Abstract

Bullying by peers is a type of abuse that can have many negative physical or psychological effects in the short or long term. The first studies on bullying were conducted by Norwegian psychologist Dan Olweus in the 1970s. Olweus first used the term mobbing, derived from the word mob, to describe bullying, but over time, believing that it did not fully meet its meaning, he began to use the term bullying, and this term was translated into Turkish as peer bullying. Olweus defined peer bullying as being subjected to repetitive negative behavior by one or more people. Peer bullying may be seen by parents as a natural conflict between children, joking Dec Dec, play between children, and the traumas that it may cause may not be considered and not intervened. Children who are bullied may experience anxiety and fear, feel insecure and abandoned, feel lonely and unhappy, experience social isolation, introversion problems, shyness, neurosis and impaired concentration. Bullies can be seen with problems of breaking the rules of behavior and attention deficit. In terms of school life; absenteeism, the desire to drop out of school, a decrease in academic performance may be observed in those affected. Children who are psychologically bullied have low self-esteem, low self-esteem, social phobia, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders, eating disorders, stuttering, attention deficit and movement disorders, tic disorder. Being a victim is also a comorbidity in terms of anxiety disorder and depression. Many programs have been developed to prevent peer bullying. The most well-known of these programs is the “Olweus Bullying Prevention Program” developed by Olweus. Extensive research on this program, developed by Olweus in Bergen, has shown that it reduces the problems of the bully/victim by 50% and the social climate at school becomes more positive. Key Words: Educational Institutions, Students, Undesirable Attitudes and Behaviors, Solution Suggestions

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