Abstract
With its negative consequences for well being, bullying is a major public health
concern affecting the lives of many children and adolescents. Bullying can take
many different forms and include aggressive behaviors that are physical, verbal or
psychological in nature. Bullying can also include behaviors that aim to disrupt
relationships; it can take place online as well as offline. Bullying can be expressed
in different ways and includes aggressive behaviors that can be direct or indirect
(modes) and physical, verbal or relational (types).
Chapter 1
The Problem and It’s Background
I. Introduction
What is Bullying?
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that
involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has
the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully
others may have serious, psychological problems. Bullying is divided into four
basic types of abuse – emotional (sometimes called relational), verbal, physical,
and cyber. Verbal bullying is saying or writing words that may cause mental strain
or stress. Verbal bullying includes: teasing name-calling, inappropriate sexual
comments, taunting threatening to cause harm. Social bullying, sometimes
referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or
relationships. Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions.
It includes: Hitting, kicking, pinching, spitting, tripping, pushing, taking or breaking
someone’s things making mean or rude hand gestures.
Where and When Does Bullying Happens?
Bullying can occur during or after school hours. While most reported
bullying happens in the school building, a significant percentage also happens in
places like on the playground or the bus. It can also happen traveling to or from
school, in the youth’s neighborhood, or on the Internet. Every time and
everywhere bullying happens, some of those people doing this have their own
group and frat. They’re seeking for revenge and wanting to hurt victims.
This research aims to find out if bullying has a significant impact on the
mental wellness of Grade 10 students.
II. Statement of the Problem
This research study aims to answer the following questions:
1. What are the possible reasons of bullying?
2. What are some of the effects of bullying on students?
3. What mental health problems might a bullied student have?
4. What type of bully do students typically run into?
5. Does being bullied affect the academic performance of the G10 students of
FPFMNHS?
III. Significance of the Study
This study will be beneficial to the following:
FPFMNHS Students. This study can provide information about bullying, and it
could help students to cope with the issue by having knowledge about the things
that they might encounter.
FPFMNHS Teacher. This study will help the teachers to have more awareness
towards bullying among the students.
Parents and Guardians. The Findings of this study may help the parents or
guardians of the said students to have more awareness among them.
IV. Hypothesis
• Bullying has a major effect on a student’s well-being and overall academic
performance.
• Bullying can lead to anxiety and even worse, depression.
• Low self-esteem has a huge toll on a student’s academic performance.
V. Scope and Limitations
In this study, the main focus is "The Impact of Bullying on the Mental Wellness of
Selected G10 Learners of FFPMNHS sy. 2022-2023," with an emphasis on how
we can prevent it in our school. At FFPMNHS, many students have experienced
bullying, and because of the bully, many students suffer from depression. There
are several types of bullies that students may encounter, such as verbal bullies
who use hurtful words, physical bullies who use aggression and force and
cyberbullies who use technology to bully and harass others online.
Definition of Terms
Bullying - the use of force, threat or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively
dominate others
Bully - a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they
perceive as vulnerable
School - an institution for educating children. any institution at which instruction is
given in a particular discipline.
Victim - a person harmed, injured, or other event or action
Revenge - the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong
suffered at their hands.
Harass - to bother or upset someone repeatedly through words and actions
