Consequences of bullying at school
Bullying plays an important role at school and has become an integral part of various internal school education programs. Children and adolescents often do not yet have the foresight to correctly assess the consequences of their actions.However those Mobbingattacken for the victims are evenly drastic experiences, which leave clear traces in the psychological condition of the concerning. Especially bullying in elementary school can have far-reaching consequences for the child concerned.
In childhood and youth, and thus especially in school, a person develops significantly into an independent individual, the personality is formed and one learns to stand on one’s own feet. If such emotionally stressful events recur during this developmental phase, the human psyche cannot compensate for this in the long run. Qualities such as nervousness, mistrust or shyness develop permanently, which perhaps would not have been developed without the psychological terror.
The compulsion to have to go to school every day with the perpetrator often drives the victims into a certain hopelessness, which is countered by refusal to attend school. This can happen either openly, in which case the bullying victims confide in the teachers or their parents and explain the reasons for their refusal to attend school, or secretly. If the problem is expressed openly, which in many cases is difficult because of fear of the perpetrators, a transfer to another class, a change of school or sanctions against the perpetrators can follow.
If the victim changes class or school, however, it must be taken into account that the victim is indirectly punished and the mobbers are “rewarded” for their deeds. More important is nevertheless the well-being of the mobbing victim. If the problem is concealed, the mobbing victim’s performance drops and the lack of attendance inevitably becomes apparent sooner or later.
The psychological consequences of bullying during school time can be serious and have a negative influence on the rest of life if no individualized problem solving takes place. It can lead to traumatization, which then results in self-harming behavior or violence, up to the suicide of the school child. If the violence is not directed against oneself, hatred and anger against the perpetrators can also be expressed. An example of this are amok runs (e.g. in Emsdetten), which were justified with just that motive.
