Bullying Prevention
Effects of Bullying
Why Focus on Bullying?
The effects of bullying can be both short-term and long-term. Bullying impacts the target, the bully and the bystanders.
- Short-term effects for targets; lower self-esteem, depression, illness, absenteeism
- Long-term effects for targets; severe depression, suicidal ideation, self-destructive behavior, suicide
- Bullies escalate aggression in adolescence and adulthood.
(In Olweus study, bullies were 4 times as likely to have 3 or more convictions by age 24)
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