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One in ten 16 year olds have self-harmed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.


Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.


Workplace bullying is associated with sleep disturbances

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

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 ...


Girls twice as likely as boys to remain victims of bullying

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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.


Bullying-suicide link explored in new study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 17, 2008 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

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 ...


Girls' violence on the rise

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The link between cyber-bullying and an increase in violence among young women will be featured in a new book published in November.


Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term in cyber-bullying case

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


Boy-girl bullying in middle grades more common than previously thought

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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?

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 4

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 ...