Young people's use of mobile phones and access to the Internet have increased dramatically in the last decade, especially among those aged 9-15 years. ...

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• 2015
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Information and communication technology has allowed individuals to engage in aggressive behavior on multiple distinct platforms with different capabilities ...

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• 2016
• May 2016

Friendly Schools is the first Social and Emotional Wellbeing and Anti-bullying Initiative for schools developed through extensive research with Australian children and adolescents. ...

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Most children are capable of bullying behaviour at some time, and it’s our job as parents to discourage this behaviour as soon as it appears. ...

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• 2019
• March

Opinions of employees from the education and legal systems, regarding their perceptions of the role of the law and cyberbullying in Australian schools ...

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• 2016
• January 2016

The study of moral disengagement has greatly informed research on aggression and bullying. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Traditional conceptualizations of aggression distinguish between reactive (e.g., rage) and proactive (e.g., reward) functions of aggression. However, critiques of this dichotomy have pointed out these models conflate motivational valence and self-control. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by instability in interpersonal relationships. To date no reviews have scoped the extant research on peer relationship functioning for young people diagnosed with BPD or showing borderline personality features. The current review provides this scoping of studies on all facets of peer relationships, including friendship quality, peer victimization and bullying and peer aggression, and relevant studies of social–cognitive processes with relevance to peer relationships. From 282 studies identified up to August 2019, 39 studies were included for review. ...

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• 2020
• October 2020

This study advances bullying research by extending the role of moral disengagement in bullying episodes beyond pure bullies to victims, both pure victims and bully/victims ...

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• 2019
• September 2019