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News: February 14, 2012
Depressed Kids May Be Targets for Bullying, Study Suggests
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Children with depression are at increased risk for bullying, the results of a new study suggest. The finding challenges the widely held belief that bullying leads to psychological problems such as depression, ...
Bullying Moves From Online to Text-Messaging: Study
MONDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Kids' exposure to online attacks and deviant behavior appears to have leveled off, but as more kids socialize by cellphone, sexual and other bothersome text messages are on the rise, a new study finds. Young peo...
College Students Still Vulnerable to Bullying
THURSDAY, Nov. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Bullying and cyberbullying don't end when students go from high school to college, a new study finds. "We got into looking at college students because there are studies on elementary, junior high, high school a...
Making Sure 'Back to School' Doesn't Mean 'Back to Bullying'
SATURDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- For some children, the start of school means the beginning of bullying. Despite widespread efforts to deal with the problem, bullying is a persistent issue in schools, says Donna Henderson, a professor of coun...
Some Kids Seem to Cope Better With Bullying
FRIDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children's social goals help determine how they respond to being bullied and whether their responses are effective, researchers say. The new study included 370 second- and third-graders who were asked how they r...
Grades May Suffer When Teens Get Bullied
TUESDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Bullying may contribute to a drop in high school students' grades, especially if they're black and Hispanic teens who are high achievers, a new study has found. Researchers compared the grade point averages (GP...
Special Needs Kids Bullied More, Fare Poorly at School
WEDNESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Many 'special needs' kids who struggle with medical, emotional or behavioral issues often face tough social and academic troubles in school, a new study suggests. Tracking the progress of more than 1,450 stud...
Bullying's Scars May Last a Lifetime, Experts Say
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- Because millions of kids in the United States are affected by bullying, some people may shrug it off as just a part of growing up. But experts warn that it should be treated as a serious issue and not accepted a...
Kids Who Bully Often Get Poor Sleep
FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor sleep may be a factor in aggressive behavior among kids, according to new research that found that children who bully other kids are more likely to be sleepy during the day. In the study, researchers from th...
Teen Boys With Autism at Risk of Being Bullied: Study
WEDNESDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) -- Among teen boys with an autism spectrum disorder, those who are considered high-functioning are confronted with a greater degree of bullying behavior than their "typically developing" peers, new research indic...
Bullied Kids Showing Up in School Nurses' Offices
MONDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Elementary school children who were victims of peer bullying -- along with the bullies themselves -- made more frequent visits to a school nurse's office with complaints of physical illnesses and injuries than ...
Student Bullying Linked to Family Violence: CDC
THURSDAY, April 21 (HealthDay News) -- Student bullies, their victims and bully-victims -- those who are victimized and also engage in bullying -- face a broad range of health risks, including family violence and intentional self-harm, a new U.S. ...
Support May Help Curb Suicide Among Gay Youths
MONDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Gay youths are much less likely to attempt suicide when they live in communities where they feel they have some support, either through gay/lesbian groups at school or simply because more same-sex couples live ...
Bullying May Accompany Drive to Be Popular
TUESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who are already popular but trying to become even more so are the most likely to bully other kids, new research suggests. The kids seem to think that antagonizing others will raise their own status in the ...
Parents of Bullies Urged to Open Lines of Communication
FRIDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- If you're told that your child is a bully, you need to control your reaction and carefully consider the situation, advises an expert. "Take a deep breath and don't panic. Resist the temptation to respond defensi...
Older Brothers More Likely to Bully
FRIDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Older brothers are more likely than older sisters to bully younger siblings, a new study finds. Italian researchers looked at 195 children, aged 10 to 12, who had siblings that were no more than four years older ...
For Many Gay Youth, Bullying Exacts a Deadly Toll
FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDay News) -- A series of suicides involving bullied gay teens has shocked much of America this past month. On Sept. 9, 15-year-old Billy Lucas of Greenburg, Ind., hanged himself after enduring constant taunts from bullies at ...
Cyber Bully Victims Often More Depressed Than Aggressors
TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Students who are victims of cyber bullying at school are more likely to suffer depression than their tormentors, according to researchers. Bullying, which traditionally involved physical violence, verbal haras...
Mental Health Woes Plague 'Cyberbullies' and Their Victims
TUESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Teens who "cyberbully" others via the Internet or cell phones are more likely to suffer from both physical and psychiatric troubles, and their victims are at heightened risk, too, a Finnish study finds. The surv...
Bullies Target Obese Kids
MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- For kids, a few extra pounds may invite trouble from the schoolyard bully. New research suggests that just being overweight increases the risk of being bullied. And factors that usually play a role in the risk of ...
Involved Parents Less Likely to Raise Bullies
MONDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) -- Parents can play an important role in preventing their children from becoming bullies by helping them with homework and getting to know their friends, a new study suggests. "Improving parent-child communication an...
Witnesses to Bullying May Suffer Most of All
THURSDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Students who watch others being bullied may suffer even more than the victims or the perpetrators, a new British study suggests. "It's well-documented that children and adolescents who are exposed to violence ...
Bullies May Intimidate Siblings, Too
THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- School bullies are also likely to bully their brothers and sisters at home, according to an Italian study that included 195 children between the ages of 10 and 12. The participants -- all with a sibling no more...
Many Kids Feel Threatened in the Classroom
FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- It is often assumed that the schoolyard is where bullies go to make other kids miserable, but a new study suggests that classrooms are another popular site. The study, presented recently at the American Public H...
Scars of Bullying Linger
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Children -- especially girls -- are more likely to have psychiatric problems later in life if they're bullied or victimized, a new Finnish study finds. The study may be the first of its kind to examine what ...
Most Parents Worried About Bullying in U.S. High Schools
SUNDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new national survey finds that only about one in four U.S. parents say their child's high school deserves an "A" for its bullying- and violence-prevention efforts. But nearly four in 10 gave an "A" grade for ...
Cyber Bullying Affects One in 10 Students
MONDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Bullying still makes life miserable for plenty of students, only these days some aggressors apparently operate electronically. A new study shows that many children in grades 6 through 10 have either bullied clas...
Bullying Seems to Affect Kids Years Later
FRIDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- Preteens who were bullied persistently when they were younger are more likely than others their age to have hallucinations, delusions or other psychotic symptoms, British researchers report. Their study involved 6...
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