research paper on Bullying for sociology class ( Prof.kim)

Bullying

Submitted by: Mohammad Alansari

Instructor: Jonathan Varhola

Submitted Date: March 6th, 2017

· Introduction.

· Definition and analysis of the bullying concept.

· Professionals define bullying as the use of superior strength in order for one to achieve an individual desire or want.

· Analysis of the bullying concept reveals that bullies bully individuals for intimidation purposes, to exercise authority and superiority, and to boost their self-esteem feeling.

· The different types of bullying that commonly exist in any community.

· Analysist define physical bullying as the use of violence such as kicking, hitting and damaging of property by a bully in order to get something.

· Verbal bullying is an indirect form of intimidation that involves the use of hurtful comments, tease, and name-calling to degrade the self-respect that an individual has for oneself.

· Research on social bullying defines it as the use of relationships to oppress someone.

· Cyber bullying is a modern type of bullying brought about by technology and involves the use of cell phones and the internet (Citron, 2014).

· Some of the major reasons why bullies oppress others.

· Most bullies usually engage in drug abuse especially if they are in their adolescence stage.

· Behavior problem is a characteristic associated with many bullies which may be due to bad parenting.

· Thesis Statement.

· The research paper discusses on some of the researched techniques of handling bullying and the effect of the theme to students.

· Literature Review

· Urban setting and intervention programs (Bacchinni, Esposito & Affuso, 2015).

· The author reveals that the nature of an urban area will influence the degree of bullying that the area will exhibit.

· Urban settings full of violence would likely influence a lot of bullying in children who pick up habits from their environment.

· Strategies such as education of the impact of violence to children perceptions on bullying is a great way of curbing the negative effects of the theme.

· Stakeholders and preschool setting (Kraizer, 2008).

· The author reveals that there is a need for the stakeholders to dael with the issue of bullying from a preschool setting angle.

· Children start manipulating their environment during the very early stages of their childhood.

· Teaching these youngsters through role playing strategies that can be used to overcome bullying and how to handle it intellectual, physically, or mentally will help overcome the negative effects of the theme.

· Social problems and intervention programs (Hurst,2015)

· The author reveals that bullying causes a lot of social problems such as poor interpersonal communication with peers and teachers.

· Intervention programs have proved to be very effective in handling bullying problems through their capability of involving both the victims and bullies.

· Countries like Scotland and Australia have benefited a lot from these programs.

· Data and Methods

· Interviews and group discussion in two southwest primary schools in London (Jennifer, 2007)

· Size of the sample=n=66

· It was important to use a large number of people as opinions from this group size boosts the accuracy of the results.

· The cost inquired during the research was a major challenge to the researchers.

· The study revealed that the victims and the bullies were associated with negative emotions from their peers.

· Theory

· Conflict Theory

· The argument is based on the division of people naturally which leads to the creation of the class-type systems.

· The class-type system divides people regarding money, power, and intelligence into upper, lower, and middle class.

· The bullies are usually from the middle class and despise the upper and lower classes which bring about the feeling of inferiority.

· To cover up these feelings, bullies prey on individuals from the lower division.

· Conclusion

· The paper analyses the impacts and effects of bullying in schools and reveal that suicide, health complaints, academic performance deterioration, and mental disorders are the major side effects of the theme.

· However, most researcher done fails to involve teachers and parents who deserve to play a major role in helping their children deal with the issue of bullying.

Bibliography

Bacchini, D., Esposito, G., & Affuso, G. (2009). Social experience and school bullying. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, Vol. 19. No. 1, pp. 17-32. doi: 10.1002/casp.975

Hurst, M. (2015). When it comes to bullying, there are no boundaries. Education Week, Vol. 24. No. 22. pp.8-22.

Jennifer, D. (2007). Understanding bullying in primary school: Listening to children's voices. Guildford: University of Surey.

Kraizer, S. (2008). Safe child research: What we now know. Retrieved from Coalition for Children Inc., Safe Child Program website: http://www.safechild.org/ Program1a.htm