[–] festivus2k15 ago
Remeber that game called Bully? I can't imagine that would fly in today's climate.
[–] SharonLeeFan ago
This was a tiny study, based on nothing but a questionnaire of high schoolers (who aren't known for taking questionnaires, or anything seriously). The author interpreted the little data, and leapt to her own conclusions that she was already convinced about before the study even began.
Basically, this is bad science.
[–] Browngaijin ago
I'm sorry, but did we not learn this by watching wrastlin'?
...or Storage Wars
Surprise! New study finds arrogant assholes have high self esteem. Here's another surprise, incompetent people also think they're competent. Sounds like to sides of the same coin.
[–] BigTimStrange ago
Here's the problem with the study: every living creature on this earth is a product of genetics + environment. Now they're not wrong if they're saying that genetics plays a role in bullying behavior, but to say environment plays no part is completely incorrect.
[–] anonlymouse [S] ago
Where did they say environment has no effect?
[–] BigTimStrange ago
Conventional wisdom has long suggested that bullies are “maladapted,” troubled people, lashing out because they had been abused or harassed themselves or at least had dysfunctional home lives. But researchers at Simon Fraser University surveyed a group of Vancouver high school students and found bullies were the least likely to be depressed, had the highest self-esteem and the greatest social status.
They're saying there that environmental factors was believed to be the cause, but it's actually genetics. It's both.
[–] vootator ago
Comparing the study with my own personal life experience, every bully I knew in gradeschool, high school, and college turned out to have some pretty harsh adult lives across the board (job, family, social standing etc).
A surprising number of them became police officers - no lie.