Effects on Bullying at School and Home

Running Head: EFFECTS ON BULLYING AT SCHOOL AND HOME
EFFECTS ON BULLYING AT SCHOOL AND HOME
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1EFFECTS ON BULLYING AT SCHOOL AND HOME
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Background of Bullying in Canada.................................................................................................2
Effects of bullying...........................................................................................................................4
Short term effects.........................................................................................................................4
Poor school performance.........................................................................................................4
Problem in maintaining social relationships............................................................................4
Increase rate of substance abuse..............................................................................................5
Psychological issue..................................................................................................................5
Problem with sleep..................................................................................................................6
Suicidal issues..........................................................................................................................6
Social isolation.........................................................................................................................6
Low self esteem.......................................................................................................................7
Depression...............................................................................................................................7
Long term effects.........................................................................................................................8
Anxiety disorder......................................................................................................................8
Chronic depression..................................................................................................................9
Risk in substance abuse.........................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
Reference.......................................................................................................................................12

2EFFECTS ON BULLYING AT SCHOOL AND HOME
Thesis statement: Effect on bullying at school and home
Introduction
Bullying is a systematic abuse of power resembled with the aggressive behaviour and
intentional harm by the peers on the innocent students or the colleagues. There are various types
of bullying leaving different impact on the person. As a result of that it will be very tough to
provide treatment for the victim without having his or her incident. According to Sijtsema et al.
(2014) the direct bullying includes physical and verbal act of aggression such as hitting or
stealing. On the other hand, indirect bullying deal with the characteristics of social exclusion and
rumour spreading. In this context, it is important to understand that bullying is not a disorder or
any kind of mental illness rather it is deliberate and intentional to harm someone. However, the
empirical studies are effectively discussed about the roots of bullying but there is lack of
evidences about its detrimental effects.
Based on this understanding, the purpose of this literature review is to deliver a better
insights into the effects of bullying in terms of both short term and long term. Moreover, the
discussion also intends to develop a rational and relevant explanation in the context of Canada to
address the issue contextually. It can be argued that the role of this research is to identify the
impact of bullies in the long term and short term format. Therefore, both the short term and long
term consequences are incorporated into the discussion with the purpose to make a justifiable
discussion.

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Background of Bullying in Canada
Canada is the 9th highest rate of bullying among 35 countries. The recent statistics have
argued that there are at least 1 in 3 adolescent students in Canada becomes the victim of school
bullying. As far as the demographic assessment is concerned, 38% of the Canadian males and
30% of the females are experienced occasional or frequent bullying during the school years
(Cihr-irsc.gc.ca, 2019). Bullying through internet is significantly changed the popular perception
regarding the roots of bullying. The report of Red cross articulated that there are 7% of the adult
internet users between the age from 18 years to 24 years have been reported a victim of cyber
bullying at some point of their life (redcross.ca, 2019). Threatening or aggressive emails are
common in Canada with an average percentage of 73. Based on this understanding, it can be
stated that bullying practice is highly popular in Canada and the teenagers and school goers are
the common victims of bullying directly or through internet (Publicsafety.gc.ca, 2019).
The government measures and the private initiatives are important in this discussion in
order to understand the efficacy of the existing prevention mechanism within the country. The
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, 1990 advocated that every child has the right to feel
safe at home or school or community. The National Crime Prevention Strategy of Canada
intends to look after the matter in a more in-depth manner and concluded that the bullying is
considered to be a crime and it has prolonged impact on the social, cultural and psychological
aspects. One of the priorities that the NCPC and Department of public Safety put emphasis was
related to the anti-bullying programs in schools and developing the awareness among the youths
(Publicsafety.gc.ca, 2019). As a matter of fact, the adverse impact of bullying among the youths
is a serious concern for the Canadian government as the impact reaches to the fathom of the