Do Bullies Have Low Self-Esteem?
Psychologists used to believe that bullies have low self-esteem, and put down other people to feel better about themselves. While many bullies are themselves bullied at home or at school, new research shows that most bullies actually have excellent self-esteem. Bullies usually have a sense of entitlement and superiority over others, and lack compassion, impulse control and social skills. They enjoy being cruel to others and sometimes use bullying as an anger management tool, the way a normally angry person would punch a pillow. Research does support the fact that bullies have low empathy, and don’t know how it feels to be in someone else’s shoes.
Bullying In Schools
Get Your Bullying Report Online Right Now !
Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem that can have negative consequences for the general school climate and for the right of students to learn in a safe environment without fear. School Bullying can also have negative lifelong consequences–both for students who bully and for their victims. National statistics have revealed that 75% of teachers believe that they intervened in a school bullying incident, but only 25% of students believe that their teachers have intervened to stop bullying from occurring. Why is the perception between students and teachers so different? In order to answer this question I think we have to understand the interventions that are used to stop bullying. School Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. In addition to direct attacks, bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be socially isolated through intentional exclusion.
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