Chapter I

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

Introduction

Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or

coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and
involves an imbalance of power. It can include verbal harassment, physical
assault or coercion and maybe directed repeatedly towards particular victims,
perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. The
"imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. The victim
of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target". Bullying consists of three
basic types of abuse

emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods ofcoercion

such as intimidation. Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK
currently has no legal definition of bullying, while some U.S. states have laws
against it Bullying ranges from simple one-on-one bullying to more complex
bullying in which the bully may have one or more 'lieutenants' who may seem
to be willing to assist the primary

bully in his or her bullying activities. Bullying in school and the workplace is also
referred to as peer abuse. Robert W. Fullerhas analyzed bullying in the context
of rankism. Bullying can occur in any context in which human beings interact
with each other. This includes school, church, family, the workplace, home,
and neighbour hoods. It is even a common push factor in migration. Bullying
can exist between social groups, social classes, and even between countries.
The verb "to bully" is first attested in 1710 (Zwerdling, 1987 )High-level forms
of violence such as assault and murder usually receive most media attention,
but lower-level forms of violence such as bullying have only in recent years
started to be addressed by researchers, parents and guardians, and
authorityfigures( Whitted, K.S. & Dupper, D.R. 2005). It is only inrecent years
that bullying has been recognised and recorded as a separate and distinct
offence, but there have been well documented cases that have been recorded
over the centuries. The Fifth Volume of the New gate Calenda (Complete New
gate Calendar Tarlton Law Library) contains at least one example whereEton
Scholars George Alexander Wood and Alexander Wellesley Leith were
charged, at Aylesbury Assizes, with killing and slaying the Hon. F. Ashley
Cooper on February 28, 1825 in an incident which might today be described as
"lethal hazing(George Alexander Wood and Alexander Wellesley
Leith,2003) The New gate calendar contains several other examples that, while
not as distinct, could be considered indicative of situations of bullying. Virginia
Woolf considered fascism to be a form of bullying, and wrote of Hitler and the
Nazis in 1934 as "these brutal bullies.( Zwerdling, 1987)

Bullying behavior can have negative consequences for both the bully and the
victim. Studies have shown that boys identified as bullies in middle school were
four times as likely as their peers to have more than one criminal conviction by
age twenty-four. Children who bully are more likely to engage in other criminal
and anti-social behaviors, such as: ,Fighting, Vandalism, Truancy, Dropping out
of school. Stealing Smoking and Alcohol/and or drug abuse
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The study discussed the Causes of Bullying Among grade 7 students at

Doña Rosario high school academic year 2017-2018

Specifically, the following questions will be answered:

1.What are the profile of the respondents in terms of:

a. Sex

b. Age

2. What are the factors or causes of Bullying?

3. What are the effects of bullying

ASSUMPTIONS OF THE STUDY

1. The data is valid and reliable

2. That the there are some risk factors affecting bullying.

3. That there are causes of bullying

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

Scope and Limitation of the Study

The research is focused on the Causes of Bullying Among grade 7

students at Doña Rosario high school academic year 2017-2018
This research study is limited only to the Grades 7 students and no

other sections or grade level were included. The surveys and

questionnaires were applied only to the lessons of the chosen

respondents.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The findings which this study will reveal, may benefit certain groups and the
benefits they may be able to gain are as follows:

Students this group may use this study as an example to bear in their mind
they are more luckier than those who are
bullied even life is very struggling because of economic problems, they are still
send in the school to learn by their parents, thus will challenge to them and
enabling them to perform well in class, study harder to upgrade their
knowledge and intelligence so that the difficulties experienced by their parents
in sending them to school to attain their goals will not be in vain.

Future Researchers / the Researchers themselves

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The finding of this study will be serving as a good source of accurate and
useful information for them. The cost of educating a child is tremendous, it
matters not so much, how much our government spends for every child
provided that the child finishes the school year successfully. What is deplorable
to not is the enormous number of school leaves every year. When a child
leaves school before attaining functional literacy, much of our effort, time and
money go down the drain.

He do not acquire the needed skills for a productive and favourable life.
Usually, majority of the out of school youth because
ofbullying effects becomes the sick of our society, they willbecome delinquent,
they have a rebellious spirits, in this regards the researchers want to know
through this study what are the behavioral development of our of school youth
and its implication to education.

To all the parent So that the parents will be able to know that they should
have a sense of dedication and devotion to
dutyas parents in implementation of some strategies for thedevelopment of
their kids although they experienced being
bullied or those who committed bullying to bring them in a state that they can
be proud to be the parents even of those who overcome the effects of being
bullied To all community organizations. It is imperative for them to know the
characteristics of a children and youth in the
community it enables them further to adopt precautionary measures or
remedies to forestall their unfavorable behavior.