Causes and consequences of bullying
Personal: A child who acts aggressively suffers intimidation or some type of abuse at school or in the family.
Acquires this behavior when it is frequently humiliated by adults.
It feels superior, either because it has the support of other attackers or because the harassed is a child with very little ability to respond to aggression.
Relatives: The child may have aggressive attitudes as a way of expressing their feelings towards a family environment with little affect, where there are situations of absence of a parent, divorce, violence, abuse or humiliation exercised by parents and older siblings; Maybe because he is a child who possibly lives under constant pressure to be successful in his activities or on the contrary is a very spoiled child.
All these situations can generate aggressive behavior in children and lead to violence when they are teenagers.
At school: The larger the school, the greater the risk of bullying, especially if this factor is compounded by a lack of physical control, vigilance and respect; humiliation, threats or exclusion between teaching staff and students.
On the other hand, the new educational models to which children are exposed as the lightness with which values are treated and put into practice, the absence of limits and rules of coexistence, have influenced this type of behavior to occur more frequently.
Consequences for the aggressor (s)
They can later become delinquents, the person feels frustrated because he or she copes with other children, believes that no effort is worthwhile to create positive relationships with their peers.
Consequences for the victim
Evident low self-esteem, passive attitudes, loss of interest in studies which can lead to a situation of school failure, emotional disorders, psychosomatic problems, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, unfortunately some boys, so as not to have to endure that situation anymore they take away life