Bullying

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This paper examines how bullying is commonly and regularly practiced in schools across America. Through a review of various studies, it looks at the definition of bullying, rates of incidence and type of bullying behavior and intervention methods. It also discusses how children who undergo bullying may experience signs of post traumatic stress disorder in adulthood and how this can have a dangerous impact on a child's psyche. The paper contends that bullying can be reduced with the help of teacher training programs and by identifying the places where bullying commonly takes place such as the lunchroom, playground and on the outer premises of school.

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"In the other study by Dawn Newman-Carlson and Arthur M. Horne, intervention methods were studied with the purpose of reducing bullying in schools. The program Bully Busters has been developed to counter bullying problem in American schools keeping in view the culture and educational conditions of the US. The study indicated an urgent need for such a program since studies have found weaknesses in training provided to teachers for tackling bullying. This bully-buster program which aims at providing teachers with right set of resources to handle conflict was first developed in 2000 and is largely based on the research findings from a vast body of literature. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• - Atlas, R.S., & Pepler, D.J. (1998). Observations of bullying in the classroom. Journal of Educational Research, 92(2), 86-99.
• - Espelage, D. L., Bosworth, K., & Simon, T. R. (2000). Examining the social context of bullying behaviors in early adolescence. Journal of Counseling and Development, 78, 326-333.
• - Hoover, J. H., Oliver, R., & Hazier, R. J. (1992). Bullying: Perceptions of adolescent victims in the Midwestern USA. School Psychology International, 13, 5-16.
• - Horne, A. M., & Newman-Carlson, D. (2004). Bully Busters: A Psycho-educational Intervention for Reducing Bullying Behavior in Middle School Students. Journal of Counseling and Development. Volume: 82. Issue: 3.
• - Limber, S. P., Cummingham, P., Florx, V., Ivey, J.. Nation, M., Chai, S., & Melton, G. (1997, June/July). Bullying among schoolchildren: Preliminary findings from a school-based intervention program. Paper presented at the Fifth International Family Violence Research Conference, Durham, NH.

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