Genetic and Environmental Influences on Victims, Bullies and Bully-Vict

Conceptual Framework Many masses have different views on what they think bullying might be. It is much interpreted in different ways by different people. Rigby et al (2002) cited a definition of bullying as an intentional harm where the cause is differential surrounded by the bully and the victim (p.1). This meant that the bullies are likely to run into from a range of problems than the children who are uninvolved. The researchers main presumption is to consider using and bullying separately and secondly to consider victimisation and bullying simultaneously to examine the genetics and environmental influences on the covariation between the two. The paper focuses on tierce groups of children that are involved in bullying. The three groups are as follows one being the victim, two being the bullies and trey one being the bully victims who are both the bullies and the victims of bullying. According to Egan and Perry, (1998) they look at that the bullies and victi ms have an increase in emotional and behavioural problems than the children who are not involved in bullying. One of this problem being is low self regard where as falconer et al (2006) utter the problems are worry and depression where as Schwartz (2000) stated that the bullying victims are more dispirit and anxious and have spicyer rates of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity illness (ADHD) and are more likely to be referred for psychiatric care and to a fault are more likely to be rejected by a school (Kempulainen et al 1998) compared to the children who are uninvolved in bullying, the victims or bullies. Hawker and Egan et al both have similar views as they both stated that the bullying victims are depressed and anxious. Various studies have been car... ...ousehold income. Overall it has been turn out that bullying was influenced by genetic factors and to a small extent by non shared environmental factors. Patterson et al (1992) suggested that socialisation v ia parenting and peers (Harris, 1998) contribute to share and non-shared environmental influences on aggressive behaviour. The correlativity between victimisation and bullying indicated that fewer children are the bully-victims while more are splendid victims or pure bullies. This confirms earlier research that has been carried out has found a similar correlation between victimisation and aggression (Hodges and Perry, (1999) Crick and Bigbee, (1998). The correlation was seen as high in girls as in boys between the victimisation and bullying. This concludes that the chances of being a bully given to that one victim are just as high for girls as for boys.