Impact on Family Long-Term Effects and Healing Being bullied is both heartbreaking and miserable for those targeted. But many adults, unless they too have been bullied, have a hard time understanding just how much kids can suffer. They fail to realize that the consequences of bullying are significant and can have a lasting impact. Bullying is done intentionally to cause harm to others and is often repetitive, and it causes a long-term effect of bullying on the minds of the victim. Bullying is seen at work, school, or home, in fact everywhere. Sadly, bullying is mainly seen in schools. 1 in 3 children are bullied at school, and 1 in 10 children have reported that bullying has lasted for more than six months. Defining school bullying. Bullying is defined as " (a) physical harm toward a person (e.g., hitting, kicking, pushing) or making fun of, excluding, and/or spreading rumors about a person, (b) victimization occurring repeatedly over time, and (c) the victims do not have equal strength or power to the bully " (Peguero & Sung Hong, 2020). A constant state of stress and fear can affect your child's mental and physical health. The victim of bullying may not be able to concentrate, and school work may suffer. Problems in digestion, such as irritable bowel syndrome, are ways that severe and continuous bullying can affect teens. Alcohol and drug use may also be a stress-related Studies show that social rejection at school is associated with higher levels of anxiety, depression, aggression and antisocial behavior in children. A 2004 study by the U.S. Secret Service and U School violence can take many forms. These are some of the types of school violence: Physical violence, which includes any kind of physical aggression, the use of weapons, as well as criminal acts like theft or arson. Psychological violence, which includes emotional and verbal abuse. This may involve insulting, threatening, ignoring, isolating 5cxrHNw.

cause and effect of bullying