Bullying is a serious public health problem that affects millions of children worldwide each year. Early disclosure is not just a step to intervention; it's a crucial one. Unfortunately, many children suffer in silence, not telling anyone or their teachers. This silence is profound, akin to child abuse, where children are reluctant to disclose their victimization situation to even a trusted...
Theory and objective: Students have for a long time been the targets of anti-bullying interventions (Espelage et al., 2015; Olweus et al., 2020), and their participation in efforts to prevent bulling has also been emphasized in bullying research (Cross et al., 2015; Salmivalli, 2014). Methods to engage students as co-researchers, however, remain underdeveloped in the field of bullying...
Objectives
Can an innovative projective drawing test help children disclose their bullying exposure? Bullying leads to recurrent ED visits for physical or emotional trauma, hindered by children’s reticence to verbalize. Identifying patterns, referred to as graphic indicators, can characterize forms of trauma linked to bullying.
Methods
Sixty-four children aged 7 to 18 years with...
Research has found positive relationships between prosocial and bullying behaviors: however, we need to identify which prosocial behaviors moderate bullying Since 2015, Born This Way Foundation, has examined the relations between kindness and bravery and bullying with the aim to understand how kindness and bravery can serve as antidotes to bullying. The third phase of the Born Brave Experience...
The conceptualization and operationalization of school bullying has been a topic of debate in recent years (see Olweus, 2013; UNESCO, 2024; Volk et al., 2014; WABF 2021; 2023). It’s also known that students, school staff, and researchers may not perceive the topic in identical ways (Mahon et al., 2023; Rigby, 2018). The current paper explores how students and school staff understand the...
