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This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project, aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students
The complexity of an issue such as school bullying and how this is best addressed as part of a systematic whole-school approach
These findings demonstrate the immediate value of whole-school interventions to reduce bullying behaviour and associated harms among students
Information and communication technology has allowed individuals to engage in aggressive behavior on multiple distinct platforms with different capabilities
Overweight and obese children reported greater psychosocial distress than healthy weight children, and these differences were more pronounced for girls than boys.
The current findings showed that involvement in any bullying behaviour was associated with increased risk of concurrent mental health problems
The aim of this study was to estimate the changes to costs and health benefits of implementing the "Friendly Schools Friendly Families" (FSFF) anti-bullying intervention in Australia.
Bullying varies in frequency, intensity, duration and hence severity, and contributes uniquely and directly to mental health problems, with severe and long-lasting consequences. Almost a half of school-age students report being bullied in the past year.
Children have a universal right to live free from exposure to family and domestic violence (FDV). Children exposed to FDV can experience long-term effects on their physical and psychological health and their social competencies including social, emotional, and cognitive skills and behaviours that underpin successful social adaptation and academic achievement. The aim of this study was to investigate if children exposed to FDV were more likely to be vulnerable on school readiness measures compared to those children who were not exposed.
Results indicated a number factors which influenced the uptake of Motivational Interviewing in schools