The writers conclude with stating that youths that are bullied at a young age, had an increased risk to bully others as they move to a different environment and that it continues to occur at all levels of the educational environment. The authors stated that there is a lot of information that is still needed to dive deeper into the issue of bullying and to truly examine the long-term affects of the bullying behavior for both the victim and the bully.
In the article, Bullying in elementary school, high school, and college Mark Chapell, Stefanie Hasselman, Theresa Kitchin, Safiya Lomon, Kenneth Maclver, and Patrick Sarullo all also discuss the topic of being bullied at a young age and early education, and how it translates into later years and higher education. Like the previous article, the authors credited being a bully in later years can be a result of being bullied in past years and that being bullied at an early age can leave a person vulnerable to being bullied in higher education or in the work force. Unlike the previous article, the authors use more tests and surveys to conduct their information.They explain that bullying is much more common in elementary and middle school education and dies down going into high and even more so in college. Also unlike the pervious article, the authors discussed the difference in bullying by comparing each sex. They described how males have been found to be bullied more than females and that physical bullying was much more common with males. But in their tests, the table resulted that there was no real significance in sex differences in college when it came to bullying or being bullied. Unlike the previous article, the authors concluded that bullying is a major cause for not only negative mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation, but also the rare cases of school shootings. The authors explain that they believe that it may be time for American colleges and college counseling centers to take bullying into account as a factor in this growing problem.