News tagged with bullying
Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 14, 2009 |
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Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims themselves, new research suggests.
Virtual reality games could help bullying victims
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
Girls' violence on the rise
Sep 24, 2009 |
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The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.
Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that current or past exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances. Associations also were found between observed bullying and sleep ...
One in ten 16 year olds have self-harmed
Jul 30, 2009 |
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One in ten 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have self-harmed in the past year, according to new research by ARK at Queen’s University and the University of Ulster.
Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term in cyber-bullying case
May 07, 2009 |
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Federal prosecutors are asking a federal judge to send Lori Drew to prison for three years for her role in the online harassment of a teenage girl in Dardenne Prairie, Mo., who killed herself.
Girls twice as likely as boys to remain victims of bullying
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Girls targeted by bullies at primary school are two and a half times more likely to remain victims than boys, according to research from the University of Warwick and University of Hertfordshire.
Boy-girl bullying in middle grades more common than previously thought
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Much more cross-gender bullying - specifically, unpopular boys harassing popular girls - occurs in later elementary school grades than previously thought, meaning educators should take reports of harassment from popular girls ...
Bullying common in cyberspace
Oct 02, 2008 |
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A new study in the Journal of School Health reveals that cyberbullying is common among teens who are frequent internet users, with 72 percent of respondents reporting at least one incident during the past year.
The school bully -- does it run in the family?
Aug 04, 2008 |
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A shove, a taunt or name-calling on the playground or in the hall, away from the eyesight, earshot and authority of the teacher – childhood bullying can involve physical contact, spreading rumors and other negative behaviors ...
Bullying-suicide link explored in new study
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries published in the International Jo ...
