Bullying is an undesirable, forceful conduct usually among school-going kids that includes a genuine or perceived power unevenness. The conduct is rehashed, or can possibly be rehashed, after some time. The children who are tormented and who menace others may have genuine, enduring issues.
So as to be viewed as bullying, the conduct must be forceful and include:
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An Imbalance of Power: Kids who menace utilize their capacity, for example, physical quality, access to humiliating data, or notoriety—to control or damage others. Force irregular characteristics can change after some time and in various circumstances, regardless of whether they include similar individuals.
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Reiteration: Bullying practices happen more than once or can possibly happen more than once.
Types of Bullying
Verbal bullying is stating or composing mean things. Verbal tormenting incorporates:
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Prodding
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Ridiculing
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Sexual remarks
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Insulting
Social Bullying, now and then alluded to as social harassment, includes harming somebody's notoriety or connections. Social tormenting incorporates:
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Forgetting about somebody deliberately
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Advising other kids not to be companions with somebody
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Spreading bits of gossip about somebody
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Humiliating somebody out in the open
Physical Bullying includes harming an individual's body or assets. Physical harassment incorporates:
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Hitting/kicking/squeezing
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Spitting
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Stumbling/pushing
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Taking or breaking somebody's things
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Making mean or impolite hand signals
Cyberbullying refers to bullying through electronic gadgets, it may occur over a text or on various social media platforms
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Sending, posting or sharing negative and untrue facts.
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Sharing someone’s private information/ personal data which is embarrassing.
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Adding negative or hateful comments.
No single factor puts an individual in danger of being tormented or harassing others. Tormenting can happen in any place—urban areas, rural areas, or country towns. Contingent upon the earth, a few sections of society, for example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or (LGBTQ) youth, youth with incapacities, and socially reclusive youth—might be in expanded danger of being bullied.
Bullying and mental health
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Social isolation
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Feelings of guilt
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Sleep disruption
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Change in appetite
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Low levels self-esteem
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Absenteeism from school/ workplace
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Anxiousness
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Bedwetting
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Low immunity
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Psychosomatic symptoms (stomachaches, headaches, muscle aches, other physiological Complaints with no apparent biological cause)
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Poor academic/ work performance
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Signs of depression
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