Factors that foster or inhibit bullying behaviors

However, what is not clear is the motive behind the bullying activities. Adolescents who exhibit bullying behavior have also been associated with engagement in antisocial behaviors such as drugs, suicide attempts, and juvenile offences among other behaviors. A lot of research has been done on the topic to identify the impact that it has on the psychological aspect of a human being. According to ‘Applying the Social-Ecological Framework to Understand the Associations of Bullying Perpetration Among High School Students: A Multilevel Analysis’, bullying has been identified to take place more frequently in middle school and it decreases in high school. This article has incorporated several studies to give a comprehensive analysis of bullying behavior. The safety of students and the close relations between the adolescent and the adults in the school, e.