Bullying Effects
Bullying can, does, and will affect everyone not just those who are bullied but also those who bully and those who witness the bullying happen. Bullying has many negative outcomes from impacts on mental health, substance abuse, and worse of all even suicide. It's important to talk about the consequences of bullying.
Bullying can, does, and will affect everyone not just those who are bullied but also those who bully and those who witness the bullying happen. Bullying has many negative outcomes from impacts on mental health, substance abuse, and worse of all even suicide. It's important to talk about the consequences of bullying.
Kids Who Are Bullied
The kids who are being bullied can experience not just physical but mental and emotional issues.
They are most likely to experience:
- Depression, Anxiety, feel lonely like they are alone in the world. Like no one cares that they do not matter to anyone. They can suffer from sleep problems like crying a lot or even different eating patterns. This can go into adult hood.
- Health complaints.
- Problems in school. There GPA can go down and test scores can decline. They are more likely to miss school and skip to avoid getting bullied.
Sadly when it comes to the consequences some may come to violence either within school shootings 12 out of 15 studies have shown that those kids have been bullied. The saddest part of effects is some kids may result in suicide because they don't know what else to do.
Kids Who Bully Others
Those who who bully can become violent and engage in other risky behaviors this eventually can go into adulthood. They are more likely to:
- Do drugs or drink
- Be abusive in relationships.
- Have criminal records.
- Engage in Sexual Activity early.
- Drop out of school.
Bystanders
Those who witness but do nothing are more likely to:
- Skip school.
- Do drugs or drink.
- Have mental problems.
A news study about what happens to adults after they were bullied as kids.
Sources:
CBSNewYork. “Study: Effects Of Childhood Bullying Can Last Well Into Adulthood.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 Apr. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=75qQQzSpAsM.
“Effects of Bullying.” StopBullying.gov, www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/index.html.
uptownvidoelab. “My Story - Bullying and Its Effects.” YouTube, YouTube, 30 Mar. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RSVwTJ52uI.
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