcome these difficult situations since they cannot think of anything positive and will start acting out and reacting negatively. Since they get the feeling that they are worthless, they will have no other choice beside feeling anxious, and attempting to end their lives. According to the authors, Gabriel and Kehinde, a study examined the psychopathology of bullying and emotional abuse among school children. Frequent bullying has been observed to be a predicting factor for anxiety disorders in early adulthood. In recent times, evidence of statistical association between being bullied and development of eating pathology, multiple mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression) both in female and male victims has been reported (Salmivalli, Kaukiainen, 8c Lagerspetz 1996; Kochenderfer 8c Ladd, 1997; Roland, 2002)