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How Children Feel when they Witness Bullying Effects Whether They Defend Victims
Authors: Jessica Trach
Publisher: INVEST Research Flagship
Publishing place: Turku
Publication year: 2020
Journal: INVEST blog
Issue: 21.1.2020
Web address : https://blogit.utu.fi/invest/2020/02/21/how-children-feel-when-they-witness-bullying-effects-whether-they-defend-victims/
It is important for children to feel safe at school so that they can learn the essential academic and social skills needed to become healthy and productive members of society. Several decades of research on school bullying has shown that experiencing peer victimization during childhood adversely impacts children’s current well-being, and can have serious, long-lasting consequences for victims (McDougall & Vaillancourt, 2015). In addition, witnessing bullying at school has been shown to negatively affect bystanders’ mental health and well-being (Rivers et al., 2009). As such, bullying is an important problem that must be addressed and prevented to ensure that all children are able to achieve their full potential in life.