Not exact matches
It is, say researchers for CASEL and GLSEN, a physical or
psychological torment that includes verbal or physical
harassment, social exclusion, and other instances of abuse that create an unsafe atmosphere
at school for victims, bystanders, and sometimes perpetrators.
Marshall University defines
harassment as any expression that causes «mental harm, injury, fear, stigma, disgrace, degradation, or embarrassment,» while Colorado State University
at Pueblo explains it as the «infliction of
psychological and / or emotional... through any means.»
In Quebec, the first province to legislate a prohibition on «
psychological harassment»
at work, the Labour Standards Tribunal listed some examples of bullying as rude, degrading or offensive remarks, spreading rumours, ridicule, shouting abuse, belittling employees, ignoring them or making fun of their personal choices.
Moreover, it explains that bullies may experience
psychological problems in adulthood that can lead to behaviour such as
harassment at work and spousal or child abuse.