Bullying is now regarded as a health problem and not just a disciplinary problem. Increasing evidence shows both traditional bullying (e.g. hitting, teasing) and cyberbullying have lasting effects on young people (both those who bully and those who are bullied), including damage to self-esteem, academic results and mental health. ...

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Infographics to easily learn more about bullying and what actions to take should bullying be an issue in your school or community. ...

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Professor Donna Cross and her team at the Telethon Kids Institute have challenged and overturned damaging attitudes that saw bullying tolerated in childhood. ...

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• 2017
• July

Most children are capable of bullying behaviour at some time, and it’s our job as parents to discourage this behaviour as soon as it appears. ...

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• 2019
• March

The study of bullying behavior and its consequences for young people depends on valid and reliable measurement of bullying victimization and perpetration. ...

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• 2013
• December 2013

Bullying involvement in any form can have lasting physical and emotional consequences for adolescents. ...

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• 2014
• August 2014

Kevin Natasha Helen Runions Pearce Monks KC NP H BSc (Hons) BEd MA PhD PhD (Public Health), PostGrad Dip (Health Promotion), BApp Sc MPH BA(Psych) ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

We provide a narrative review of Motivational Interviewing and map its core features onto the extant literature on self‐reported motivations for bullying ...

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• 2018
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Bullying varies in frequency, intensity, duration and hence severity, and contributes uniquely and directly to mental health problems, with severe and long-lasting consequences. Almost a half of school-age students report being bullied in the past year. ...

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• 2021
• December 2021

Francis Steve Mitrou Zubrick FG SR BEc FASSA, FAAMHS, MSc AM PhD Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community ...

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