Conflict, Violence and Bullying

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Conflict, Violence and Bullying

• How Will You React?

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Harassment it refers to behaviors that are
found threatening or disturbing, and beyond those
that are normal or accepted by society Several
Types of Harassment (Bullying, Sexual Harassment,
Mobbing, Stalking and Hazing) Violence
forceful human destruction of property or injury
to persons, usually intentional, and forceful
verbal and emotional abuse that harms
others. Many Types of Violence Can u name a
few? Bullying Harassment that can occur on the
playground, school, in the workforce or any other
place. Bullying is when a stronger or more
powerful person hurts or frightens a weaker
person on purpose and does it repeatedly.

• Basic Definitions and Ideas

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What it Looks Like

• Can be physical
• Constantly pushing and hitting someone.
• Damaging a persons property (ripping clothes,
  taking money)
• Can be verbal
• Constant name calling
• Nasty threats
• Spreading rumors

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What to Do?

• If you are being picked on, kindly ask them to
  stop. Be assertive. Tell them why it bothers
  you.
• Tell a teacher or school staff member about the
  physical and verbal abuse.
• Let one of your teachers know when you hear about
  a fight thats going to happen.
• Practice dealing with situations of conflict.
  (Bullying, Robbery, Assault) (also Peer Pressure)

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Violence

• What Factors Contribute? Why?
• Social Factors minorities, low SES, non
  functional family
• Media movies, music, games, T.V
• View up to 10,000 violent acts on TV each year.
• Gender Males are lt 9X more likely to murder than
  females.

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Consequences of Violence

• Medical Expense
• Friendships
• Arrested/Law/Fines
• Pain and Suffering
• Family
• Job/Career
• Reputation

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Statistics

• You are very safe in the school environment,
• lt1 of killings among youths 5-19 occur at
  school.
• However, according to CDC
• gt1.5 million high school students are victims of
  physical violence while on a date.
• According WHO
• gt1.6 million people die each from violent acts
  every year (suicide -40secs., murder-1min.,
  armed conflict-2min.)

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Conflict Style

• Avoidance acting as though a conflict does not
  exist e.g., (when a friend stains a shirt you
  have lent her, and, rather than saying your
  annoyance, you stay silent feel resentful.)
• Diffusion delay dealing with a conflict
  e.g.(being angry at someone but waiting to cool
  off before confrontation.
• Confrontation direct response to conflict can
  be violent or non-violent.

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Sources

• http//en.wikipedia.org Wikepedia
• http//www.cdc.gov Centers for Disease Control
  and Prevention
• http//www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization
• Core Concepts in Health 10th Ed