Significance of the Study

This study will be beneficial to the municipal officials, school personnel, parents, students and
other researchers.

This study is significant to the municipal officials for it helps them to construct strategies and
methods on how to lessen the cases of bullying.

School Personnel. This study will give them a hint to improve their motivational and teaching
materials, techniques or methods and skills in open forum to students who really need their
guidance.

Parents. They will be aware about the kind of attitude their child is possessing .It will give
them a hint on how they would help and encourage their child to avoid bullying.

Students. Tis study will encourage them to change their attitude towards other people .It will
serve as a medicine to cure the minds of every individual to become open minded about the
consequences of their action.

Researchers. The researchers in the near future ill make use of the result of our present
study. This study will serve as their basis and comparison to their future study.

Definition of Terms

Bully-a blustering browbeating person.

In this study, bully refers to a person who is fond to make laugh of the mistakes of other
people.

Bully victim-children who have bullied others and have been bullied themselves.

In this study bully victims referred to students who experiences physical and emotional abuse
caused by the bully itself.

Chronicle-a description of events in order that they happened.

In this study, chronicle refers to the happenings in the life of a bully victim in the hands of the
bully.

Coping mechanism- are ways to which external or internal stress is managed, adapted to
or acted upon. Coping mechanism defines as constantly changing cognitive and behavioral
efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing"
 In this study, coping mechanisms is referred to the strategies that the bully victim did in order
to cope up with the things that made him/her stress.

Downfall-a sudden loss of power, happiness and success.

In this study, downfall means the failure of the bully victim to defend themselves from the
bullies.

Experiences-the fact or state of having been affected by or gained knowledge through direct
observation or participation.

In this study, experiences refer to the experience of the bully victim.

Feelings-an emotional state or reaction.

In this study, feelings refer to the emotional aspect of the bully victim towards the bully.

School- is an institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning

environment for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers.

In this study, school refers to a place where bully victim is more likely to suffer from the bully.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION

This study was conducted at Mina National High School. The respondents were the five (5)
students who have been victimized of bullying. The said respondents of this study were randomly
selected.

In order to discover the life, experiences, feelings and coping mechanisms of bully victims for
the school year 2016-2017 interview method was used.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Bully victims are not only bullies, but they themselves might also
be victims of bullies. Bully victims live with the shame of being abused, emotionally,
physically, and psychologically. Bullying comes from one bully or a group of bullies. Bullies
make their victims like helpless.

Children who have bullied others and been bullied themselves are called bully-victims. A
large body of research has documented the difficulties associated with being bullied and
with bullying other children. For instance, children who are bullied suffer more greatly
from anxiety, depression, loneliness, and post-traumatic stress than do other children,
and they have a heightened risk of suicide. Children who bully are more likely than other
youngsters to experience peer rejection, conduct problems, anxiety, and academic
difficulties, and to engage in rule-breaking behavior (Marini, Dane&Volk/PhD).
Bully-victims face a complicated array of social and emotional challenges, and it is imperative
that concerned parents, educators or mental health practitioners recognize the full extent of their
difficulties, and tailor interventions to match their complex needs. More research is urgently
needed to create and evaluate program materials that integrate cognitive-behavioral strategies
for the treatment of both behavioral and emotional problems. In the meantime, educators and
clinicians may broaden the focus of existing school-based or clinic-based interventions by
flexibly applying techniques such as cognitive restructuring, problem-solving skills training and
self-control skills, along the lines described above. Parents may play a key role in advocating for
children who are bully-victims, seeking referrals where appropriate to mental health centers
where individual therapy may be provided, as this may be a particularly appropriate context to
tailor interventions to the specific needs of bully-victims.

Marini, Z. A., Dane, A,V, Bosacki, S. L., & YLC-CURA. (2006). Direct and indirect
bully-victims: different psychosocial risk factors associated with adolescents involved in
bullying and victimization. Aggressive Behavior, 32(6), 551-569.

Victims of bullying include girls and boys of all ages, sizes, and backgrounds. But some children are more
likely than others to be victimized because they appear small, weak, insecure, sensitive, or different
from their peers.

Some children can reduce their risk of being bullied by dressing or acting in ways that make it easier for
them to fit in. Yet children should not be expected to conform to avoid the threat of bullying. Every childs
individuality should be appreciated for the value it brings to the group, rather than suppressed to reduce
the risk of victimization. Furthermore, not all children are able to alter personal characteristics that may
place them at increased risk.

Children who are repeatedly bullied tend to be passive. They inadvertently reward the bully by crying,
giving over their possessions, or running away in fear. Some victims also provoke negative responses
from others by behaving in socially inappropriate ways.

http://www.eyesonbullying.org/victim.html

Modified : December 22,2015

Bully victims have thousands of stories to tell, about their bullying experiences . Some bully
victims stories are totally heartbreaking, for both the victims and the listeners. Bully
victims have to deal with a history shame, humiliation, guilt and abuse. Bullies do not
realize the terrible impact they have on their victims life, or they do know, and they just
simply do not care.

Bully victims are often the target of bullies who wants to tease, torment, humiliate, upset,
threaten, or intimidate them. Bully victims are not only bullies, but they themselves might
also be victims of bullies. Bully victims live with the shame of being abused, emotionally,
physically, and psychologically . Bullying comes from one bully or a group of bullies. Bullies
make their victims like helpless.

According to an article posted on Wise geek, bullies and bully victims have poor social skills,
and problems developing and maintaining positive friendships. The symptoms of the victims
could be related to the victims inability to accept help from adults or others in authority
positions such as teachers. For the most part, most bullies have been bullying victims
themselves. When they turn to bullying it is a way for them to release the pain they
themselves are experiencing or have experienced.

Most bully victims come from violent environments. They might be abused by an older
sibling or they might have seen someone in their home inflict pain or abuse on someone
else. Most negative behaviors are learned behaviors, and so is bullying.

Bullying victims most often suffer from emotional stress. Bullying inflicts psychological
stress on their victims, which leaves behind some damaging emotional stress. Bullying
victims suffer from any emotional illness, that often leads to physical illness. These illnesses
include depression, anxiety and loneliness. After a while of experiencing these negative
emotions, bullying victims turn to substance abuse, and develop an anti social disposition.

Bullying victims withdraw from social settings altogether, and prefer to spend time alone.
Interacting with others is a problem for bullying victims. They are not happy, nor do they feel
like they will ever be happy. The victims feel like their life is useless, and no one cares or
understands what they are going through.

Bullying victims are often targeted by bullies because they display certain characteristics that
bullies feel they can use to their advantage. For instance, bullying victims have a difficult time
fitting in with other students of their own peers. They are not sociable, or approachable, and
are mostly shy and sensitive. They are perceived as being loners, because they have few
friends and they spend most of their time alone. This type of isolation bullying victims
display is attractive to bullies.

Most research believes that people, who are bullied, may feel unsafe while at school. Their
lack of social interaction excludes them from social functions, due to their feelings of
inadequacy. They experience a difficult time following classroom rules, which makes them at
risk for being suspended from school, or dropping out of school. Most of the inner turmoil
comes from being a bully as well as being a bullying victim.

Most bullying victims cannot manage their pain or emotions well. Most bullying victims
unintentionally attract negative attention to themselves. Bullies get their power from fear
and feedback. When bullies are teasing, name calling and making threats to their victims, the
victims often times lash out in an uncontrollable manner. This lets the bullies know that the
words and behaviors they are inflicting on their victims is working. Bullying victims
experience maintaining little control over their emotions.

Therefore, when victims display such emotions as anger and frustration, bullies uses these
emotions to continually inflict pain on their victims. Knowing that the bullying victims cannot
control these emotions allow the bullies to use this fact to keep up the cycle of bullying over
and over again. This type of bullying also allows bully victims to become bullies in this
repeated cycle of emotional bullying.

After children have been bullied for so long, they respond to their bullies in a dangerous
manner. Research shows that bullying victims are more likely to carry weapons to school
such as guns and knives. Most fights, shooting and stabbing in both public and private
school are consequences of bullying. Bullying victims believe it is ok to bring these weapons
to school, so they can protect themselves. Most victims do not feel safe at school. This is
when the bully victim fights back, but not in a positive way.

They put little trust in others, they are high strung, always stressing, defensive, and they are
always looking over their shoulders. They are anxiously waiting for one more person to
attack them, because they are getting tired of being teased, humiliated and threaten. This is
when bullying victims will mostly display hostile and unfriendly behaviors. These feelings and
emotional behaviors are the direct result of being bullied to a point, where bullying victims
feel like enough is enough, and they cannot and will not take any more abuse.

A bully victim endures much abuse from the hands and actions of a bully . As a result,
bullying victims, even cyber bully victims suffer from several physical and psychological
illnesses such as eating disorders, stress, depression and anxiety. In most cases, bullying
victims often think about taking their own lives. They feel that suicide is the only way out of
their pain. Bullying victims experience dire risks, and unless they get the help they need, they
themselves can transform into bullies.

/ https://nobullying.com/bully-victims

PARADIGM OF THE STUDY

LIFE AND
EXPERIENCES

BULLY VICTIM
FEELINGS COPING MECHANISM