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The moral domain in peer relationships: opportunities for interventions to prevent bullying

Previous research has focused on identifying the association between moral dimension and bullying behavior, with an emphasis on better understanding the complex processes that children and adolescents trigger during decision-making in immoral situations. However, advances in research on morality and bullying have not been paralleled by the design of intervention programs that promote moral competence. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the moral dimension as a key intervention in the design of holistic models for preventing bullying and promoting defending.

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Reactive aggression and peer victimization from pre-kindergarten to first grade: accounting for hyperactivity and teacher-child conflict

Teacher-child conflict in kindergarten predicted subsequent increases in victimization, reactive aggression, and hyperactivity

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Neurological and Biological Foundations of Children's Social and Emotional Development: An Integrated Literature Review

This article is a review of developmental processes that combine social, health, and learning pathways, and the mechanisms through which these pathways may...

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Using Systems Theory to Understand and Respond to Family Influences on Children's Bullying Behavior

This article addresses Systems Theory as it applies to school-age children's bullying behavior.

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Do emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary school predict adolescent victimisation trajectories?

The results of this study suggest whole-school bullying intervention programmes need to occur before students reach secondary school.

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The Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS): Validity and Reliability Estimates for a Measure of Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in Adolescence

The study of bullying behavior and its consequences for young people depends on valid and reliable measurement of bullying victimization and perpetration.

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School policies on bullying and cyberbullying: perspectives across three Australian states

The perspectives of professionals involved in bullying and cyberbullying policy construction, across three different Australian states

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Testing for Response Shift Bias in Evaluations of School Antibullying Programs

Researchers conducting program evaluations in other contexts are advised to consider testing for this potential source of bias in their studies

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Cyberbullying and the role of the law in Australian schools: Views of senior officials

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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Impact of adolescent peer aggression on later educational and employment outcomes in an Australian cohort

This study used prospective birth cohort data to analyse the relationship between peer aggression at 14 years of age and educational and employment outcomes...