Relational aggression

Violence Did you know that a 2009 DOJ (United States Department of Justice) study revealed that more than 60 percent of children were exposed to violence within the past year? Either directly or indirectly, and most of the cases happened at school. In fact almost 40 percent of America children were direct victims of two or more violent acts physically, verbally and or physiologically. Usually this behaviors are learned from home. Most of the times the research had proven that bullies usually…

the negative impacts on an individual and workplace environment are conveyed. The Occupation Health and Safety (OHS) is also examined, which is a legislation recognised for the psychological hazards including bullying in a workplace, violence, aggression and other anti-social behaviours. The discussion then focuses on the authors argument while anti-bullying laws are imposed workplace bullying remains a recognised problem across many organisations, without an adequate solution. What do the…

What is bullying? A. Frisén et al. (2012) defines bullying as a repeated physical, verbal, or rational/indirect aggression against a less powerful individual. 981 Kristi Kõiva describe bullying as a type of aggression behavior and the key feature of bullying includes the intent to harm , the repeat aspect harm acts and the power imbalance between bullies and victims. P239 Antonio Iudici and Elena Faccio that implies “an imbalance of power that usually occurs without provocation; it also can…

15,000 students were suspended in the 2008-2009 school year, according to, “Meet the New Sherriff.” Becoming a bully can come from a very wide variety of reasons. The same can also be said for becoming a victim of bullying. Being a bystander is not always worse that being a bully according to, “Tales of Bullying,” but most always is. You might say that bullies are worse, but there are some instances where they are not worse. To repeat, becoming a bully can come from a different reasons.…

The article “Parenting style influences bullying: a longitudinal study comparing children with and without behavioral problems” by Rajendran, Kruszeswski & Halperin, describes a study which was conducted with the purpose of determining if the way in which parents interact with their kids, has an impact on bullying. Bullying has many negative consequences, among these are: high risk of being a criminal later in development, substance abuse and low cognitive abilities; this is linked to the fact…

Bullying is something that is seen all over the world. Everyone has experienced some type of bullying in their life. Some more than others but it seem to be more common in children who suffer from autism. (Van Roekel et al., 2010) Why is this? Autism is a spectrum disorder, which as the name implies, is a very broad selection (Speaks 2011). It affects three major aspects: their communication, social interactions and may also have repetitive movements. The spectrum is so broad that you see all…

Picture this; you’re walking down the hall to get to your class when you spot two students arguing over something. As you walk pass them, out of nowhere they start fighting. At Orange Preparatory Academy, a kid either gets offended or mad at another kid like the feud between Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj. And so it becomes more clear that kids can possibly get either hurt or injured. A question from Yesenia Urias’s survey was, “What do you think the cause of this issue could be?” You may be…

One major issue that is prominent in school is bullying and the way children deal with it. Kids do not always realize the effect their words and actions are having on their peers. With technological advances, it makes it easier for bullies to find ways to torment on social media, as well as, text messaging. This can cause major psychological problems for the bullied kids and some may even go as far as taking their own lives. The bully may not feel secure with themselves, so they put others down.…

Bullies, sexuality, mental illness, peer pressure. These are some of the difficulties teenagers experience throughout their high school career. The novel, The Perks of being a Wallflower by Steven Chbosky demonstrates the emotional impact teenagers experience during their high school career. Chbosky illustrates how teens struggle to find their true identity throughout their teenage years. The narrator, Charlie, a fifteen-year-old boy struggling to cope with bullies, his sexuality, mental…

Bully is defined as act of using strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people in Oxford Learners Dictionarie’s. Repeated and aggressive behavior intended to hurt another individual whether its physically, mentally or emotionally also known as bullying. Bullying involving a power imbalance which stronger will attack the weaker one among school age children. Children who are effected by bullying often feel emotionally down and powerless to change their situation. Everyday we often seeing…