Educational Psychology

EDP 1103

BULLYING
Names Matric No.
Nur Najwa bt Mohd Shukri 1621808
Zainida Nor Afrina bt Mohd Zainuri 1624136
Nur Syahirah bt Ahmad Kamal 1628824

Lecturer’s name : Dr. Siraje Ssekamanya Abdallah

Definitions of Bully
Bullying means any overt acts by a person or a group of people
directed against another person or people with the intent to
ridicule, harass, humiliate or intimidate the other person.
Bullying is generally defined as an intentional act that causes harm to
others, and may involve verbal harassment, verbal or non-verbal threats,
physical assault, stalking, or other methods of coercion such as
manipulation, blackmail, or extortion. It is aggressive behavior that
intends to hurt, threaten or frighten another person.

Sources: https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/bullying/
 Types of Bullying
Cyber bullying

= Psychological distress

School bullying
 Cyber bullying

Definition • Bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones,
computers, and tablets.
• Includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or
mean content about someone else.
• It can include sharing personal or private information about someone
else causing embarrassment or humiliation.

Characteristics • Can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media,
forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share
content.
• Allow cyber bullying perpetrators to maintain anonymity and give
them capacity to post messages to a wide audience.
• May feel reduced responsibility and accountability when online
compared with face-to-face situations.

Sources: Kessel Schneider et al. Cyberbullying, School Bullying, and Psychological Distress: A Regional Census of High School
Students. American Journal of Public Health. January, 2012 Vol. 102, 1
 School bullying

Definition A behavior that is:

• repeated
• intended to hurt someone either physically or emotionally
• often aimed at certain groups, for example because of race, religion,
gender or sexual orientation
• School bullying is widely known to be associated with many
negative indicators, including lower academic achievement, lower
school satisfaction, and lower levels of attachment and commitment
to school, known as school bonding
Characteristics • May witness physical and verbal violence or aggression at home.
They have a positive view of this behavior, and they act aggressively
toward other people, including adults.
• May hit or push other children.
• Are often physically strong.
• May or may not be popular with other children around their same
age.
• Have trouble following rules.
Sources: https://www.gov.uk/bullying-at-school/bullying-a-definition
 Current news on cyber bullying
5 May 2017: Student In Penang Left A Suicide Note On Facebook Before Jumping
To His Death
http://says.com/my/news/taruc-student-left-a-suicide-note-on-facebook-
before-jumping-off-penang-flat
 Current news on school bullying

17 November 2017: 4 boarding school students in Perak have been

expelled, for allegedly bullying a form three student.

https://www.malaysiannews.my/2017/berita/nasional/kes-buli-empat-
pelajar-sekolah-berasrama-di-perak-dibuang-sekolah/
 Current news on cyber bullying
1 December 2017: 10-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Classmates
Videotaped Them Bullying Her and Posted it Online
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/december/10-year-old-girl-commits-
suicide-after-classmates-videotaped-them-bullying-her-and-posted-it-online
 Factors that lead to bullying
1. Family background

2. Peers and social influences

3. School environment

Sources: Robert Slavin. Educational Psychology: theory and practice.

Pearson Education, Inc. 2006, 8th ed.

file:///C:/Users/Asus/Desktop/EDU%20PSYCH/[Robert_E._Slavin]_Educati
onal_Psychology_Theory_(b-ok.org).pdf
 1. Family Background
Baumrind’s parenting styles

3. Overly- 1. Lack of
permissive attention
parenting from parents
- Indulgent - Neglectful

4. Harsh physical
discipline
2. Socio-
- Authoritarian economic
factors
 2. Watching depictions
1. Friends with bully which glorify violence and
bullying behaviors

2. Peers and
Social
influences

3. The need of power 4. Creating excitements

 3. School Environment

1. Lack of enforcement on rules and

regulation

2. Lack of teachers and staff support

3. Lack of awareness on bullying among

students
 How does bullying affects them as learners?

The Bully The Victim

1. Have greater risk to engage to 1. Depression and anxiety.

alcohol, drug abuse as 2. Low self esteem and learned
adolescents and sexual behavior helplessness.
at young age. 3. Decreased in academic
2. Often get into fights, vandalize achievement, skip or drop out class.
and drop out school. 4. They may isolate themselves and
3. Difficulty in holding down a job, even worst, increased risk in suicide.
retaining friendship or even
family relationship.

Sources: Stopbullying.gov. 2012. Prevention of bullying. consulted 10.07.2015

http://www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/index.html
 Statistic of the effects of bullying

Sources: Kessel Schneider et al. Cyberbullying, School Bullying, and Physchological Distress: A Regional Census of High School
Students. American Journal of Public Health. January, 2012 Vol 102, 1
 Know your school and Treat students and others
district policies with warmth and respect

Conduct classroom activities

around bullying

Discuss among teachers Take immediate action

Sources: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/bullying-prevention-tips-teachers-parents-anne-obrien
1. Bullying is a very serious matter
2. Parents have to educate their children
3. Teachers have to handle and overcome the bullying issue
 Bibliography
1. Kessel Schneider et al. Cyberbullying, School Bullying, and Psychological Distress:
A Regional Census of High School Students. American Journal of Public Health.
January, 2012 Vol. 102, 1

2. W. S. Wan Ismail et al. Why do young adolescence bully? Experience in Malaysian

Schools. Comprehensive Psychiatry 55. 2014

3. Steven Limo. Bullying among Teenagers and Its Effects. Turku University Of
Applied Sciences Thesis. 2015

4. Stopbullying.gov. 2012. Prevention of bullying. consulted 10.07.2015

http://www.stopbullying.gov/prevention/index.html

5. WHO 2010. Prevention of bullying-related morbidity and mortality: a call for public
health policies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Vol.88, 403-403. Consulted
11.07.2015
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