Psychology & Psychiatry
Online tool to combat schoolyard bullying
Teachers may soon have a way to pinpoint and measure the seriousness of covert bullying incidents at school and how it affects primary school-aged kids.
May 30, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Report: Bullying is a serious public health problem
Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, an independent government advisory group says in urging schools to take a more preventative approach that includes teaching tolerance to address this "serious ...
May 10, 2016
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Pediatrics
Combination of face-to-face and online bullying may pack a powerful punch
Bullying and taunts that may have once stayed in the schoolyard increasingly spill over into text messages and social media. A new study shows that the combined effect of both face-to-face and cyber-bullying may have a powerful ...
Apr 30, 2016
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Health
Research shows hospital bullying cases rarely resolved
For her Ph.D. thesis, Dr Kate Blackwood completed a series of 34 in-depth interviews with nurses who had been targets of workplace bullying. She found only one of these cases was ever completely resolved.
Apr 18, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bully victimization does not lead to substance abuse, says study
Being bullied can hurt young children in many ways, but a new UT Dallas study found that it does not lead to later substance abuse.
Mar 8, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anti-bullying program focused on bystanders helps the students who need it the most
Many programs to reduce bullying in primary and secondary schools have proven ineffective, but a new UCLA-led study finds one that works very well.
Feb 2, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How can peers, parents, schools and new media stop bullying?
A new review of research out today outlines roles and recommendations for peers, parents, schools and new media platforms to stop bullying. This review was published in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, ...
Jan 27, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bullying hinders positive youth development for sexual-minority youth
When compared with their heterosexual peers, sexual-minority youth score lower on key indicators of positive youth development—and those disparities may be due in part to more bullying of these adolescents, University of ...
Jan 25, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Bullying exposure associated with adult psychiatric disorders requiring treatment
Exposure to bullying as a child was associated with psychiatric disorders in adulthood that required treatment in a study of Finnish children, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Dec 9, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Youth violence undermines social and economic development in poorest corners of the world
Youth violence undermines social and economic development, especially in the poorest corners of the world, according to research from McGill University. However, increased government spending on education may be the key to ...
Nov 19, 2015
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