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Article 'Why Do Bullies Bully? Motives for bullying.'

 A lot of the times that we talk about bullying, we talk about the victims. So for this post, I wanted to look at the bullies. I chose this article from the extra readings list on Moodle, titled ‘Why Do Bullies Bully. Motives for Bullying’ . The article was very clear on the main motivations, as it organised each motive as a subtitle, with an explanation and examples underneath. According to this article, the main reasons were: dominance, status, resources, revenge, justice, belonging, romance, identity, well-being and entertainment. We see this in class too, but it gets explained a bit differently, so I liked reading this for extra information. To me  this article is a good point to start understanding why people bully,so we can figure out how to stop it. Because punishing alone doesn’t solve the problem, but makes it even worse sometimes.


-Charlotte Siffert


Sanders, J. B. P., P., Malamut, S., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (z.d.). Why Do Bullies Bully? Motives for Bullying.
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  1. RoosMay 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM

    Hi, thank you for posting your blog. Often when we talk about bullying, we mostly discuss the victims perspective. I think it's interesting to ask the question "why do bullies bully?". As you have stated, it comes forward for different reasons. Especially the romanticisation of being a bully should be something we need to stop doing.

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  2. CharlotteMay 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM

    Thank you for commenting Roos! You're right, although I have the feeling that it's mostly tv-series and movies romanticise it, not people in everyday life. I wonder why this is such a thing on tv?

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