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Thesis: Bullying has multiple implications on a victim, one being a decline in academic

performance, being emotionally impacted, and leaving physical damage to an individual.

Kuykendall, Sally. "Consequences of Victimization." Bullying, Greenwood, 2012, pp. [63]-66.

Health and Medical Issues Today. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2721100026/GVRL?

u=j043905002&sid=GVRL&xid=576e570d. Accessed 29 October 2022

Kuykendall Sally, the author of the article, explains that there are multiple implications of

bullying, in this case, a physical implication. People may bully someone and think that it's for

good fun and entertainment, but it can lead to people believing the statement and believing that

the bully is correct in every way, which can lead to physical harm. Sally indicates that bullying

among teenagers or people of any age can affect them in short-term consequences like harming

oneself or the bully hurting the victim, and threatening the victim to give the bully something or

do something before they attack. This results in physical damage to the body. These are some

short-term implications of somebody being bullied. However, there is also long-term physical

damage, such as "post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, self-harming behaviors,

suicide, and other mental health problems, including schizophrenia" (1). These are the elements
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of long-term bullying on a victim and can have a possibility of continuing to the adult stages of

life.

Overall, the article discusses the multiple effects of bullying on teenagers, whether it be

short term or long-term effects and how it can lead to the decline in the overall physical health

and mental health of an individual. This information is credible because it was searched through

the database called, "Gale Virtual Reference Library" considering that all information or topics

searched through the database is credible. I can use this evidence in my thesis considering that

the implications of being bullied can result in physical damage on an individual and should be

stopped. This article can help research my questions about bullying by supplying common

threats or actions when being bullied such as the evidence that the article has supplied when

talking about the long term and short-term effects of physical bullying on a victim. This article is

organized by having a title and explaining not only the physical side of bullying but also the

emotional and psychological effects. It gives detailed examples from everyday life and tell the

readers what is appropriate in situation of being bullied.

"Bullying." Human Diseases and Conditions, edited by Donna Batten, et al., 3rd ed., vol. 1,

Charles Scribner's Sons, 2017, pp. 311-320. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3630000061/GVRL?

u=j043905002&sid=GVRL&xid=e8436bb3. Accessed 29 October 2022.

The author of this article states that bullying can have serious impacts with regards to the

emotional aspects of teenagers. The article supports this point by providing evidence from an

individual who had experienced bullying and relates to it by providing emotional behaviors that

came alongside bullying. The article supports two viewpoints from a bullying side of view

saying that the bully might think that because the person doesn’t seem to have other qualities or
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characteristics that are apparent in society whether it be at home, school, or work, they should be

the main target, and, lastly, from the teenager’s point of view, when somebody is being picked

on and afraid to stand up for themselves it can result in a lack of self-esteem and self-worth as

one is constantly being picked at and might give additional encouragement for the bullying to

continue on.

The author indicates that the implications of bullying can have emotional effects and can

alter a person’s state of mind from becoming who they were originally to something new that

they have to become to be accepted. The author mentions that 25% of victims that have been

bullied are impacted emotionally mainly by the way that the bully tries to influence the

individual. For example, the bully might say something harsh or say things that the person has to

do to fit in. This can either trigger the brain to respond back to say something back to the bully or

think that they should just ignore them.

I can use this evidence to support my thesis considering that the implications of bullying

can result in emotional side effects and should be prevented. This information is credible because

of it coming from a database that searches for credible information. These resources are

organized by having multiple subtitles and discussing the impacts of each one, for example,

“How Common Is Bullying,” this is then explained further on with numeric facts and offers

evidence of its own.

Kuykendall, Sally. "The Definition of Health." Bullying, Greenwood, 2012, pp. 5-7. Health and

Medical Issues Today. Gale Virtual Reference Library,

http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2721100009/GVRL?

u=j043905002&sid=GVRL&xid=ef0c7535. Accessed 29 October 2022.

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Sally Kuykendall explains that there are numerous effects of bullying on a person

including the social health or status of an individual. To put this more into context, let's imagine

two people, one being a “bully” and the other the “victim”. The bully, doing what he does best,

picks on the teen in front of everyone in either a school, classroom, or public environment. The

victim on the other hand might be around his friends and enjoying his time. When the bully

approaches, he picks on the teen and starts to humiliate him in front of his friends and people

who the victim might not know. This might trigger other people around him especially his

friends to think that the individual being bullied is weak and a person that cannot handle tough

situations or maybe just something simple, the victim is something to be left alone because he or

she is just made fun of and a source of entertainment for other people’s pleasure. These thoughts

arise in a person’s mind and starts to make them believe that their friend is not worthy enough

for them to be around with.

I can use this evidence in my writing to support the idea that implications of a victim

being bullied can have social effects resulting in a low social status. This information is credible

because it was retrieved from a database called, “Gale Virtual Library” that researches online

resources and certifying that they are credible enough to believe and use. This resource is

organized by providing factual information with numeric numbers and charts to support the

assertion being said. It also branches off into different implications of bullying and talks about

each one of them in great detail with symptoms to see if someone is bullying, what to do to stop

bullying in certain situation and how to report an incident of being bullied or seeing others being

bullied.

"Bullying and Youth Violence." Mental Health Information for Teens, edited by Lisa Bakewell,

4th ed., Omnigraphics, 2014, pp. 217-221. Teen Health Series. Gale Virtual Reference
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Library, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX2768500048/GVRL?

u=j043905002&sid=GVRL&xid=fc18c8f4. Accessed 29 October 2022.

The author of this article explains that one implication of a teenager being bullied could

be a decline in their academic performance. The author explains this by supporting facts about

increase in bad academic performances with the help of bullying on an individual. She states that

bullying leads to, “decreased academic achievement including GPA and standardized test scores

and school participation and more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school by 33% of teens who

have been bullied” (1). This indicates that bullying can not only leave a physical mark, emotional

mark, social mark, but an academic mark. She states that 33% of teens have been affected by

bullying and as a result in their ability to perform in school by either getting good grades,

maintain a stable GPA, and participation in classrooms.

Teenagers especially in a school do not really focus on getting good grades and is the

norm that teenagers are more self-conscious about their social status and whether if they are

popular or not. This thinking among some teenagers do things to make themselves “cool” and by

thinking that since they made it at the top of the ladder for being popular, they have all right

making fun of someone who is not really noticeable and just goes to school to learn. This can

hinder the individual to start to change their mind set about what school means to them, they start

to think that school is meant for being the coolest you can be and making a mark by doing

something wrong and mischievous. This overall, leads to teens thinking less about their grades

academically because of what the bully does to change what others think about school. I can use

this evidence to support my claim that one implication of bullying on a victim could lead to a

decline performance in schools. This resource is organized into multiple subtitles, charts and

infographics to help support the author claim. Lastly, this resource is credible because it was
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retrieved from a credible database which searches credible information and articles for use,

reading, or learning something new.

Kowalski, Robin M., Chad A. Morgan, and Susan P. Limber. "Traditional bullying as a potential

warning sign of cyberbullying." School Psychology International 33.5 (2012): 505-519.

doi:10.1016/j. jadohealth2012.09.018

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between the experiences of

students with cyberbullying and its effect on physical health, psychological health, and academic

performance. The sample size of the study was 931 students who were in 6thto 12thgrade. The

methodology of the study was through an anonymous survey to measure the level of

understanding of cyberbullying, effects of bullying such as self-esteem, depression, anxiety,

academic performance, and school attendance. Each student was categorized between 1 to 4

groups with those that were involved in cyberbullying.

The primary finding was that those who experienced cyberbullying understood it while

they experienced negative scores on the academic performance, physical health and mental

health (Kowalski & Limber, 2013). The research concludes the need to have effective policies

that spread awareness on cyberbullying especially to those who have not experienced it. This

evidence is crucial in supporting my argument that bullying has a lot o negative outcomes and

when not addressed, can impose a long-term negative influence in a person’s different aspects of

life, socially, mentally, physically and emotionally.