Psychology & Psychiatry

Anti-bullying policy must focus on all of society

Policy to reduce bullying in the schoolyard needs to span all levels of society, say researchers from the University of Warwick, who warn that socioeconomic status is not a reliable indicator of whether a child is likely ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

End of school bullying?

Victoria University developmental psychology expert Vanessa Green believes the solution to school bullying is at our fingertips.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Bullying evolves with age and proves difficult to escape from

Bullying is a harmful antisocial behavior present in schools all over the world. Involvement in bullying, as either perpetrators or victims, have serious short-term and long-term consequences for all the members of the school ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Dealing with cyberbullying is everyone's responsibility

Victoria University of Wellington research shows that for New Zealand to combat its high cyberbullying rates, everyone needs to take responsibility: from teachers to school management and Government organisations.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Child bullies most often pick on others for 'being fat'

A new multi-national study by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut has found that weight-based bullying is viewed as the most common form of bullying among children.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Bullying and suicide among youth is a public health problem

Recent studies linking bullying and depression, coupled with extensive media coverage of bullying-related suicide among young people, led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assemble an expert panel to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Children who overestimate their popularity less likely to be bullies

Children who overestimate their popularity are less likely to be bullies than those who underestimate or hold more accurate assessments of their social standing, finds new research to be presented at the 108th Annual Meeting ...

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