Bubs;3988261 said:
Thanks Jamba for posting updates in this case. I'm looking forward that these people gets what they deserve.
I quickly looked what is bullying, from wiki:
"He also suggests that social aggression or indirect bullying is characterized by attempting to socially isolate the target. This isolation is achieved through a wide variety of techniques, including spreading gossip, refusing to socialize with the target, bullying other people who wish to socialize with the target, and criticizing the target's manner of dress and other socially-significant markers (including the target's race, religion, disability, sex, or sexual preference, etc.). Ross[19] outlines an array of nonviolent behavior which can be considered "indirect bullying", at least in some instances, such as name calling, the silent treatment, arguing others into submission, manipulation, gossip/false gossip, lies, rumors/false rumors, staring, giggling, laughing at the target, saying certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event, and mocking."
Can I just point out that MJ was bullied by global media and tabloids, and noone said anything about media bully behaviour. Maybe Coulson didn't realise he was bully, but as his line of work, he didn't realise it was bullying? They bully celebrities all the time.
Yes, good point, Bubs. MJ was bullied for 20 years!!
Here is some info on bullying:
Bullying in childhood "throws a long shadow" into victims' adult lives, suggests research indicating long-term negative consequences for health, job prospects and relationships.
The study tracked more than 1,400 people between the ages of nine and 26.
School bullies were also more likely to grow up into adult criminals.
The study, from Warwick University in the UK and Duke University in the US, concludes bullying should not be seen as "a harmless rite of passage".
The long-term impact of bullying in childhood was examined through the experiences of three different groups - those who had been bullied, those who had carried out the bullying and those who had been both victims of bullying and had also carried out bullying themselves.
Long-term damage
The research, published in Psychological Science, suggests the most negative outcomes were for those who had been both victims and perpetrators of bullying, described in the study as "bully-victims".
Described as "easily provoked, low in self-esteem, poor at understanding social cues, and unpopular with peers", these children grew into adults six times more likely to have a "serious illness, smoke regularly or develop a psychiatric disorder".
By their mid-20s, these former "bully-victims" were more likely to be obese, to have left school without qualifications, to have drifted through jobs and less likely to have friends.
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We cannot continue to dismiss bullying as a harmless, almost inevitable, part of growing up. We need to change this mindset and acknowledge this as a serious problem”
Dieter Wolke
University of Warwick
All of those involved in bullying, as victims or aggressors, had outcomes that were generally worse than the average for those who had not been involved in bullying.
Those who had been victims of bullying, without becoming bullies themselves, were more likely to have mental health problems, more serious illnesses and had a greater likelihood of being in poverty.
But compared with "bully-victims" they were more likely to have been successful in education and making friends.
There were also distinctive patterns for those who had been bullies, but who had not been bullied themselves.
These "pure bullies" were more likely to have been sacked from jobs, to be in a violent relationship and to be involved in risky or illegal behaviour, such as getting drunk, taking drugs, fighting, lying and having one-night stands with strangers.
They were much more likely to have committed offences such as breaking into property.
However in terms of health and wealth, bullies had more successful outcomes than either the victims of bullying or those who were both bullies and victims.
Such "pure bullies" were identified as often being strong and healthy and socially capable - with their manipulative and aggressive behaviour being seen as "deviant" rather than reflecting that they were "emotionally troubled".
The study included verbal, physical and psychological bullying and the comparisons were adjusted to take into account social background factors, such as family hardship, family stability and dysfunction.
"We cannot continue to dismiss bullying as a harmless, almost inevitable, part of growing up. We need to change this mindset and acknowledge this as a serious problem for both the individual and the country as a whole; the effects are long-lasting and significant," said Prof Dieter Wolke of the University of Warwick.
"In the case of bully-victims, it shows how bullying can spread when left untreated. Some interventions are already available in schools but new tools are needed to help health professionals to identify, monitor and deal with the ill-effects of bullying. The challenge we face now is committing the time and resource to these interventions to try and put an end to bullying."
Emma-Jane Cross, founder of the anti-bullying charity BeatBullying, said: "This groundbreaking study shines a light on what has been an overlooked subject for society and the economy. The findings demonstrate for the first time just how far-reaching and damaging the consequences of bullying can be."
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-23756749
Kids Who are Bullied
Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues. Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience:
Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood.
Health complaints
Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school.
A very small number of bullied children might retaliate through extremely violent measures. In 12 of 15 school shooting cases in the 1990s, the shooters had a history of being bullied.
http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/suicide/bullying-and-suicide
http://www.meganmeierfoundation.org/statistics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-suicide.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-to-stop-bullying-in-the-workplace/ [27% of adults report being bullied at work]
http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...ullying-suicide-risk-20140310,0,3990497.story
By Karen Kaplan
March 10, 2014, 3:42 p.m.
Victims of bullying were more than twice as likely as other kids to contemplate suicide and about 2.5 times as likely to try to kill themselves, according to a new study that quantifies the emotional effects of being teased, harassed, beaten up or otherwise harmed by one’s peers.
Children and teens who were taunted by cyberbullies were especially vulnerable -- they were about three times as likely than other kids to have suicidal thoughts, the study found.
The findings, published online Monday by the journal JAMA Pediatrics, puts the lie to the old adage about sticks and stones. Cases of kids like 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick(who jumped to her death in a cement plant after classmates taunted her and asked “Why are you still alive?”
and 15-year-old Jordan Lewis (who shot himself in the chest after being picked on at school) are not just flukes.
Experts believe that as many as 1 in 5 teens is involved in some type of bullying, and suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents worldwide. So a team of Dutch researchers decided to investigate the link between the two.
The three researchers scoured the medical literature to find studies published since 1910 that addressed suicide in connection with bullying, teasing, harassment and even “ragging” and “mobbing.” Studies published in English, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese and Lithuanian were considered for analysis.
In the end, they identified 34 reliable studies that addressed the issues of peer victimization and suicidal ideation. These studies included data on 284,375 people ages 9 to 21. After crunching the numbers, the researchers calculated that
kids who were bullied were 2.23 times as likely to think about killing themselves than kids who had not been victimized.
The study authors sliced and diced their large dataset to compare types of bullying. Previous studies had reported that cyberbullying could be just as bad as traditional bullying. But this time,
the researchers found cyberbullying was actually worse -- being bullied in person increased one’s risk for suicidal ideation by a factor of 2.16, while being bullied via email, via text messages or in videos posted on the Internet raised the risk by a factor of 3.12.
“This might be because with cyberbulling, victims may feel they’ve been denigrated in front of a wider audience,” study leader Mitch van Geel said in an interview posted on the JAMA Pediatrics website. In addition, he said, “material can be stored online, which may cause victims to relive the denigrating experience more often.”
When Van Geel and his colleagues broke down the data according to whether children where bullies as well as victims, those who had been on both sides of things were 2.35 times as likely to consider killing themselves than kids who had nothing to do with bullying.
“Peer victimization is related to suicidal ideation for older as well as younger children, boys as well as girls, and victims as well as bully-victims,” they wrote.
The researchers also found nine well-conducted studies about bullying and its relationship to suicide attempts. These studies included data on 70,102 people ages 9 to 21. The Dutch researchers ran the numbers and reported that kids and teens who were bullied were 2.55 times as likely to attempt suicide than their counterparts who had not been victimized. (The dataset wasn’t big enough to allow for additional analysis based on the type of bullying or other factors, the researchers wrote.)
In the United States, between 5% and 8% of teenagers tries to kill themselves each year. But the problem is global, Van Geel said.
“Suicide is one of the most important reasons for adolescent mortality worldwide,” he said. "Schools should take every effort to reduce and prevent bullying."
9 year old boy bullied for my little pony book bag; school forced him not to to bring it to school!!!!
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ays-hardball-but-not-with-who-youre-thinking/
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/father-school-received-bullying-report-daughter-s-suicide
13 year old girl bullied and commits suicide--parents not told she was bullied and school at first denied she was.
Dorothy Rizzuto Brozek Ambulance Driver • 17 hours ago
The Facts:
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Suicide is the SECOND leading cause of death for ages 10-24
• 1 in 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide each year
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More teenagers and young adults die from suicide than from cancer, heart disease, AIDS, birth defects, stroke, pneumonia, influenza, and chronic lung disease, COMBINED
• An average of one person dies by suicide every 16.2 minutes
• Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims
• Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year
• 71 percent of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school
• 1 out 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying
• Each day 160,000 students miss school for fear of being bullied
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is at the forefront of research, education and prevention initiatives designed to reduce loss of life from suicide. With more than 38,000 lives lost each year in the U.S. and over one million worldwide, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been greater, nor our work more urgent.
On March 29th at Centennial Hills Park
"Team Hailee" will be joining the community walk to benefit
The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
It is time to do something! Help us bring these facts out of the darkness. Join us on March 29th, for Hailee and for everyone like Hailee who can no longer tell their own story.
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