Bullying Amanda Todd Story

Please Use the 2 attachements as 2 of the sources. Case Study 2: Bullying: The Amanda Todd Story Due Week 8 and worth 130 points Recent history illustrates that bullying is a growing problem among today’s youth in the United States. Amanda Todd, for example, was only fifteen (15) years old when she committed suicide after being bullied by her peers for over a year. Watch the video titled “Amanda Todd’s Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicidal, Self-harm” (8 min 55 s). Video Source: ChisVideos. (2012, October 11). Amanda Todd’s Story: Struggling, Bullying, Suicidal, Self-harm [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=ej7afkypUsc.  This video can be viewed from within your online course shell. Use your textbook, the Internet, and / or Strayer Library to research articles on bullying cases that occur today. Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you: Describe at least two (2) types of bullying to which Amanda Todd was subjected. Identify at least three (3) consequences that Amanda Todd experienced as a result of being bullied, and discuss her attempts to deal with them. Recommend two (2) strategies that you believe Amanda’s parents, teachers, and authorities could have used in order to reduce episodes of bullying of Amanda and thus prevent Amanda’s suicide. Compare at least two (2) similarities and two (2) differences between the bullying cases that take place today with those cases that took place when you attended high school. Explain the key contributing factors that you believe led to bullying behaviors. Next, suggest at least three (3) ways in which prevention programs can reduce bullying cases overall. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Explore the relationship of illicit drugs, gangs, and forms of delinquency. Explicate the types of prevention programs that are likely to work with high-risk youngsters. Use technology and information resources to research issues in juvenile delinquency and justice. Write clearly and concisely about juvenile delinquency and justice using proper writing mechanics.

Bullying is defined as intentional, repeated aggression perpetrated by a more powerful person or group on a less powerful victim.1 Almost 30% of US middle and high school students are involved in bullying, including 13% as perpetrators of bullying (bullies), 11% as victims of bullying (victims), and 6% as both perpetrators and victims of bullying (bully victims).1 Internationally, involvement in bullying ranges from 9% to 54%, with 3% to 20% as bullies, 5% to 20% as victims, and 1% to 20% as bully victims,2 and measures of bullying vary across different studies. Bullies are more likely to experience depression, delinquency, and criminality as adults.3"6 Victims have higher levels of chronic anxiety, depression, and psychosomatic complaints; lower self-esteem and poor psychosocial adjustment as adults; and greater likelihood of perpetrating school shootings.3"6
Much of the research on bullying has been conducted internationally,7"16 with a customary focus on sociodemographic and child characteristics associated with bullying12,7"12-14"24 US studies have primarily relied on school-based self-reports from children, and few have used nationally representative data sets.1,2,17"20 A recent meta-analysis of school-based bullying prevention interventions concluded that parent training and education are essentia] components of effective interventions to reduce bullying,25 which suggests that parental characteristics and behaviors may influence child bullying. However, little information is available on parental characteristics associated with child bullying in the United States and whether these characteristics influence bullying independent of child or community characteristics. Research on children in the United Kingdom has shown that higher parental involvement with the child and increased maternal warmth are associated with decreased bullying.8,9 Studies in local US communities have suggested an association of low parental monitoring and high family conflict with bullying.18,21
One US study using nationally representative data found that parent-child communication was associated with bullying, but it did not adjust for other child, parental, or community characteristics.17 Previous studies of US children have not concurrently examined the associations of multiple factors, including child, family, and community characteristics, with bullying. In this study, we identified factors associated with child bullying perpetration using a national US data set and focusing on parental characteristics.
METHODS
The 2007 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) was a population-based, random-digit-dial telephone survey conducted from April 2007 to July 2008 by the National Center for Health Statistics, sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, using the state and local area integrated telephone survey mechanism.26 The respondent in each household was the parent or guardian of 1 randomly selected child aged 0 to 17 years who was knowledgeable about the child's
health and health care. The survey was designed to provide national and state-specific estimates of children's physical, emotional, and behavioral health and family and neighborhood characteristics. Estimates based on the sampling weights generalize to the noninstitu-tionalized population of US children.