Grade 12 ABM Students’ Perception of the Characteristics of Verbal Bullying in Bestlink College of the Philippines School Year 2018-2019

Abstract

Bullying is not easily measured or identified, especially when persons involved imposed a defense mechanism towards others. Bullying can happen anytime and anywhere, and be more specific verbal bullying is really hard to identify most especially in campus, victims of bullying are not confident to raised their experiences and chose to keep it in their selves. The study aims to find the characteristics of verbal bullying and assess the perception of Grade 12 Accountancy, Business, and Management students about these characteristics if they are observable in the campus or not so that the school can give immediate attention to it. A quantitative method was used in the study. Using descriptive research design it focused on the characteristics of verbal bullying such as; Name Calling, Accusing and Threats and assess the students' perceptions about these characteristics. Data were collected by distributing questionnaires to the target respondents. The results of the study revealed the Grade 12 ABM students’ perception about the characteristics of verbal bullying, in terms of (1) Name Calling –verbal bullying is characterized by changing the name of the person or naming a word related to something that is not good about the person to the extent of insulting the racist, gender and another physical appearance (2) Accusing –Verbal bullying is characterized when putting person into blame of something wrong or bad without enough evidence, causing distraction to someone’s dignity and reputation (3) Threats –verbal bullying also characterized by giving threats to other persons, causing them to fear and fell unsecured. The results prove the needs for the teachers and school administrations to conduct a deeper study about this perception of Grade 12 ABM students if these characteristics of Verbal Bullying exist in the campus so that the negative effects of verbal bullying and other forms of bullying can be addressed immediately. Students need guidance from the parents, teachers and school administrators; they need to feel secured especially when they are on the school premises.