(scientific) publications on bullying:
*The Social Death Penalty: Why Being Ostracized Hurts Even More Than Bullying
* Dehumanization: As It Is Present Within Bullying Behaviors In An
Anti-Bullying Program
* Cyberbullying in Adolescent Victims: Perception and Coping
* Stigma-Based Bullying Interventions: A Systematic Review
* The dark triad of personality as predictors of face-to-face and cyber bullying behaviour
* How to detect and eliminate invisible bullying
* Bullying, Cyberbullying and Suicide
* Bullying and harassment are rife in the public service:
*. Australian Human Rights Commission
* What is adult bullying and how can we address it?
* Kurs-Institut für betriebliche Mitbestimmung “Mobbing gibt’s hier nicht!”
* Cybercrime, & scamming in Tilburg 2014 – present
* The Evolutionary Psychology Of Bullies – explained by professor Tony Volk | Modern Wisdom 637
* Dutch GGZ, E-Magazine: Moet toch kunnen?! Pesten is geen grapje!
Translation of Dutch Mind Correlation.
MIND Correlation is a national organisation. They offer anonymous, professional, psychological and psychosocial help. MIND Correlation gives individual advice and help to anyone who asks for it. This can be done by telephone and online.
Psychologists and social workers work at MIND Correlation. They listen, advise and, if necessary, refer to appropriate help.
What is bullying?
Bullying is treating someone repeatedly and over a long period of time in such a way that they suffer severely. It can range from insipid and mean comments to violence, exclusion and extortion. Bullying can drive people who are being bullied to despair.
Bullying can happen anywhere: at school, in the workplace and also in the care home. In recent years, attention has also turned to bullying via the internet. This is called cyberbullying. Cyberbullying often happens through social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok.
Causes of bullying
- Competitive spirit, jealousy, boredom, or to vent frustrations.
- The perpetrator has been bullied in the past himself or fears being bullied. The perpetrator tries to divert the attention of possible bullies by bullying someone else.
- If a child is bullying, there may possibly be a lack of warmth and security in the family, or that aggressive behaviour is allowed in the family.
- Group behaviour can play a role: the ‘leaders’ of a group encourage others to bully the ‘underdog’.
- Sometimes people bully out of social awkwardness and the bully is unaware of the effect on the other person. A person then thinks it is a normal way of making jokes that ‘should be allowed’.
Consequences of bullying
Bullying can make someone deeply unhappy. Bullying can negatively affect the development of a child who is bullied. Psychological symptoms in children or adults who are bullied include:
- Insecurity and feeling of inferiority : Every person feels insecure from time to time. Uncertainty means you doubt yourself, the decisions you make or think you should make. You wonder if you are doing things right. You fret and feel tense. If this insecurity persists, it can lead to a lack of self-esteem and serious problems in various areas of life.
- Feelings of loneliness Everyone feels alone, lonely or abandoned from time to time. Not a pleasant feeling, but it usually goes away by itself. A person is lonely when they have a sad, empty feeling because they miss people around them. Or the person has people around them, but lacks an emotional connection.
- Fear of going to school or work
- Reduced school or work performance
- Panic disorder and Street Fear. A person with panic disorder has regular panic attacks. During a panic attack, you are unexpectedly overcome by a sudden wave of intense fear or intense discomfort. […] If you have agoraphobia, you are afraid to go outside. The fear plays up in places where you cannot get out easily. You start avoiding places and situations because of the thought that escaping will be difficult or no help is available if something happens.
- Afraid to make new contacts
- Absenteeism (by an estimated 50%)
- Behavioural disorders
- Insomnia. Chronic insomnia is the most common sleep disorder. Chronic insomnia exists when you have difficulty falling asleep and/or sleeping through at least three nights a week for at least three months and are not rested during the day.
- Overwork and burnout mentally. Burnout is the result of long-term stress symptoms that have been getting worse and to which you have paid too little attention. According to figures from TNO and Statistics Netherlands (2020), 16% of employees in the Netherlands have burnout symptoms.
- Depression
- Suïcide
Need help
If you are being bullied, it is not easy to talk about it. It is also difficult if a loved one is being bullied, such as a child, partner or parent. If a loved one is bullying themselves, it can also be difficult. Feel free to contact MIND Correlation. We offer you help and advice focused on your personal situation. You can call, chat, WhatsAppen or email.
General advice on bullying
*Talk about it with someone you trust. This could be a confidant, a close friend or family member, or the company or GP. Don’t carry on alone, express your feelings and seek support.
* Raise the problem with someone in charge, such as the mentor at school or a manager at work. Ask for a solution.
* Have a conversation with the person bullying you, possibly with a neutral third party present. Explain what the bullying is doing to you and ask the other person to stop doing this.
* Collect and keep any evidence of the bullying behaviour, such as emails or social media posts, which you can use to show what is going on. That way, it’s not just your word against the other person’s.
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Overview of translated news items and self-written (some of them published) articles
Thank You Rowan Atkinson, My Personal Identity has been robbed
