Zachary Lane

3/30/2017

Mrs. Thomas

UWRT 1104-030

Annotated Bibliography 3

"Why Do People Bully? The Scientific Reasons - Ditch the Label." Ditch the Label (USA). Ditch

the Label Anti-Bullying Charity, 15 Nov. 2016. Web. 30 Mar. 2017.

This article discusses why people bully others and the scientific reasons behind it. The

article briefs over the psychology of being bullied, and the real reasons people get bullied with

subsections of the reasons. Ditch the Label, an anti-bullying charity, has completed a recent

study speaking with 8850 people about bullying. The people were asked to describe their

definition of bullying and were later asked if they had ever bullied anyone. Fourteen percent of

the study group had admitted they had bullied someone. Later the study group was asked

intimate questions about their personal lives such as stress, trauma, home lives, relationships, and

how they feel about themselves. The researchers then took this data and identified real reasons to

why people bully others. Some of their reasons are as follows

Our data shows that those who bully are far more likely than average to have

experienced a stressful or traumatic situation in the past 5 years.

66% of the people who had admitted to bullying somebody else were male.
Our research shows that those who have experienced bullying are twice as likely to go

on and bully others.

 1 in 3 of those who bully people daily told us that they feel like their parents/guardians

dont have enough time to spend with them.

This article/ website was easy to read because it was simple studies done that included

information that was fairly easy to read, but it still made sense. The paper in general seemed very

opinionated about the reasons and psychology about bullying because they didnt really establish

much credibility. The charity group does, however, seem to have some credibility being one of

the largest anti-bullying charity groups. This article does pertain to my question even though it

seems to state the simple facts about why people get bullied and repeat facts that I already know.