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Bullying: Recent Developments
Author(s) -
Smith Peter K.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
child and adolescent mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1475-3588
pISSN - 1475-357X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-3588.2004.00089.x
Subject(s) - psychology , scope (computer science) , coping (psychology) , intervention (counseling) , poison control , suicide prevention , peer victimization , human factors and ergonomics , social psychology , criminology , clinical psychology , medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
As part of the increasing human rights agenda of the last century, the individual right not to be bullied or harassed in school has gathered considerable academic, social and political attention. This article reviews recent developments in this area, including: the definition and scope of bullying behaviours; roles in bullying; methods of study; correlates of bully and victim status; coping strategies, and peer support against bullying; the outcomes of large‐scale intervention studies; and suggestions for future action.