Reasons Why You Can Not Always Prevent Cyber Bullying

Teens are being bullied every day not just in school but online. Bullies like cyberbullies often try to pick on people who seem weak or remind them of something they can never have. They sometimes pick on them to look cool in front of their friends or because they see others like family members doing it so they think it's the right thing to do. In a study, it was proven that “... hypothesis for explaining bullying behavior is that young people engage in this behavior as a result of being influenced by their families.”(Courtney Wilton and Marilyn Campbell, 2011). Many people often believe that bullies/cyberbullies pick on people because their home life is terrible. They might also be victims of some sort of abuse whether it is verbal or physical. Does this study show that victims from cyberbullying become depressed or get affected in some way but are the bullies themselves going through some mental health issues? In this essay, we are not only going to figure out what’s going on with the victims but see the reasons why bullies bully peers. Teens bullied at school are most likely cyberbullied by them too. Being cyberbullied and bullied at school affects the victims more than just being bullied at school. Being cyberbullied and bullied at school might affect the victim’s mental health.

Bullying in schools

Adolescents are often bullied in school, a place where everyone should feel safe. Most of the teens bullied will suffer from mental health problems. And many will even try to kill themselves because they start believing they are worthless or can no longer deal with the constant bullying. Stopping a bully on-campus might be a little more complicated because the victim might feel scared that the bullying would get worse if they tell someone. Seeing the bully every day makes it worse because they can get beaten up before, during, or after school. Usually, many teens experience bullying the most during lunch rather than before or after school. In 2019, 38.7% of teen girls and 34.1% of teen boys confirmed they have been bullied for a long period of time.

Reasons why peers bully other peers

A study shows that people with trauma, stress, poor home life, were bullied, relationship problems, low self-esteem, and aggression are likely to bully others. Teens often take all their anger out on someone that is weaker than them and won’t stand up to them. They figure out that others should go through what they are going through. Instead of talking out their problems such as their parent’s divorce, they bully someone to make themselves feel better. When they feel small or their self-esteem is really low they think making fun of someone smaller than them or that appears to have lower self-esteem than them will raise theirs up and make them feel big like they rule the world. People often don’t know how to control their anger or aggression so they let it out on people that they think is the problem instead of talking it out or taking it out in a sport. Since they don’t want their peers to view them as weak they bully someone to appear strong and in control. A research that was done in 2019, 13.4% of teen girls along with 16.1% of teen boys said that they bullied others (lifetime).

 

Cyber bullying

Many teenagers are being cyberbullied on social media or any online site. In fact, in 2018 60% of teen girls and 59% of teen boys received some kind of cyberbullying. When teens post a picture on any of there accounts they might get a negative comment such as “what a whore” or they might get rude messages from their bullies. Being cyberbullied means that there is someone at the other end of your computer who is harassing you. In this case, it doesn’t mean you are getting beat up by the bully but having someone trash talk you, making you feel worthless. It may have the same effect on the victim as it would for the victim that has their bully or bullies in front of them verbally abusing them because what they say still gets to you. Sure with cyberbullying, you can block them getting you rid of the problem but bullies would still find a way to bully them on social media or even text them with different numbers. In some cases, the victims and bullies will be the same for in-person bullying and cyberbullying, while in other cases it might change for either the victim or bully. In fact, “21% of [pre-teens] have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages.” and a little bit more than half haven’t told their parents or guardians that they were victims of cyberbullying.

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