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Download full textLumsden, Linda – 2002
Students who are the target of bullying episodes commonly suffer serious, long-term academic, physical, and emotional consequences. Unfortunately, school personnel often minimize, underestimate, tolerate, or ignore the extent of bullying and the harm it can cause. This digest examines the problem of bullying and some of its effects, and discusses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Elementary Secondary Education
Espelage, Dorothy L. – 2002
One notable gap in the evolving literature on bullying and victimization during early adolescence is the role that peers play in promoting such behavior by either reinforcing the aggressor, failing to intervene to stop the victimization, or affiliating with students who bully. This Digest looks at the limited research available on the role of the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Bullying, Developmental Stages
Banks, Ron – 1997
Bullying is a serious problem that can dramatically affect the ability of students to progress academically and socially. Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. Bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Antisocial Behavior, Bullying, Elementary Secondary Education
Coy, Doris Rhea – 2001
Nearly 160,000 students skip school each day because of intimidation by their peers. Bullying has been a persistent problem that, with the heightened attention to school violence, has been recently recognized as a pervasive issue needing attention. Bullying can take many forms; racial discrimination and sexual harassment are examples of abuse…
Descriptors: Bullying, Child Rearing, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment
Espelage, Dorothy L. – 2003
One notable gap in the evolving literature on bullying and victimization during early adolescence is the role that peers play in promoting such behavior by either reinforcing the aggressor, failing to intervene to stop the victimization, or affiliating with students who bully. This Spanish-language Digest looks at the limited research available on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Bullying, Developmental Stages
Schwartz, Wendy – 1999
This digest presents an overview of effective antiviolence strategies for use with elementary school children that educators can integrate into their schools and classrooms. The most effective antiviolence efforts focus on measures that prevent all types of children's bad conduct: aggression, bullying, and hate bullying. The most effective school…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interpersonal Competence
Schwartz, Wendy – 2000
This digest reviews effective strategies currently used by schools to combat sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is considered any unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with the life of the target individual. Experts agree that sexual harassment is about power, not sex. A serious effort to keep a school free of sexual harassment…
Descriptors: Bullying, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention
