Predicting Bullying
In the article it is trying to find what creates a bully.
It is focuses on issues at school and at home.
This topic is become more commonly known.
By having more knowledge about this topic we are able to understand that being bullied can cause more problems.
Being bullied in school can cause not only cause social problems it also causes psychological problems.
Bullying is more common than we normally think.
One study found that between 10% to 50% of students are engaged in bullying behavior.
Researchers are unsure exactly how a child becomes a bully but there can be factors that can encourage bullying behavior.
This explains that bullying occurs more than we think. We believe that it is not that common because we are not constantly facing bullying.
There have been studies proving that bully perpetration can cause one to have negative life consequences.
They have higher rates of offenses and "poor mental health outcomes"
There are many risk factors that can make a bully be a "bully"
There can be genetic, personality and environmental factors.
While genetics and environment can impact the likelihood of becoming a bullying the most common factor is having negative childhood experiences.
Researchers came to this conclusion based on the idea of General Strain Theory (GST)
There are multiple emotions that can play a role in predicting the bullying behavior
By having the emotion of anger it is common but the child may not be able to express the emotion effectively.
One common emotion that can predict behavior is anger.
By not being able to express anger properly it can cause issues with delinquency.
It can create create negative interpersonal behaviors.
Bullying itself can be considered a negative experience. By having a negative experience it can cause one to act out against others which leads to bullying.
Being bullied can also cause someone to self harm as a form of coping with the situation.
It can be related to negative life events during childhood
Environmental factors also can play a role in predicting bullying.
The article focuses on 3 specific domains, "family, school, and, peer interactions".