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The educational effects on victims of school violence and bullying are significant. Violence and bullying at the hands of students may make the victims afraid to go to school and interfere with their ability to concentrate in class or participate in school activities. [119] It can also have similar effects on bystanders.
Violence and bullying in schools violate the rights of children and adolescents, including their right to education and health. Studies show that school violence and bullying harm the academic performance, physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of those who are victimized. [2] It also has a detrimental effect on perpetrators and ...
The International Day Against Violence and Bullying at School, including Cyberbullying is a UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization holiday celebrated every year on the first Thursday of November. [1] This International Day was designated by the member states of UNESCO in 2019 and it was first held in November 2020. [2]
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Bullying is the most prevalent form of violence in schools and has lasting consequences into adulthood. [5] Increased concern regarding school bullying has been raised in part due to publicized suicides of childhood victims. [6]
School violence includes violence between school students as well as attacks by students on school staff and attacks by school staff on students. It encompasses physical violence, including student-on-student fighting, corporal punishment; psychological violence such as verbal abuse, and sexual violence, including rape and sexual harassment.
The areas of the bullying strand that specifically pertain to peer victimization are studies of victimization prevalence, victims’ home environment, and effects of victimization in schools. Researchers started by determining the prevalence of peer victimization believing this would allow for the comparison of the problem over time ...
Bullying or a Sense of Exclusion: 75% of perpetrators of school shootings claim to have been the victims of bullying. [23] Research by Michael Kimmel suggests that the specific type of bullying they face – gay baiting or threats to a boy's masculinity – may lead to these boys feeling socially rejected.