Bullying is an action or behavior that is done by hurting physically, verbally or emotionally / psychologically by a person or group who feels stronger against a victim who is weaker physically or mentally repeatedly without any resistance with the aim of making the victim suffer.
Bullying behavior involves unbalanced strength and power, so that the victim is in a state of being unable to defend themselves effectively against the negative actions they receive.
Bullying has long-term and short-term effects on victims of bullying. The short-term effects of bullying are depression due to bullying, decreased interest in doing school assignments given by the teacher, and decreased interest in participating in school activities. Meanwhile, the long-term consequences of this oppression such as having difficulty in establishing good relationships with the opposite sex, always having anxiety about getting unpleasant treatment from their peers (Berthold and Hoover, 2000).
Bullying Elements
According to Coloroso (2006), there are four elements in bullying behavior to someone, namely as follows:
1. Power imbalance. Bullies can be people who are older, bigger, stronger, more verbally proficient, higher in social status, of a different race, or not of the same gender. Large groups of children who bully can create an imbalance.
2. Intention to injure. Bullying means causing emotional pain and / or physical injury, requires action to be able to hurt, and creates joy in the perpetrator's heart when witnessing the injury.
3. Threats of further aggression. Both the perpetrator and the victim know that bullying can and is likely to happen again. Bullying is not meant to be a one-time event.
4. Terror. Bullying is systematic violence used to intimidate and maintain dominance. Terror that stabs right in the heart of the victim is not only a way to achieve the goal of bullying, terror is the goal of bullying.
- Types and Forms of Bullying
According to Coloroso (2006), bullying behavior can be grouped into four forms, namely:
a. Verbal bullying
Bullying in the form of verbal is the most frequent and easy to do bullying. This bullying is usually the beginning of other bullying behavior and can be the first step towards further violence. Examples of verbal bullying include: nicknames, insults, slander, cruel criticism, insults, statements of sexual harassment, terror, intimidating letters, false accusations, vicious and false rumors, gossip etc.
b. Physical bullying
Bullying is most visible and easy to identify, but the incidence of physical bullying is not as much as other forms of bullying. Teens who regularly engage in physical bullying are often the most problematic and tend to turn to further criminal acts. Examples of physical bullying are: beating, kicking, slapping, choking, biting, scratching, spitting on, and destroying and destroying belongings of an oppressed child, and others.
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