Warwick University develops virtual reality anti-bullying game

By Pratik Desai
The Register
Boffins at Warwick University have claimed their virtual reality bullying simulator will help victims cope with the stress of being taunted.
FearNot! creates a virtual school with 3D pupils that can be set to bully, look like an easy target or sit meekly in fear of attracting unwanted attention.

Half of teens are bullied; most tormented on computer, mobile phone

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
LONDONG, ENGLAND — Nearly half of 14-year-olds nationwide have been the victim of bullying, research found today.
‘Cyberbullying’ – where children face taunts, threats and insults via the internet and mobile phones – is now the most common form, along with name calling, the study of 10,000 teenagers showed.

Study: 47% of 14-year-olds ‘are bullied’; boys more so

BBC
Nearly half of 14-year-olds in England have experienced some sort of bullying, a study of 10,000 teenagers for the government suggests.
Name calling and cyberbullying – where the victim faces threats and insults via mobile phones and the internet – were the most common forms.

Study: Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

ScienceDaily
Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.
Children who took part in a three-week anti-bullying virtual learning intervention in schools in the UK and Germany showed a 26% decrease in victimisation.

Bullies lack self-esteem, lack self-respect

By Keith Purtell
Phoenix Staff Writer
Dr. Sara Jones of Fort Gibson said she dealt with a lot of bullies when she was a school counselor and gaining their trust was key.
Her method was to find out what was causing the student to engage in bullying behavior.
“It always comes from a lack of self respect,” [...]

Fon du Lac, Wisc. district partners to stop bullying

Fon du Lac Reporter.com
It takes a community to prevent bullying of children.
The fourth annual Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, Oct 4 to 10, encourages communities nationwide to work together to increase awareness of the prevalence and impact of bullying on all children.

Research: Middle school LGBT students face more bullying

GLSEN NEWS RELEASE
NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2009 – Middle school LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) students are significantly more likely to face hostile school climates than high school LGBT students, yet have less access to school resources and support, according to a new research brief from GLSEN, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, [...]

Study: How to Turn Your Kid Into a Bully

By: Tom Jacobs
miller-mccune.com
Family conflict resolutions that were perceived as fair were associated lower frequencies of bullying.istockphoto.com
A new study links bullying behavior by adolescents to the perception they are not treated fairly by their parents.

Childhood bullying has long-term effects; Victims can face psychiatric issues as adults

By DENISE M. BARAN-UNLAND
The Herald News
Joliet, Illinois — Pediatricians might consider screening their young patients for symptoms of bullying during routine, preventative check-ups, said Dr. Thomas Moore, pediatrician at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
“When I did a little research I learned that bullying is more common than I thought and it can cause [...]

Pennsylvania: Bullying prevention netted positive change

PR Newswire
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Preliminary findings of a statewide study on bullying prevention programs demonstrate significant decreases in reports of students being bullied and increased perceptions among students about the importance of positive bystander behavior, an important factor in reducing bullying. The findings were announced today by the Highmark Foundation, through its Highmark [...]

Finland study: Problems later for school bullies, victims

By Amy Norton
Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — School children who bully or are victims of bullying may face higher risks of anxiety, depression and other psychological disorders later in life, a new study finds.
The study, which followed more than 5,000 children in Finland, found that boys and girls who were frequently bullied were at greater [...]

Study: Schools failing on bullying, violence

PRNewswire
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ ⁣ Key to a child’s
successful education is an environment in which he or she can learn safely.
According to a report released today by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
National Poll on Children’s Health, only 26 percent of parents would give
their child’s high school an “A” for preventing bullying and school [...]

Study: High school bullying is barrier to learning

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) — High-school put-downs are such a staple of teen culture that many educators don’t take them seriously. However, a University of Illinois study suggests that classroom disruptions and psychologically hostile school environments can contribute to a climate in which good students have difficulty learning and students who are behind have trouble [...]

Morcom death spotlights horrific violence in schools

By Greg Ansley
New Zealand Herald
The students of Mullumbimby High filed out of school yesterday morning and gathered in a nearby park to remember one of their classmates with an anthem of their parents’ generation.
Jai Morcom, 15, died after his head was apparently smashed against a wall when he intervened in what appears to have been [...]

Back in school, kids face nasty bullying reality

BY TRACY TOWNSEND
The Columbus Dispatch/WBNS-10TV
In movies as diverse as A Christmas Story, Stand by Me and Back to the Future, Hollywood has treated bullying as a largely harmless — if not humorous — rite of passage.
In real life, bullying is anything but funny.
“Children who are bullied may be afraid to go to school,” stated a [...]

Study: Short kids don’t get bullied more

United Press International
NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (UPI) — A University of Michigan study of sixth graders finds the short are no more likely to be bullied than other students.
But short people tell ABC News that was not their experience, either in school or as adults.
“I wish that were true,” said Matt Campisi, chairman of the [...]

Study: Researchers, students define bullying differently

Dozens of Indiana University researchers participated in the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Aug. 8-11 in San Francisco. Researchers reported results of the following study on bullying.
Indiana University Newsroom
No bullies here. While a number of researchers have examined bullying, particularly in the wake of high-profile school shootings, these researchers largely ignore the ways [...]

Survey: School kids say bullying a “big problem”

By Bill Stanczykiewicz
Carroll County Comet
The new school year raises an old problem, but an emerging statewide initiative hopes to deliver a timeless solution.
While bullying might seem like old news to adults, the situation is far more urgent to kids. Seventy percent of students between the ages of 12 and 15 describe bullying as a “big [...]

Atlanta meeting will explore ways to fight school bullying

By Gracie Bonds Staples
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In a normal year, Theresa Hyde and her 12-year-old daughter would be looking forward to the start of school on Monday. But this year, the Alpharetta mom says, back to school promises to be more like back to cruel as her family braces for yet another cold reality — [...]

Pediatricians endorse Clemson University bullying-prevention program

By Sharon Crout
Clemson University
CLEMSON — A bullying-prevention program based in Clemson University’s Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics as an effective way to address youth violence in schools.
The academy’s policy statement on the role of the pediatrician in youth-violence prevention appeared in the July issue of [...]

Is your child being bullied? Many kids are!

By Meredith Jameson
Examiner.com
No? Don’t be so sure. Research from the National Institutes of Health shows that 53.6% of middle-school children surveyed were victims of verbal bullying.
In addition, 51.4% were victims of relational bullying (which includes social exclusion); 20.8% were either victims of perpetrators of physical bullying; and 13.6% were victims of electronic bullying, via cell [...]

Research: School bullying harms victims, bullies, bystanders

Derry Journal
DERRY, England — A Derry woman has proposed a series of new models to help reduce bullying problems in schools. Dr Sandra Doherty, who recently graduated with a Ph.D in Psychology from the University of Ulster, has researched the issue of school bullying and health alongside Dr John Mallett.
Their research was based on a [...]

Georgia State gets grant to study school bullying

The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia State University has received a new federal grant to study school bullying.
The $800,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant will help the college’s Department of Counseling and Psychological Services faculty conduct research on children in metro Atlanta school systems. The study is part of a five-year, $5 million grant awarded [...]

Study: Cyber-bullying affects one in ten students

Newswise.com
New research shines a light on the phenomenon of “cyber bullying,” suggesting that nearly 1 in 10 children are bullied through electronic means such as text messages, and girls are more likely to be victims than boys are.
Other kinds of bullying remain much more common, however. Large numbers of kids continue to harass each other [...]

Nonprofit group in California battles teen bullying

San Diego Union-Tribune
NORTH COUNTY, Calif. — When Salvador Meza entered sixth grade at Lincoln Middle School in Oceanside, a teacher told him to use a locker in the section for eighth-graders. One of those eighth-graders made his life miserable through intimidation and daily threats.
“I could have told someone in charge, but I thought I would [...]