Bullying

Bullying is the use of force, coercion, or threat, to abuse, aggressively dominate orintimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by others) of an imbalance of physical or socialpower. This imbalance distinguishes bullying from conflict.[1] Bullying behavior can be physical (e.g., hitting), verbal (e.g., name calling either oral or written), relational (e.g., spreading rumors), or via property damage. Every year about 21 percent of U.S. middle- and high-school students are victims of bullying.2 [stopbullying.gov/blog/2018/12/17] Bullying ranges from one-on-one, individual bullying through to group bullying, called mobbing, in which the bully may have one or more "lieutenants" who may be willing to assist the primary bully in their bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also referred to as "peer abuse".[3] Robert W. Fuller has analyzed bullying in the context of rankism.
== Result ==
Past research suggests a dose-response relationship between bullying victimization and behavioral health outcomes.3 In other words, increased exposure to bullying victimization – over time and experiencing multiple types of bullying – is associated with progressively worse behavioral health outcomes among bullied youth. This is potentially also true for bullying perpetration – the more a youth bullies others over time, the more likely they could be of engaging in a lifestyle of violence and aggression.4-5 Yet, limited research has examined the cumulative impact of being a bystander to bullying on youth’s health and well-being. [stopbullying.gov/blog/2018/12/17]
A study released in j10 [McKown] sheds light on the issue: researchers purported to find "three key factors in a child's behavior that can lead to social rejection." The factors are,
— ability to pick up "social cues," like changes in voice or posture.
— ability to interpret those cues.
— ability to solve social problems.
Kids who lack one or more of these skills are apparently at risk for rejection by other kids, and for other problems like poor grades, depression, and anxiety. 
== Branching ==
*  Branching: Social skills; Exclusion; Harm; Adult bullying; Teen bullying; School bullying; Workplace bullying; Family bullying.
*  Results in: Alienation; Suffering.
*  See conversely: Charity; Welcoming; Acceptance.
*  Related: Competition; Evolution; 
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Category:Bullying