School Bullying

Year 2020, Issue: 18, 113 - 121, 24.07.2020

İsmail Hamit Hancı Selen Özakar Akça

https://doi.org/10.30786/jef.691717

Abstract

School bullying is defined as physical, verbal, psychological attack/intimidation in a physically/psychologically unequal environment perpetrated in an intentional, willing and systematic manner in intervals against less powerful peer without the element of incitement, aiming to cause fear and anxiety/harm in the victim. Accordingly, this study is considered to be important in terms of recognizing bullying behavior and contributing to the literature on school bullying. School bullying can be seen in students at all levels of education, but the highest risk group is the adolescents aged 13-15. Bullying have typologies such as social exclusion, physical and verbal bullying. Since verbal and physical bullying is observable and visible, they are considered to be direct bullying, while social exclusion is considered to be indirect bullying as it occurs in a less visible manner. A number of different factors have been identified that contribute to the bullying, and thus school bullying, and are generally divided into three main groups: individual, family and school-related factors. School bullying greatly influences students' academic achievement, physical and psychological health, and these negativities can persist into their lives. For this reason, school bullying is an issue that health professionals such as school nurses, psychologists, psychological counselors and physicians should handle with care. Determining the causes of bullying in schools and implementing effective measures to prevent bullying should be ensured by an interdisciplinary team so that students cannot be harmed by bullying behaviors.

Keywords

school bullying, prevent, violence

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