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REFLECTIONS OF PEER BULLYING ON FAMILY DYNAMICS AND WORK LIFE


Author: Prof. Dr. Kursat Sahin Yildirimer, Assoc.Prof. Yesim Sirakaya*
Head of Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, St. Clements University UK.
Published Date: 2025-07-10
Keywords: Peer bullying, childhood traumas, family dynamics, clinical psychology, industrial psychology, organizational behavior, psychological safety, post -trauma effects, workplace bullying, self -esteem.
Abstract:
This study examines peer bullying in a multidimensional way in the context of both clinical psychology and industrial psychology, and examines the effects of bullying experiences during childhood and adolescence on the psychological development and adulthood of adulthood. From the perspective of clinical psychology, exposure to peer bullying or application can have mental consequences such as post -traumatic stress symptoms, anxiety disorders, low self -esteem and attachment problems in the individual. These psychological effects deeply shape the individual's personality structure, coping strategies and the way they establish social relations. In particular, neglectful or authoritarian family attitudes pave the way for the development of these pathologies. From the perspective of industrial psychology, the reflections of these early psychological injuries on the behaviors and organizational relations of the individual in business life were investigated. While the risks of living, insecurity, organizational silence and burnout increase in the work environment in the later lives of bullying victims, increases; In the past, controlling leadership, passive-knowledge communication forms and psychological harassment tendencies can be observed in individuals who have applied bullying in the past. In addition, it is seen that individuals who lack appropriate emotional support in the family have difficulty in the ties they have established with hierarchical relationships in the workplace and have difficulty in setting healthy boundaries with their colleagues. The article explains how these processes that start with clinical symptoms are transferred to the business life and emphasize the importance of psychological security, trauma sensitivity and employee support programs in order to break the cycle of bullying in institutional structures. As a result, it is not only the clinical, but also in the organizational level; For this reason, it is argued that intervention and prevention studies should be designed with a holistic approach.