To introduce this special issue, the concept of the teacher as an “invisible hand” is presented
as a metaphor to describe the potentially influential but relatively understudied contribution …

In the present study, quantitative and qualitative data are presented to examine individual
and contextual predictors of bullying and victimization and how they vary by age and …

Despite wide recognition of the important role of student bystanders in influencing peer
aggression in schools, little is currently known about what influences students to intervene in …

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic Monograph category)
2013! Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in …

Cross-national analyses explore the consistency of the relationship between negative
school experiences and involvement in bullying across 40 European and North American …

Friendship is typically assumed to be a protective factor for victims of school bullying, so the
possibility of victimization by friends is rarely explored. This study examines the prevalence …

PURPOSE:: The present study examined the associations between smoking initiation and,
hostility, depressive symptoms, and bullying (bullies and bully-victims) among a culturally …

This study examines links between overt and relational victimization and the quality of
children's best friendships. Third-grade through fifth-grade children completed measures in …

Bullying affects nearly 30 percent of school-aged youth on a monthly basis (Nansel,
Overpeck, Pilla, Ruan, Simons-Murton, and Scheidt, 2001). Research indicates that many of …

Aggressive victims—children who are both perpetrators and victims of peer aggression—
experience greater concurrent mental health problems and impairments than children who …