PHENOMENOLOGY OF BULLYING: A SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAM IN THE NEW NORMAL
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This study aimed to determine the Phenomenology of Bullying towards an Intervention Program in the New Normal. The study was conducted at Rafael Palma Elementary School.
Phenomenological Method was employed utilizing researchers-made Interview Guide Questions as the main instrument. A total of five participants were chosen through purposive sampling technique. The study covers only bullying cases from the school year 2019-2020.
There were challenges of bullying in terms of physical, verbal, emotional and cyber-media. The common physical challenges would be wounds and body pain due to physical contact. Respondents had the same answer for verbal and emotional bullying, the detrimental consequences of bullying in this study were evident: they include feelings of depression, isolation, confusion, guilt, anger, fear and shame, as well as self-harm and withdrawal from peers and family. For cyber bullying, the tendency of the victims is to refrain from using social media or if ever they would use it, refrain from posting or uploading photos because they were captured by their classmates and make fun of their pictures.
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