Research has indicated that children exposed to multiple risks often report worse mental
health and academic performance than those experiencing only one risk. The present …

Peer harassment is a very serious and visible problem in schools around the world, as the
chapters in this volume so clearly document. In American schools, harassment becomes …

Considers Australian and overseas research that highlights the extent of child-on-child
violence and the effect of peer group victimization on both the perpetrator and victim …

There is an extensive body of research which has examined the bullying behaviours of
schoolchildren during middle childhood and adolescence (see Smith, Chapter 3). Fewer …

The current study demonstrated that chronic peer victimization, as compared to time-limited
victimization, is particularly associated with peer status and peer-reported adjustment at the …

This study examined associations between two forms of peer victimization, physical and
relational, and externalizing behaviors including drug use, aggression, and delinquent …

BACKGROUND: Exposure to peer victimization is relatively common. However, little is
known about its developmental course and its effect on impairment associated with mental …

Bullying and victimization are prevalent problems in the area of adolescent peer
relationships. Middle school students (N= 4,263) in one Maryland school district completed …

In a short‐term longitudinal study of 432 first‐grade children, we examined whether gender
interacted with contextual differences (school‐level poverty) and individual differences at …