...Muhammad Mujtaba Asad; Maria Akhund; Norah Mansour Almusharraf Purpose This article explores the interconnection between childhood bullying victimisation and mental health and its resulting risk of subsequent drug addiction on a comparative international scale. Toward this, the objective...

... different health-related areas, namely: sexual health; bullying; alcohol and drug use; mental health; school connectedness; and access to services. It identifies commonalities in learning, enabling a confluence of evidence on the factors central to the provision of effective health education and support...

...M. Fekkes; M.C. E. van de Sande; J. C. Gravesteijn; F.D. Pannebakker; G. J. Buijs; R.F.W. Diekstra; P. L. Kocken Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the Dutch “Skills for Life” programme on students’ health behaviours, bullying behaviour and suicidal ideation...

..., to address bullying and other aggression. Design/methodology/approach – The authors draw on qualitative, process data collected at four purposively sampled pilot intervention schools in England via semi-structured interviews with school managers, action group members and facilitators (n=33...

.../sexual assault and bullying prevention programs may result in a more positive school climate, an increased sense of safety among students and staff, and a decrease in incidents of sexual harassment/assault and bullying. Originality/value The study suggested that building sexual harassment and assault...

...Karin S. Frey Purpose This paper aims to discuss multiple methods for gathering information about school bullying and provides a developmental framework for communicating the information to parents and teachers. Design/methodology/approach Formal assessments of bullying consisted of student...

...Mary Thomas Purpose Workplace bullying has been a subject of increasing study in recent years, particularly in the UK, Scandinavia and Australia. Health effects of workplace bullying are often cited as an undesirable outcome of being bullied, yet these health effects have not been studied...

...Nicola Douglas; Ian Warwick; Geoff Whitty; Peter Aggleton; Sophie Kemp This paper describes findings from recent research in the UK on one particular type of bullying, that linked to sexuality and the assumed sexual orientation of the victim ‐ namely homophobic bullying. A survey involving 307...

...Michael J. Boulton; David S. Hawker Considers which behaviours pupils and teachers regard as bullying. Finds that a substantial proportion of people fail to include non‐physical acts ‐ such as deliberately leaving somebody out of activities, laughing at someone’s misfortunes, and name‐calling...

...Lorraine Demko Describes a pilot project conducted in an independent boys’ school to introduce the no‐blame approach for dealing with bullying. The approach was developed by Barbara Maines and George Robinson. It puts the emphasis on the effect of bullying on the victim. Instead of being punished...

...Anna‐Michele Hantler Describes a draw and write project on bullying in six inner‐London primary schools. Summarizes children′s views on topics such as what bullies look like, what they do, how bullied children feel and why some children are bullies. Concludes that children believe that bullies...

...Sharon Kingman Summarizes some of the preliminary results from a survey in Sheffield to find out how common bullying is. Reports on schemes schools can use to help to identify and control bullying. Describes a project, called Bullyline, run by pupils at a Sheffield school which provides a drop...

...Hereward Harrison Discusses the problems of bullying and suggests that every school should have a policy on how to deal with it. Considers the findings of a report arising from the setting up of Childline and concludes it is necessary to establish children′s views of their experiences; avoid...