Childhood Bullying

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Expert Insights

Apr 2, 2025

A New Agenda for School Safety Research: Insights from a RAND Roundtable Discussion

This paper summarizes challenges and future directions for K–12 school safety from a roundtable discussion that explored the multifaceted nature of school safety issues and identified actionable research priorities for the future.
Research

Dec 1, 2020

Anti-bullying Practices from the Repository of the European Platform for Investing in Children

This report showcases a selection of practices that focus on anti-bullying interventions and have been collected and listed on the online practice repository of EPIC.
Research

Jan 12, 2018

The Co-evolution of Bullying Perpetration, Homophobic Teasing, and a School Friendship Network

Schoolwide prevention and intervention efforts would benefit from addressing peer group dynamics when addressing bullying and homophobic teasing.
Research

Jul 14, 2017

Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis

Youth who are victimized more frequently by peers in 5th grade are more likely to use alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco in the tenth grade.
Commentary

May 31, 2017

The Ghost of Bullying

The idea that bullying is experienced by only a few children and adolescents is false. Most cases are verbal, not physical, and victims tend to remain silent. Research has shown that bullying can have negative long-term effects on a person's life.
Research

Oct 10, 2016

The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children

Even brief periods of homelessness increase the likelihood that a child will be a victim-aggressor or an aggressor, compared to youth who were never homeless.
Research

Sep 15, 2016

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Restorative Practices: An Illustration to Spur High-Quality Research and Evaluation

A Maine-based trial of a Restorative Practices Intervention will assess whether a positive youth development program improves developmental outcomes and stems problem behaviors in middle schoolers, and whether the effects persist in high school.
Research Summary

Aug 22, 2016

Can Technology Make Schools Safer?

Key technology needs to improve safety in U.S. schools include two-way communication between teachers and emergency responders and "all-in-one" applications to integrate school safety policies, procedures, training, and alerts for staff and parents.
Research

Jul 14, 2016

Longitudinal Associations of Homophobic Name-Calling Victimization with Psychological Distress and Alcohol Use During Adolescence

Homophobic name-calling victimization, specifically from nonfriends, can adversely affect adolescent well-being over time and should be addressed in school-based bullying prevention programs.
Research

Apr 14, 2016

The Role of Technology in Improving K–12 School Safety

The report categorizes school safety technologies, summarizes research on school violence, presents six case studies of innovative technologies, and summarizes experts' views of technologies and safety problems and their rankings of technology needs.
Article

Oct 2, 2014

How Schools Can Help Students with Traumatic Stress

Schools are in a unique position to recognize traumatic stress in children. But first, adults throughout the school system -- including teachers, staff, administrators, school resource officers, and parents -- must be aware of the issue, know how to detect signs of trauma exposure, and create a supportive environment.
Research

Mar 1, 2014

Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade

Both chronic and current bullying are associated with substantially worse health. Clinicians who recognize bullying when it first starts could intervene to reverse the downward health trajectory experienced by youth who are repeated targets.

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A New Agenda for School Safety Research: Insights from a RAND Roundtable Discussion

Anti-bullying Practices from the Repository of the European Platform for Investing in Children

The Co-evolution of Bullying Perpetration, Homophobic Teasing, and a School Friendship Network

Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis

The Ghost of Bullying

The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Restorative Practices: An Illustration to Spur High-Quality Research and Evaluation

Can Technology Make Schools Safer?

Longitudinal Associations of Homophobic Name-Calling Victimization with Psychological Distress and Alcohol Use During Adolescence

The Role of Technology in Improving K–12 School Safety

How Schools Can Help Students with Traumatic Stress

Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade

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A New Agenda for School Safety Research: Insights from a RAND Roundtable Discussion

Anti-bullying Practices from the Repository of the European Platform for Investing in Children

The Co-evolution of Bullying Perpetration, Homophobic Teasing, and a School Friendship Network

Peer Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Substance Use: A Longitudinal Analysis

The Ghost of Bullying

The Association Between Familial Homelessness, Aggression, and Victimization Among Children

A Cluster-Randomized Trial of Restorative Practices: An Illustration to Spur High-Quality Research and Evaluation

Can Technology Make Schools Safer?

Longitudinal Associations of Homophobic Name-Calling Victimization with Psychological Distress and Alcohol Use During Adolescence

The Role of Technology in Improving K–12 School Safety

How Schools Can Help Students with Traumatic Stress

Peer Victimization in Fifth Grade and Health in Tenth Grade

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