Bullying Behavior and Its Effect on Preparatory School Students

Abstract

School bullying is recognized as a global problem and sparks public concerns for students’ safety. Bullying in schools is social problem which probably designates the most obvious form of juvenile violence manifested in the form of bullying a victimization which can exist regardless of the geographic location, socioeconomic status, and type school (Shahour et al., 2020). Bullying is a subset of aggressive behavior which occurs mainly between children and adolescents in schools. Involves repetitive and intentional use of power by one individual or group against another, causing physical and psychological damage. Children can be directly involved in bullying either as bullies, victims who are involved in bullying both as bullies and as victims. Bullying behavior can take several forms including physical (fighting, pushing, hitting), verbal (teasing, calling names, threatening, spreading rumors), social (ignoring, exclusion, leaving on purpose), cyber (ding annoying electronic messages) through the phone (Pulido et al., 2019). Aim of the Study The aim of this study was to assess bullying behaviors and its effect on preparatory school students.