This book addresses the behavior of bullying as a phenomenon directed from one child to another either in the same age or younger. Bullies will develop non-social and criminal behavior patterns, with alcohol and drug abuse and the use of weapons which is a learned behavior from the environment in which they live. Early intervention and spreading awareness are necessary and important factors to stop the bullying behavior, the need is urgent to educate students and bullies with appropriate methods to manage their relationships with others.
The book reviews several forms of bullying:
1.Physical bullying. Such as: Beating, slapping, pinching, kicking or pushing to the ground.
2.Verbal bullying. Such as: Cursing, pointing, threatening, taunting, spreading false rumors or giving bad names or ethnic designation.
3.Sexual bullying. Such as: Using sexual names, obscene language, touching or sexual threat.
4.Emotional and psychological bullying. Such as: Harassing, threatening, intimidating, humiliating or rejecting.
5.Social relations bullying. Such as: Preventing certain individuals from exercising certain activities by throwing them out, rejecting their friendship or spreading rumors.
6.Properties bullying. Such as: Taking belongings of others and disposing them on their behalf or keeping or destroying them.
The book presents several bullying reasons among children and teenagers, such as:
. Personal reasons and factors.
. Psychological reasons and factors.
. Social causes and factors.
. School causes and factors.
. Reasons from the viewpoint of bullies and victims.
The book comprises five chapters.
Chapter One: Introduction to bullying behavior.
Chapter Two: Participants in bullying behavior.
Chapter Three: Reasons of bullying behavior.
Chapter Four: Studies on bullying behavior among children.
Chapter Five: Treatment programs and guidelines to deal with bullying behavior.
The book concludes with a proposed program for rational emotional behavioral collective guidance to reduce bullying behavior among the upper elementary students through fourteen collective guidance sessions.
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