What is the meaning or definition of bullying.

Assoc Prof Dr Mastura Badzis, Director of Research Center of Child Development, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris gave the following opinion:

From the perspective of behavioral psychology, blackmail friends, is an example of bullying that occurs among children.

The treatment is the form of antisocial behavior, and when occurring among children aged seven or eight years it is likely due to the aggressive behavior that is not addressed and handled properly when the child is in pre-school again.

Bullying is a form of conduct disorder is associated with behavioral problems and emotional distress. Bullying can be defined as a continued negative behavior and willfully made with intent to harass victims, while victims are often in a disturbed and depressed.

Bullying usually involves three parties, the child or the child who bullies, the child or group of children who are victims of bullying and other children who witnessed the bullying that sometimes occur.

Negative behavior is often portrayed in a physical form, such as hitting, kicking, etc., or in the form of verbal (words) such as blackmail, ridicule, condemn and defame others so that a victim of bullying lost self-esteem.

He said that bullying can also occur in the form of social manipulation, such as influencing others to be a friend of the child felt himself being sidelined or not acceptable in any peer group.

The situation is likely to occur at home, especially if children are victims of violence and they have to behave and what terbuku harbored in the chest for fear of the situation. Conversely if the school they may be the rage with 'terrorism' and the search for victims to release their revenge.

Such children are usually taught to fear a shadow or a soul while they rebelled, and when those who fear nothing, they like 'free' to do anything to achieve personal satisfaction to replace what they can not harp at home, "he said.

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