Bullying
Essays

This is an edited text of a research proposal designed to study the effects of bullying. The proposal introduces the problem, discusses the significance of the study, and conducts a literature review of the available data on the topic of bullying. It then concludes with a discussion of gaps in the existing research and identifies how the study will seek to bridge those gaps.

¶ … bullying in their lives. It can lead to instances of suicide or just a difficult time all around. Bullying can be complex topic to understand because people who bully are often bullied themselves or get abused and…

Workplace coaching is a term that refers to the process of equipping people in the working environment with necessary tools, opportunities, and knowledge for total development in order to enhance their effectiveness…

From as early as the mid 1800s through to the late 1900s, scores of Aboriginal children were compelled to attend residential schools that sought to, amongst other things, assimilate the said children into the dominant…

Human Resources: Labor Relations Law -- Disputes in a Unionized Workplace

Hypothetical Qualitative Study: Communication Studies

Students in elementary schools exhibit high levels of aggression toward their fellow students, and bullying is becoming increasingly problematic to manage. It is critical that teachers understand the nature of bullying…

Cyber bullying is a relatively new concern that our society has to deal with. The Amanda Todd story fully illustrates the potential consequences of what cyber-bullying can have on young adults.

According to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and published in a report titled Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008, “the sharp increase in homicides from the mid-1980s through the early 1990 … is attributable to gun violence by teens and young adults” (Cooper & Smith, 2011). This trend suggests that the pervasiveness of firearms in American today has inordinately affected young people, with the current generation having become desensitized to the realities of gun-related violence. The same report revealed that “in 2008, three-quarters (77.2%) of multiple victim homicides involved guns while two-thirds (65.7%) of single victim homicides involved guns” (Cooper & Smith, 2011), facts which confirm the role of guns in school shootings and other mass casualty events. Data compiled by the National Crime Victimization Survey observed that “467,321 persons were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011,” while in the same year data collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) showed that “that firearms were used in 68 percent of murders, 41 percent of robbery offenses and 21 percent of aggravated assaults nationwide” (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2011). An investigative inquiry reported to the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice concluded that “with an estimated 258 million guns in private hands and millions more produced each year, there are many sources and means through which offenders can obtain firearms despite legal restrictions on gun purchasing and ownership by convicted felons, juveniles, and other high-risk groups” (Koper, 2007).

What are the long-term effects of being bullied as a child? I hope to demonstrate through an examination of sources that bullying has a direct causal connection to later mental health problems for its victims.