Long-Term Consequences Of Bullying

Bullying is a serious problem in our school today. Actually, a better way to put this is that bullying has most likely been a serious problem in schools as long as we’ve had schools, but it is only recently that we have paid attention to just how serious a problem it is. There is a wealth of research showing that bullying is associated with serious consequences that happen to lead to emotional, mental, and physical health. However, recently, studies have taken this one step further to suggest that there is a causal relationship between bullying and these consequences. Students at middle and high school settings have shown to suffer long-term effects as a direct result of their experiences with bullying, including social anxiety, depression,

This involves new and popular cyber-technologies such as text messages, social networking sites, web pages, and email(Dempsey). Cyber victimization can involve behaviors seen in overt victimization (teasing and threatening) and relational victimization (rumor spreading and divulging secrets)(Storch). This is the only type of victimization not done by face to face, instead its face to screen. Kids nowadays are afraid to speak rudely to someone to their face but behind their back. Social media is a gateway for bullying, everything you post stays there forever. Seen in the movie Cyberbully, you meet a girl that is attacked by words online that goes so far she attempts suicide, she realizes at the end the bully was her best friend that isolated her out by social victimization. Cyber bullying with never stop with social media and technology these day. Social anxiety is a huge part of

One finding is that children who are victimized online by their peers worry about social situations and being evaluated negatively by peers(Sulkowski). Parents should both take extra care with teens and the young youth who are socially anxious or shy when they get involved in online technology. They should also look for increases in social anxiety as a possible sign that a student is being victimized in cyberspace or at school. Peer victimization is why social anxiety is an issue for bullying.

Depression, generally defined as feelings of extreme sadness, hopelessness, and in inability to cope with daily life that lasts over a long period of time. Depression is a serious short and long term effect that is caused by bullying. When looking at research depression goes along with social isolation but involves more sadness and feeling you have no one. There is no cure or treatment for depression, it's like a black hole, once dragged in it's hard to climb out(Cohen). Depression is summed up by the emotional and physical