The well-replicated observation that many people maintain mental health despite exposure
to severe psychological or physical adversity has ignited interest in the mechanisms that …

Bullying is a pervasive problem affecting school-age children. Reviewing the latest findings
on bullying perpetration and victimization, we highlight the social dominance function of …

Technoference has been defined as interruptions to social interactions because of
technology. Previous research has examined technoference in parent-child relationships …

Theoretical and empirical research investigating victimization and offending has largely
been either 'victim-focused'or 'offender-focused.'This approach ignores the potential …

Lori Heise reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low-and middle-income
countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners …

All social, behavioral, and biological processes evolve over time. Psychologists call the
evolution of an outcome over age or time its “developmental trajectory.” I borrow this term to …

Abstract Since Dan Olweus's seminal work on bullying in the 1970's (Olweus, 1978), there
has been a concerted effort by investigators to identify the confluence of factors that …

This book—arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date—
analyzes data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were …

School suspension and expulsion are important forms of punishment that disproportionately
affect Black students, with long-term consequences for educational attainment and other …

This study used data from 6 sites and 3 countries to examine the developmental course of
physical aggression in childhood and to analyze its linkage to violent and nonviolent …