Bullying and Harassment

Adding insult to injury: Neural sensitivity to social exclusion is associated with internalizing symptoms in chronically peer-victimized girls  K.D. Rudolph et al., Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, May 2016

Adult mental health consequences of peer bullying and maltreatment in childhood: Two cohorts in two countries  S.T. Lereya et al., Lancet Psychiatry, June 2015

Announcement: National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month--October 2016  CDC's Morbidy and Mortality Weekly Report, October 7, 2016

Associations of teen dating violence victimization with school violence and bullying among US high school students  A.M. Vivolo-Kantor et al., Journal of School Health, August 2016

Beyond same-sex attraction: Gender-variant-based victimization is associated with suicidal behavior and substance use for other-sex attracted adolescents  M. Ioerger et al., PLoS One, June 2015

Brief report: Identifying defenders of peer victimization  D.J. Meter & N.A. Card, Journal of Adolescence, June 2016

Bullying and peer victimization: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine  M.E. Eisenberg & M.C. Aalsma, Journal of Adolescent Health, January 2005

Bullying and suicide risk among pediatric emergency department patients  I.H. Stanley et al., Pediatric Emergency Care, June 2016

Bullying victimization among underweight and overweight U.S. youth: Differential associations for boys and girls  J. Wang et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2010

Child sexual abuse, bullying, cyberbullying, and mental health problems among high school students: A moderated mediated model  M. Hébert et al., Depression and Anxiety, July 2016

Children with autism are often targeted by bullies  J. Hamilton, Shots: Health News from NPR, April 23, 2012

The consequences of cyberbullying  NPR's The Takeaway, October 17, 2013

Continued knowledge development for understanding bullying and school victimization  J.H. Williams & C.A. Veeh, Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2012

The co-occurrence of Internet harassment and unwanted sexual solicitation victimization and perpetration: Associations with psychosocial indicators  M.L. Ybarra et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Cyberbullying's chilling trend: Teens anonymously target themselves online, study finds  N. Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, November 8, 2017

Differentiating youth who are bullied from other victims of peer-aggression: The importance of differential power and repetition  M.L. Ybarra et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, August 2014

Do first generation immigrant adolescents face higher rates of bullying, violence and suicidal behaviours than do third generation and native born?  K. Pottie et al., Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, October 2015

Does it get better? A longitudinal analysis of psychological distress and victimization in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth  M. Birkett et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, March 2015

Does online harassment constitute bullying? An exploration of online harassment by known peers and online-only contacts  J. Wolak et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Examining the overlap in Internet harassment and school bullying: Implications for school intervention  M.L. Ybarra et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Gender minority social stress in adolescence: Disparities in adolescent bullying and substance use by gender identity  S.L. Reisner et al., Journal of Sex Research, January 2015

Girls charged for cyber-bullying girl who committed suicide  N. Creston, NPR's All Things Considered, October 16, 2013. Listen to a Here and Now interview with the Florida sheriff investigating the case.

How risky are social networking sites? A comparison of places online where youth sexual solicitation and harassment occurs  M.L. Ybarra ML & K.J. Mitchell, Pediatrics, February 2008

'If not us, who will?'  S. Schmidt, Washington Post, June 14, 2019

Kids involved in bullying grow up to be poorer, sicker adults  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, August 19, 2013

Longitudinal associations of homophobic name-calling victimization with psychological distress and alcohol use during adolescence  J.S. Tucker et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2016

A longitudinal study of bullying of sexual-minority youth  M.A. Schuster et al., New England Journal of Medicine, May 2015

New anti-bullying laws challenge schools, students  WBUR's Here & Now, September 1, 2011

No change in weight-based teasing when school-based obesity policies are implemented  R.A. Krukowski et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, October 2008

Online aggression: A reflection of in-person victimization or a unique phenomenon?  M.F. Hertz & C. David-Ferdon, Journal of Adolescent Health, February 2011

Online 'shaming' a new level of cyberbullying for girls  T. Fagenle, NPR's All Things Considered, January 7, 2013

Parent-reported bullying and child weight gain between ages 6 and 15  R.M. Merrill & C.L. Hanson, BMC Public Health, February 2016

Patterns of adolescent bullying behaviors: Physical, verbal, exclusion, rumor, and cyber  J. Wang et al., Journal of School Psychology, August 2012

Predictors of long-term victimization after early pediatric traumatic brain injury  A.H. Hung et al., Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, January 2017

Prevalence and predictors of Internet bullying  K.R. Williams & N.G. Guerra, Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Professor analyzes bullying and substance use among Anchorage youth  UAA's Green and Gold News, May 29, 2013

Psychiatric outcomes of bullying victimization: A study of discordant monozygotic twins  J.L. Silberg et al., Psychological Medicine, July 2016

Risk and protective factors associated with being bullied on school property compared with cyberbullied  R.M. Merrill & C.L. Hanson, BMC Public Health, February 2016

School bullying among adolescents in the United States: Physical, verbal, relational, and cyber  J. Wang et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, October 2009

School bullying perpetration and other childhood risk factors as predictors of adult intimate partner violence perpetration  K.L. Falb et al., JAMA Pediatrics, October 2011

Students' perspectives on cyber bullying  P.W. Agatston et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

Students who are bullied use more pain medication, raising concerns of future drug use  A. Pattani, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 15, 2019

Subjective social status and shaming experiences in relation to adolescent depression  C. Åslund et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, January 2009

Surf and turf wars online—Growing implications of Internet gang violence  J.E. King et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, December 2007 supplement

A systematic review of school-based interventions to prevent bullying  R.C. Vreeman & A.E. Carroll, Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, January 2007

Teasing kids about their weight may make them gain more  S. Neilson, Shots: Health News from NPR, May 30, 2019

Teens, kindness and cruelty on social network sites  Report by Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, November 2011

"They were just making jokes": Ethnic/racial teasing and discrimination among adolescents  S. Douglass et al., Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, January 2016

Today's bullied teens subject to 'sticks and stones' online, too  Fresh Air, hosted by Terry Gross, February 19, 2013

Traditional and cyberbullying victimization as correlates of psychosocial distress and barriers to a healthy lifestyle among severely obese adolescents--a matched case-control study on prevalence and results from a cross-sectional study  A. DeSmet et al., BMC Public Health, March 2014

Trends in youth Internet victimization: Findings from three youth Internet safety surveys 2000-2010  L.M. Jones et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, February 2012

Trends in youth reports of sexual solicitations, harassment and unwanted exposure to pornography on the Internet  K.J. Mitchell et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, February 2007

Understanding bullying and victimization during childhood and adolescence: A mixed methods study  N.G. Guerra et al., Child Development, January 2011

Understanding control in adolescent and young adult relationships  M. Catallozzi et al., Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, April 2011

Victims of bullying are more likely to be arrested as adults  N. Shute, Shots: Health News from NPR, August 1, 2013

Weight-based victimization, eating behaviors, and weight-related health in sexual and gender minority adolescents  M.S. Himmelstein et al., Appetite, June 2019

When Jeremiah couldn't take more bullying, he took his life  NPR's Story Corps, January 31, 2014

When teens' constant texting is dating abuse  Here & Now, hosted by Robin Young, February 18, 2013

Youth Internet victimization in a broader victimization context  K.J. Mitchell et al., Journal of Adolescent Health, February 2011