Child Welfare Information Gateway(U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau, 2017)
State child protective services agencies are required
to maintain records of the reports of suspected
child abuse and neglect that they receive. These
reports include identifying information about the
child, the child’s ...
Tokunaga, Robert S.(Computers in Human Behavior, 2010)
More than 97% of youths in the United States are connected to the Internet in some way. An unintended outcome of the Internet’s pervasive reach is the growing rate of harmful offenses against children and teens. Cyberbullying ...
Background: It is well-documented that obese children and adolescents tend to experience a variety of negative physical and psychological health consequences. Despite the association between obesity and physical and ...
Field, Tiffany(Journal of Addiction Therapy and Research, 2018)
A literature search was conducted using PubMed and PsycINFO to locate cyberbullying research that was published during the last 4 years. In this narrative review, cyberbullying research is briefly summarized and critiqued. ...
Du, Chenguang; DeGuisto, Kara; Albright, Jordan; Alrehaili, Sara(International Journal of Psychological Studies, 2018)
Bullying has been one of the most common forms of school violence in the world. Many studies have shown that victims of bullying suffer from serious psychological issues. In the current study, the relationships between ...
The present study examined the association between peer victimization and sleep quality in early adolescence. Negative emotional arousal in the context of peer stress was examined as a possible mediator, and both sex and ...
Kretschmer, Tina(Adolescent Research Review, 2016)
Being accepted by peers is central to health and wellbeing among adolescents whereas being the subject of peer/bullying-victimization can be perceived as significant interpersonal stress, resulting in compromised adjustment ...
Fridh, Maria ; Lindstrom, Martin ; Rosvall, Maria(BMC Public Health, 2015)
Background: Victimization in cyberspace has emerged as a new public health issue among the young. The main purpose of this study was to analyze associations between cyber victimization defined as cyber harassment (CH) (a ...
While online, some people self-disclose or act out more frequently or intensely than they would in person. This article explores six factors that interact with each other in creating this online disinhibition effect: ...
Smith, Peter K. ; Mahdavi, Jess ; Carvalho, Manuel ; Fisher, Sonja ; Russell, Shannette ; Tippett, Neil(Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2008)
Background: Cyberbullying describes bullying using mobile phones and the internet. Most previous studies have focused on the prevalence of text message and email bullying. Methods: Two surveys with pupils aged 11–16 years: ...
Herge, Whitney M. ; La Greca, Annette M. ; Chan, Sherilynn F.(Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 2016)
Objective: Peer victimization (PV) is a key interpersonal stressor that can be traumatizing for youth. This study evaluated the relationships between overt, relational, reputational, and cyber PV and adolescents’ somatic ...
Sousa, C., Mason, W. A., Herrenkohl, T. I., Prince, D., Herrenkohl, R. C., & Russo, M. J.(American journal of orthopsychiatry, 2018)
There is a great deal of evidence about the mental health implications of physical child abuse and environmental stressors, or hardships that people experience at the household and neighborhood level (e.g., neighborhood ...
Anderson, A. P., Feldman, M. D., & Bryce, J.(Journal of forensic sciences, 2018)
In Munchausen by proxy (MBP) maltreatment, increasingly termed “medical child
abuse” (MCA), a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in another. The perpetrator’s goal for the
behavior is to meet personal emotional needs ...
In the past two decades, much evidence has accumulated unequivocally demonstrating that child abuse and neglect is associated with a marked increase in risk for major psychiatric disorders (major depression, bipolar disorder, ...
Ejiofor, A., Ojiakor, I., & Nwaozor, A.(Nnadiebube Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)
This study is designed to assess the performance of the Nigerian film industry in creating
awareness on the issue of child sexual abuse. One of the dimensions examined was to identify
the category of children who mostly ...
Shakoor, Sania ; Jaffee, Sara R. ; Andreou, Penelope ; Bowes, Lucy ; Ambler, Antony P. ; Caspi, Avshalom ; Moffitt, Terrie E. ; Arseneault, Louise(Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011)
Stressful events early in life can affect children’s mental health problems. Collecting valid and reliable information about children’s bad experiences is important for research and clinical purposes. This study aimed to ...
Wolke, Dieter ; Copeland, William E. ; Angold, Adrian ; Costello, E. Jane(Psychological Science, 2013)
Bullying is a serious problem for schools, parents and public policy makers alike. While bullying creates risks of health and social problems in childhood, it is unclear if this risk extends into adulthood. A large cohort ...
Reijntjes, Albert ; Kamphuis, Jan H. ; Prinzie, Peter ; Telch, Michael J.(Child Abuse & Neglect, 2010)
Objective: A recent meta-analytic review of cross-sectional studies examining correlations between peer victimization and indices of internalizing problems indicates that victims of bullying are highly distressed. However, ...
Plexousakis, Stefanos Stylianos ; Kourkoutas, Elias ; Giovazolias, Theodoros ; Chatira, Kalliopi ; Nikolopoulos, Dimitrios(Frontiers In Public Health, 2019)
Much research on school bullying and victimization have outlined several individual, family, and school parameters that function as risk factors for developing further psychosocial and psychopathological problems. Bullying ...
Copeland, William E.; Wolke, Dieter; Angold, Adrian; Costello, E. Jane(JAMA Pediatrics, 2013)
Context: Both bullies and victims of bullying are at risk for psychiatric problems in childhood, but it is unclear if this elevated risk extends into early adulthood. Objective: To test whether bullying and being bullied ...