Bullying behaviours among teenagers in schools have become a rising global phenomenon (Garner, 2013). Bullying is the ongoing act of imposing aggression against others, which can cause physical and/or mental harm. The issue of bullying in a school in the UK was highlighted by their school minister, school psychologist, past bully-victims and also bullies through a documentary video that was published by the Department of Education of the UK. The school psychologist had implemented support groups and a ‘No Blame’ approach to help reduce bullying behaviours and improving student’s overall health. The theory of mind (ToM) underpins everyday social interactions between humans, where it includes understanding thoughts and feelings of oneself as well as others (Premack and Woodruff, 1978). A study suggests that students will less likely be involved in bullying when ‘developmental …show more content…
The motivation of bullying behaviour reinforced through social status can be decreased through creating good role models (Swearer et al., 2014). In the video, there was a consistent punishment rule implemented by the school to punish bullying behaviours where the school has firm limits on unacceptable behaviour. Bullies were urged to realise and apologise for their wrong behaviours, which will then lead to rewards for a positive change in their behaviours. Students in the school will then adopt positive behaviours that are rewarded, and discriminate the negative behaviours that were punished through observing the consequences of others. Thus, being able to promote cognitive and social behaviours that underlie their bullying perpetration (Swearer et al., 2014). The ‘No Blame’ approach also includes students from a higher year level connecting and mentoring younger students with their experiences and knowledge. This promotes strategic skills to negotiate conflict and prosocial