The Effects of Bullying in Students Mental Health

Chapter 1

Introduction

Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a
real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be
repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting,
problems. One in five student’s age 12-18 say they have ben bullied it happens often, at least
once a week in 14% of public schools followed by high schools and elementary schools. An
even greater number of teenagers experience bullying online. Children and teens at greater risk
for being bullied are often thought of as different in appearance, sexual orientation, cultural
identify or disability. They may be new to school and /or on the outside looking in. They may be
victims of Part bullying or victims of part bullying or victims while they are bullying each, others
They’re more likely to bully others if they have trouble following rules, their parents are less
involved and/or they view violence as acceptable. Bullying can effects mental, physical and
emotional health during school years and into adulthood it can lead to physical injury social or
emotional problems and in some cases. Bullying outside the school context refers to one or
more perpetrators who have greater physical or social power than their victim and aggressively
to order victim by verbal or physical means.

Bullying among schoolchildren is certainly a very old phenomenon. The fact that some
children are frequently and systematically harassed and attacked by other children has been
described in literary works, and many adults have personal experience of it from their own
school days. Though many are acquainted with the bully/victim problem, it was not until fairly
recently, in the early 1970s, that efforts were made to study it systematically (Olweus,1973a,
1978). For a considerable time, these attempts were largely confined to Scandinavia. In the
1980s and early 1990s, however, bullying among schoolchildren has received some public
attention in Japan, England, Australia, the United States, and other countries. There are now
clear indications of an increasing societal as well as research interest into bully/victim problems
in several parts of the world.

Purpose of the Study

The purpose of this study is to know what are the solution or the possible outcomes
of how bullying effects the Student's Mental Health in real situation.
 Research Question

1. What are the effects of bullying on the students?

1.1 The big impacts of bullying?

1.2 How do prevent bullying?

1.3 What are the characteristic of the victims of bullying?

2. What are the possible effects of Mental Health when the students get bullying?

2.1 What are the positive outcomes of mental health?

2.2 What are the negative outcomes of mental health?

2.3 Does bullying create new victims or merely a new means of victimization?

3. Does bullying uniquely contribute to negative outcomes above and beyond?

Theoritical Lens

This study explores the impact of bullying on the mental health of students who witness it. A
representative sample of 2,002 students aged 12 to 16 years attending 14 schools in the United
Kingdom were surveyed using a questionnaire that included measures of bullying at school,
substance abuse, and mental health risk. The results suggest that observing bullying at school
predicted risks to mental health over and above that predicted for those students who were
directly involved in bullying behavior as either a perpetrator or a victim. Observing others was
also found to predict higher risk irrespective of whether students were or we’re not victims
themselves.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study focus on the Effects of Bullying in students Mental Health.

The participants of this study are the students in Taft National High School.

The study was done with then Taft National High School. The study covered the school

year 2021-2022.

Definition of Terms

SELF-ESTEEM- Is your overall opinion of yourself how you feel about your
abilities and limitations. When you have healthy self-esteem you feel good about yourself and
see yourself as deserving the respect of others.

DEPRESSION- Is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of

sadness and loss of interest and can interfere with your daily functioning

ANXIETY- Is a normal emotion it’s your brains way of reacting to stress and
alerting you of potential danger ahead

ADULTHOOD- The period in the human lifespan in which full physical and
intellectual maturity have been attained.

ORIENTATION- The act of process of orienting or the state of being oriented

position or positioning with relation to the points of the compass or other specific directions.

DISABILITY- A disability is any condition of the body or mind that makes it

more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities
 Importance of the Study

Bullying may seriously affect the mental health and well-being of children and youth
Parents,Teachers ,Coaches, and other youth-serving adults are in position where they are able
to notice when these are signs of mental distress of bullying behavior

Children who are bullied over time are more likely than those not bullied experience
depression, anxiety, and loss self- esteem they also are more likely to be lonely and want to
avoid school these are many ways that parents and youth-serving adults can help prevent
address bullying

The same study showed that children and youth who bully others over time are at
higher risk for more intense anti-social behaviors like problems at school substance use, and
aggressive behavior. Parents should pay attention to warning signs that their child may be
engaging in bullying behavior like getting into physical or verbal fights of blaming others for their
problems.

Organization of the Study

There has been a lot of conversation in the media lately about bullying and the
damaging impact it can have on mental health. Bullying is defined as the unwanted, aggressive
behavior that presents in an engagement with another individual or individuals that involves a
real or perceived power imbalance. Thinking back, most people can probably identify a time
when they experienced bullying and how it made them feel. Bullying happens everywhere:
schools, workplace, friend groups, online, and it’s important to remember it does not just happen
to children.