The present study investigated the magnitude of school bullying problems among Taiwanese adolescents and collected detailed information about the locations, perpetrators and offence types of peer victimization. Gender differences were also explored. Unlike many previous surveys, the present study utilized multiple measures and provided a more comprehensive picture of the problem. Two hundred and thirty-eight [...]

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After years of research and building several highly respected information portals and community websites, the CyberHood Watch partners, Dave & Bill, are sharing their findings with their listeners and in their new CyberHood Watch Community. MORE  >>>

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Mike Tully on August 10th, 2010

HADLEY, Mass. (AP) — Lawyers for two teenagers accused of bullying a Massachusetts high school freshman before she killed herself have asked a judge to let them see the girl’s medical records in an effort to show that she was suicidal long before she took her own life. MORE >>

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NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2010 – New omnibus[1] research from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows that more than one-third of parents are concerned that TV (38 percent), computers (37 percent) and video games (33 percent) make it harder for them to communicate with their media-engrossed teens about risky behaviors, like drug [...]

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