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Violence and bullying at the hands of students may make the victims afraid to go to school and interfere with their ability to concentrate in class or participate in school activities. [119] It can also have similar effects on bystanders. Bullied students may miss classes, avoid school activities, skip school, or drop out of school altogether.
Violence and bullying in schools violate the rights of children and adolescents, including their right to education and health. Studies show that school violence and bullying harm the academic performance, physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of those who are victimized. [2] It also has a detrimental effect on perpetrators and ...
A recent study of 2,504 college undergraduate students between 18 and 24 looked at the impact of bystander intervention on college campuses. The study found that 46% of the students surveyed had heard a Green Dot speech on their college campus. Out of the sample size surveyed, only 14% had received active bystander training in the past two years.
The Law defines bullying as any repeated aggression or harassment that occurs in or outside the educational institution, by one student or a group towards another, causing mistreatment, humiliation, or fear. Bullying may be perpetrated in person or through any means, including cyber-bullying.
The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander (full title: The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander: From Preschool to High School—How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break the Cycle of Violence) is a 2003 nonfiction book by Barbara Coloroso. [1]
Bystander Revolution is an anti-bullying organization founded in 2014 by billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott, [1] which offers advice about things individuals can do to defuse bullying. [2] Its website includes hundreds of unscripted videos of people talking about their personal experiences with bullying.
Bullying at university: The social and legal contexts of cyberbullying among university students, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48 (8): 1172-1182. Cowie, H. & Myers, C-A. (2018) Bullying amongst students in further and higher education: the role of counsellors in addressing the issue, University and College Counselling, 6(3): 12-16.
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory that states that individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim in the presence of other people. The theory was first proposed in 1964 after the murder of Kitty Genovese , in which a newspaper had reported (albeit erroneously) that 38 bystanders saw or heard the ...