Scientists find ‘potential breakthrough’ to stop bullying in schools
2 years ago

Scientists find ‘potential breakthrough’ to stop bullying in schools

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new way of tackling bullying trialed among students in South Korea could be a potential game-changer in creating an “anti-bullying climate” in schools, scientists say. The latest study, published recently in the journal American Psychology, trialed a new way of tackling bullying that lays focus on teachers creating an “anti-bullying climate” in classrooms. Over a semester spanning 18 weeks, the teachers were sorted into two groups – one that had no intervention, and another taught the new approach to prevent bullying called “autonomy-supportive teaching.” In this new approach, teachers cultivated a classroom environment for students emphasising caring, egalitarian values, minimising hierarchy, conflict, and competition. “Unlike largely unsuccessful past interventions that focused mainly on individual students, our randomized control trial intervention substantially reduced bullying and victimization,” scientists wrote in the study.

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As bullying and violence surge in schools, these parents feel the only option is to keep their children at home
6 months, 1 week ago

As bullying and violence surge in schools, these parents feel the only option is to keep their children at home

ABC  

When Emma's high-school aged daughter told her about being physically attacked by a group of her peers, she felt heartbroken. Emma said she was troubled by the school's response, too, which she likened to an offer of only "Band-Aid solutions". "The only solution is to give her learning support assistant, pretty much a security guard, and that's holding her back …

Sensitive handling of complaints can end bullying on school campus
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sensitive handling of complaints can end bullying on school campus

China Daily  

Central government departments have taken some strict measures to better protect minors after some recent media reports highlighted a number of bullying cases in schools. Late last month, the Supreme People's Court released a number of cases involving minors, including a provincial court ruling on a knife attack by a frequently bullied student as "justifiable self-defense". The Supreme People's Court …

Sensitive handling of complaints can end bullying on school campus
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Sensitive handling of complaints can end bullying on school campus

China Daily  

Central government departments have taken some strict measures to better protect minors after some recent media reports highlighted a number of bullying cases in schools. Late last month, the Supreme People's Court released a number of cases involving minors, including a provincial court ruling on a knife attack by a frequently bullied student as "justifiable self-defense". The Supreme People's Court …

Online bullying and playground taunts can lead to teen mental health issues. Here's how the experts recommend handling a bully
10 months, 1 week ago

Online bullying and playground taunts can lead to teen mental health issues. Here's how the experts recommend handling a bully

ABC  

Matt Purcell was just six years old when a group of older boys stuffed him in a council bin and left him to stew in the juices. Bullying can send some teens to the brink Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds said greater focus was needed on what she called "the middle years" — ages 8 to 14. The impact of being …

Humans can do more than tech to curb bullying
1 year ago

Humans can do more than tech to curb bullying

China Daily  

By ZHANG ZHOUXIANG | China Daily | Updated: 2024-04-02 LI MIN/CHINA DAILY Bullying on campus is increasingly becoming a problem, but the move by Aofeng School in Fuzhou, capital of Fujian province, to install gadgets inside toilets to catch bullying incidents is getting a lot of attention. The school has installed a campus alarm system in sensitive places such as …

When Banter Turns To Bullying
1 year, 6 months ago

When Banter Turns To Bullying

Deccan Chronicle  

Comedian Amy Schumer, 42, has recently been under fire for posting a since-deleted photo of Nicole Kidman at the US Open to her Instagram. “It is a pattern of behaviour associated with a power imbalance that frequently targets the younger, less powerful individuals,” says Kanakadurga K, vice president of Student Wellbeing at Srichaitanya Educational Institute adding, “When bullies seek to …

Violence dropped at California middle and high schools over 18 years, UCLA study finds
1 year, 11 months ago

Violence dropped at California middle and high schools over 18 years, UCLA study finds

LA Times  

A UCLA study found steady and steep decreases in California school violence over 18 years, including fights and reports of guns and other weapons on campus, results that indicate students generally felt safe at school despite nationwide mass school shootings. “These findings were evident in more than 95% of California schools, in every county, and not in wealthy suburban schools …

Parenting tips to help your child recognize and deal with bullying at school
2 years, 6 months ago

Parenting tips to help your child recognize and deal with bullying at school

Hindustan Times  

When children are bullied, they often don't realize it or they may not understand that bullying can take many forms and may simply assume the other child is joking or be unable to identify social cues and limits. Parenting tips to help your child recognize and deal with bullying at school Be ready to have a serious conversation with your …

Experts raise concerns over bullying in schools, social media use
2 years, 8 months ago

Experts raise concerns over bullying in schools, social media use

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Citing disparity in socio-economic status as the main cause of bullying in schools, city-based psychologists said that the practice is leading to aggressive behaviour among victims to ward off potential threats. Dr Virinchi Sharma, a clinical psychiatrist, said, “Teenagers have now started calling themselves digital creators and influencers on social media. They are spending money from their parent’s credit …

Video Games Offered My Son a Haven From Bullying
3 years ago

Video Games Offered My Son a Haven From Bullying

Wired  

“It felt like I didn’t have a home in terms of a social place,” Luke says. Eventually I realized, this guy actually has some interesting things to say.’ Our friendship continues to this day.” Luke has fast-twitch muscles and lightning-quick reaction time. A 2017 article from the BBC quotes a 16-year-old gamer: "If you're going to school every day and …

When children are targets of racism, what can schools do to combat coronavirus-fuelled bullying?
4 years, 10 months ago

When children are targets of racism, what can schools do to combat coronavirus-fuelled bullying?

ABC  

Niki was sprinting onto the soccer field when a couple of racist taunts stopped her in her tracks. Key points: Social media was one of the main ways fake news about coronavirus spread Parents feared their children would be targeted because of their ethnicity State schools said racism is not tolerated and encouraged students to report bullying "When I got …

Three in five children have been victims of bullying in school, survey finds
5 years, 8 months ago

Three in five children have been victims of bullying in school, survey finds

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three in …

Four in five teachers bullied in school with some turning to drugs and alcohol to cope
5 years, 11 months ago

Four in five teachers bullied in school with some turning to drugs and alcohol to cope

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Teachers are …

Make schools safer for kids: Stop the bullying right now!
5 years, 11 months ago

Make schools safer for kids: Stop the bullying right now!

Deccan Chronicle  

Last month I read a chilling report in one of the national newspapers about a bullying incident in a Dehra Dun school. Another reason for bullying — and usually bullies don’t pick people their size — is low self-esteem as a result of consistent “non-achievement” in school. Since genetics has nothing to do with a bullying propensity, all schools must …

Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying In Areas That Voted For Trump
6 years, 2 months ago

Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying In Areas That Voted For Trump

NPR  

Virginia Study Finds Increased School Bullying In Areas That Voted For Trump Enlarge this image Ryan Johnson for NPR Ryan Johnson for NPR After the 2016 presidential election, teachers across the country reported they were seeing increased name-calling and bullying in their classrooms. Sponsor Message In the 2017 responses, Huang and Cornell found higher rates of bullying and certain types …

School violence: UNICEF releases new global statistics
6 years, 6 months ago

School violence: UNICEF releases new global statistics

CNN  

Story highlights Bullying, schools under attack, physical punishment: Places of learning could be safer, report says Globally, about 150 million students ages 13 to 15 report facing peer violence at school CNN — How safe are schools around the world? “Schools should be a safe place for children to go and learn, but what we know from the report is …

Bullying in primary schools more widespread than previously thought
6 years, 10 months ago

Bullying in primary schools more widespread than previously thought

Dutch News  

Only four out of 10 popular methods to combat bullying in primary schools work, according to a new report by five universities and mental health monitor Trimbos Institute. ‘We always knew that the number would probably be a bit higher but we didn’t think bullying would be as widespread as this,’ he told RTL Nieuws. Orobio Castro says children keep …

Bullying in primary schools more widespread than previously thought
6 years, 10 months ago

Bullying in primary schools more widespread than previously thought

Dutch News  

Only four out of 10 popular methods to combat bullying in primary schools work, according to a new report by five universities and mental health monitor Trimbos Institute. ‘We always knew that the number would probably be a bit higher but we didn’t think bullying would be as widespread as this,’ he told RTL Nieuws. Orobio Castro says children keep …

What Kids Think About Bullying And Kindness In The Trump Era
7 years ago

What Kids Think About Bullying And Kindness In The Trump Era

NPR  

What Kids Think About Bullying And Kindness In The Trump Era Enlarge this image LA Johnson/NPR LA Johnson/NPR "There was a girl in my class who had on dirty clothes. Girls, African-American children and kids from low-income homes were each much more likely than others to report having done something kind "many times." While this is all self-reported, "there is …

Screen time cost to kids' social skills motivates Best of Friends school program
7 years, 2 months ago

Screen time cost to kids' social skills motivates Best of Friends school program

ABC  

Children are failing to develop basic social skills due to excessive screen time and leaving them prone to friendship problems, a child psychologist has warned. Program helps teach basic social skills Dr O'Brien devised a program called Best of Friends, which she had been teaching for years at her clinic, and now wants to see it reach as many students …

'Schoolyard heroes' might hold the power to stop bullying, experts say
7 years, 2 months ago

'Schoolyard heroes' might hold the power to stop bullying, experts say

ABC  

As kids prepare to head back to school, leading anti-bullying campaigners are challenging current strategies to tackle bullying. Kids are being encouraged to stand-up for one another in the playground, and play the role of a kind of "social superhero" — as corny as that sounds. "There is a lot to be said for kids helping each other out, and …

Learning How Bullying Happens In Order To Prevent It
7 years, 5 months ago

Learning How Bullying Happens In Order To Prevent It

NPR  

Learning How Bullying Happens In Order To Prevent It Enlarge this image Ryan Johnson for NPR Ryan Johnson for NPR One in four students report being bullied, but not all say they are bullied the same way. Sponsor Message toggle caption Youth Truth Survey Results also showed that most harassment occurs in person and that students who don't identify with …

Let’s Talk About Child Abuse | Bullying is the first sign of abuse, says school principal
7 years, 6 months ago

Let’s Talk About Child Abuse | Bullying is the first sign of abuse, says school principal

Hindustan Times  

I am scarred, I am barred. Read Part 1 | ‘I was raped at 7, torture continued for 11 years’: A child abuse survivor’s account When I look at the reality today my heart bleeds. The school must have an inbuilt mechanism whereby all personnel remain vigilant about bullying behaviour and approach it in the same way as a category …

A Novel Approach To Stop Bullying
7 years, 10 months ago

A Novel Approach To Stop Bullying

Huff Post  

Every seven minutes a child is bullied. “Not only is Kandide jam-packed with fantasy, action, and adventure—all the things kids love to read,” Smith explains, “but the central theme of the book strikes a chord at one of the biggest issues kids face, being bullied and rejected, often because they are different.” Kandide is set in a world that rings …

School Bullying Is Down. Why Don't Students Believe It?
7 years, 10 months ago

School Bullying Is Down. Why Don't Students Believe It?

NPR  

School Bullying Is Down. "Occasionally, there is some good news out there," says Catherine Bradshaw, a professor and associate dean at the University of Virginia, one of the study authors. To wit, Bradshaw's previous research supports the potential of restorative justice practices in schools and social-emotional learning curricula to directly improve how students treat each other. And, Bradshaw noted, much …

Survey: Bullying affects half of students
7 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Bullying affects half of students

China Daily  

Experience brings erosion of trust, reduced sense of control over life Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found. The 21st Century Education Research Institute, a think tank in Beijing, surveyed 1,003 students from 12 schools in the city - four primary schools, four middle …

Survey: Bullying affects half of students
7 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Bullying affects half of students

China Daily  

Experience brings erosion of trust, reduced sense of control over life Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found. The 21st Century Education Research Institute, a think tank in Beijing, surveyed 1,003 students from 12 schools in the city - four primary schools, four middle …

Survey: Bullying affects half of students
7 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Bullying affects half of students

China Daily  

Experience brings erosion of trust, reduced sense of control over life Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found. The 21st Century Education Research Institute, a think tank in Beijing, surveyed 1,003 students from 12 schools in the city - four primary schools, four middle …

Survey: Bullying affects half of students
7 years, 11 months ago

Survey: Bullying affects half of students

China Daily  

Experience brings erosion of trust, reduced sense of control over life Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older ones, and male students are bullied more than their female peers, a survey found. The 21st Century Education Research Institute, a think tank in Beijing, surveyed 1,003 students from 12 schools in the city - four primary schools, four middle …

Survey identifies bullying trends at Beijing schools
7 years, 11 months ago

Survey identifies bullying trends at Beijing schools

China Daily  

By Zhao Xinying Updated : 2017-04-18 Younger students experience school bullying more frequently than older children, and boys are affected by the problem more than girls, a new survey has found. The 21st Century Education Research Institute, a think tank in Beijing, interviewed more than 1,000 students from 12 schools in the capital: four primary schools, four junior middle schools …

Quarter of school children are bullied, mental health service ReachOut says
8 years, 2 months ago

Quarter of school children are bullied, mental health service ReachOut says

ABC  

As thousands of young people head back to school for 2017, parents, teachers and students are being urged to call out bullying and "act early" when they see it. "We know this is a really big concern for young people and their parents," he said. If you or someone you know needs help, call: Lifeline on 13 11 14 Kids …

New measures introduced to curb school bullying[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 4 months ago

New measures introduced to curb school bullying[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Government tackles the growing problem of physical and mental torment on campus, report Xin Dingding in Beijing and Liu Ce in Shenyang. Widespread problem The move acknowledges that bullying has become a widespread problem in China's schools, spawning physical violence and mental anguish. Even though she turned 20 this year, she is still traumatized by her experiences during her "nightmare" …

4 Myths About School Bullying And The 'Trump Effect'
8 years, 5 months ago

4 Myths About School Bullying And The 'Trump Effect'

NPR  

4 Myths About School Bullying And The 'Trump Effect' Enlarge this image LA Johnson/NPR LA Johnson/NPR On Thursday, Hillary Clinton packaged a major new school policy proposal as an attack on her rival, Donald Trump. "Donald Trump has made no apologies to the growing list of people that he has attempted to bully since the launch of his hate-filled campaign," …

Rise in school bullying connected to US election
8 years, 11 months ago

Rise in school bullying connected to US election

Al Jazeera  

“We’ve seen 10 or more years of anti-bullying work get rolled back by a hostile atmosphere in many schools.” New York, United States – Something ugly is happening inside America’s classrooms. “I think there’s a real danger of harm taking place in all American schoolchildren,” Maureen Costello, an education expert at the Southern Poverty Law Centre, a civil rights group, …

The key to stop bullying: Popular kids
9 years, 2 months ago

The key to stop bullying: Popular kids

CNN  

Story highlights Students don't really take their cues for how to behave from authority figures, but their peers A study "seeded" students at a school with anti-conflict messages and instructed them to spread those messages to their peers For all of the efforts schools put into reducing bullying, there’s actually a dearth of rigorous evidence about what makes for effective …

Anti-bullying laws appear to be working
9 years, 5 months ago

Anti-bullying laws appear to be working

CNN  

CNN — Roughly 20% of high school students report being bullied at school in the past year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 15% of high school students said they were bullied online. Anti-bullying laws address an old problem In the wake of several high-profile suicides among students who were chronically bullied, and after two students …

A third of teachers report being bullied
10 years, 4 months ago

A third of teachers report being bullied

NL Times  

31 percent of teachers are being bullied. 4,262 teachers in primary and secondary education, educational support staff and school leaders participated in the survey. But parents and students also send hate mails, intimidate or call teachers at inconvenient times at home. At 86 percent of schools there are bullying protocols for students, but only 11 percent have protocols for teachers …

New research shows a positive school environment reduces bullying
10 years, 5 months ago

New research shows a positive school environment reduces bullying

ABC  

Doctoral research by a Lake Macquarie lecturer has found a positive school climate significantly reduces bullying. "Those schools that do have a more positive climate - better relationships, a closer sense of belonging and connectedness, and of general safety - do have lower rates of school bullying," he said. Dr Petrie said a negative school climate means students do not …

The truth about bullying: How will it ever be beaten if schools side with the bullies?
10 years, 6 months ago

The truth about bullying: How will it ever be beaten if schools side with the bullies?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. …

Beyond the wedgies: How we oversimplify schoolyard bullying
10 years, 10 months ago

Beyond the wedgies: How we oversimplify schoolyard bullying

Salon  

There’s an anti-bullying PSA that’s making the rounds on social media. And while this is happening, the victims are singing, to the melody of Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive,” about how they will get their revenge one day. The message is clear: Bullying victims should take solace in the fact that they might get to be bullies themselves one day, …

Researchers find popular children are harder hit by bullying
11 years ago

Researchers find popular children are harder hit by bullying

Daily Mail  

Cool kids get bullied too: Researchers find popular children are harder hit by the effects of bullying Researchers believe becoming popular increases risk of being bullied Also say being popular worsens the negative consequences of being victimized Researchers have claimed that the 'cool kids' are just as likely to get bullied as unpopular children - and that the consequences could …

Becoming More Popular Doesn't Protect Teens From Bullying
11 years ago

Becoming More Popular Doesn't Protect Teens From Bullying

NPR  

Becoming More Popular Doesn't Protect Teens From Bullying Enlarge this image toggle caption The Kobal Collection The Kobal Collection Movies like Mean Girls have told us that the popular crowd rules, and the nerds and nonconformists get picked on. But even the top rungs of high school social ladder aren't immune to bullying, researchers say. "We created sort of a …

Bullying at school: Who is to blame?
11 years ago

Bullying at school: Who is to blame?

Hindustan Times  

A video showing students of a prominent south Delhi school hurling abuses and hitting each other has raised serious questions about the role of schools and parents in the upbringing of children. How parents and schools deal with it is what is important here,” says Ishnita Keskar, a counsellor at a prominent school. “Such a thing would never have come …

Long-term bullying has lasting mental health effect on victims
11 years, 1 month ago

Long-term bullying has lasting mental health effect on victims

China Daily  

Long-term bullying can have a lasting effect on young victims' well-being and its negative effects can accumulate with time, a study quoted by media reports Tuesday suggests. They collected the data from students when they were in 5th and 10th grades by interviewing the subjects about their mental health and respective experiences with bullying. In addition, by 10th grade, 45 …

Long-term bullying has lasting mental health effect on victims
11 years, 1 month ago

Long-term bullying has lasting mental health effect on victims

China Daily  

Long-term bullying can have a lasting effect on young victims' well-being and its negative effects can accumulate with time, a study quoted by media reports Tuesday suggests. They collected the data from students when they were in 5th and 10th grades by interviewing the subjects about their mental health and respective experiences with bullying. In addition, by 10th grade, 45 …

When bullying goes high-tech
12 years, 1 month ago

When bullying goes high-tech

CNN  

Piers Morgan interviews the parents of Audrie Pott, the teenage girl who committed suicide after someone shared a photo of her being sexually assaulted. Watch Piers Morgan Live, tonight 9pm ET Story highlights As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying Among young people, it's rare that an online bully will be a total stranger Researchers are working on …

Bullying And Psychiatric Illness Linked
12 years, 1 month ago

Bullying And Psychiatric Illness Linked

NPR  

Bullying And Psychiatric Illness Linked MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Well, we really wanted to kind of get the full range of behavior and so, actually, we studied a representative group of kids and followed them up over time, so there's a fair bit of the sample that actually wasn't …

Bullying in Universities: It exists
15 years, 2 months ago

Bullying in Universities: It exists

The Independent  

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