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School physical design and its relation to bullying and student well-beingThe school environment profoundly influences children's development, behaviours, and attitudes. This chapter delves into the relationship between school design and architecture, and their impact on bullying, victimisation, inclusivity, and student well-being. Research underscores the significant impact of school design on student social dynamics, advocating for collaborative efforts among stakeholders to craft effective anti-bullying policies.
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Pathways of Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Peer Bullying in Children and Youth: A Scoping ReviewGrowing up in socioeconomic disadvantage increases risk of peer bullying at school. Both socioeconomic status and involvement in bullying are predictive of a range of adverse developmental outcomes. However, neither (a) the mechanisms whereby disadvantage increases bullying risk nor (b) the developmental outcomes for which bullying may mediate disadvantage are clear.
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Why did you do that? Differential types of aggression in offline and in cyberbullyingTraditional conceptualizations of aggression distinguish between reactive (e.g., rage) and proactive (e.g., reward) functions of aggression. However, critiques of this dichotomy have pointed out these models conflate motivational valence and self-control.
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Cyberbullying and the role of the law in Australian schools: Views of senior officialsOpinions of employees from the education and legal systems, regarding their perceptions of the role of the law and cyberbullying in Australian schools
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Online Moral Disengagement, Cyberbullying, and Cyber-Aggression. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social NetworkingThe study of moral disengagement has greatly informed research on aggression and bullying.
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The Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS): Validity and Reliability Estimates for a Measure of Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in AdolescenceThe 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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School-based promotion of mental health and wellbeing to address bullyingThe complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach
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Adolescent Bystander Behavior in the School and Online Environments and the Implications for Interventions Targeting CyberbullyingThe aim of this study was to add to the emerging knowledge about the role of bystanders in cyberbullying.
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Longitudinal impact of the Cyber Friendly Schools program on adolescents' cyberbullying behaviorCyber Friendly Schools program was associated with significantly greater declines in the odds of involvement in cyber-victimization and perpetration
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Adolescent peer aggression and its association with mental health and substance use in an Australian cohortProspective longitudinal birth cohort data was used to examine the association between peer aggression at 14yrs and mental health and substance use at 17yrs...