Bullying Is Defined As Unwanted Aggressive Behaviors By A...

Youth Bullying Issue Statement Bullying is defined as unwanted aggressive behaviors by another youth or group of youth, who are not sibling or current dating partners, involving an observed or perceived power in balance and is repeated multiple times or highly likely to be repeated (CDC 2016). Bullying can result in physical injuries, social and emotional difficulties and academic problems. An estimate of 2.7 million youth are victims to bullying and estimated 160,000 children miss school every due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students (National school safety center, national educational association). Victims of bullying are more likely than who are not bullied to report feeling of low self- esteem and isolation, to form†¦show more content†¦Bullying is still a problem among children and teens, according to the 2014 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) about 20% of high school student report being bullied on school property and 15% being cyber-bullied during the school year (CDC 2016). On a sur vey by U.S. department of justice, and bureau of justice statistics, report to the school crime supplement (SCS) about 14 percent of students age 12-18 years, 13 percent report being subject of rumors and 6 percent said that they were pushed, shoved, tripped or spit on, 40 percent were excluded from activates and about 3.9 percent were threatened with harm, 2.2 percent report that they did not want to do and 2 percent report that their property was destroyed by others. Cyber-bullying which another form of bullying but is done through technology is also on the rise. As a results to cyberbullying about 3 percent of student report that another student had posted hurtful information about them on the internet; a higher percent of female student than male student age 12-18 report of being victims of cyber bullying in 2013. About nine percent of females compared to 5 percent of males were victims of cyber-bullying and 1 percent of students report to have their private information purpose ly shared on the internet, while 2 percent report to being subject of harassing instant messages. Student that reported being bullied once or twice a month 67 percent, 7 percent once or twice a week and 5 percent almost every day and only