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Assessing victim risk in cases of violent crime [PDF]
Purpose: There is a body of evidence that suggests a range of psychosocial characteristics demarcate certain adults to be at an elevated risk for victimisation. To this end, the aim of the current study was to examine consistency between one police force,
Brooks, Matthew +9 more
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Summary: Background: Bullying victimisation is a global public health problem that has been predominantly studied in high income countries. This study aimed to estimate the population level prevalence of bullying victimisation and its association with ...
Tuhin Biswas +8 more
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Being different: correlates of the experience of teasing and bullying at age 11 [PDF]
The public stereotype, largely supported by a rather diverse range of literature, is that bullied children differ from their peers in respect of attributes such as appearance, disability or school performance. In this paper we explore the characteristics
Sweeting, H., West, P.
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Developmental associations between victimization and body mass index from 3 to 10 years in a population sample [PDF]
In the current prospective study, we investigated (1) whether high and low BMI in early childhood puts a child at risk of victimization by their peers, and (2) whether being victimised increases BMI over the short- and long-term, independent of the ...
Abbott, Janice +7 more
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Adolescent loneliness and social anxiety as predictors of bullying victimisation
This study examined the relationships between social loneliness, emotional loneliness, social anxiety and peer victimisation among 390 seventh- through ninth-grade secondary students. Data were collected in the fall and spring of the school year.
Emmanuel O. Acquah +4 more
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Victimological review of peer violence in the digital environment [PDF]
Using information and communication technologies is one of the basic competencies of modern people. The Internet has enabled the download and sharing of data in digital form, learning, information, business, entertainment, and inclusion in ...
Mirić Filip +1 more
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Stigma in youth with Tourette's syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis [PDF]
Tourette's syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset neurodevelopmental disorder, characterised by tics. To our knowledge, no systematic reviews exist which focus on examining the body of literature on stigma in association with children and adolescents with TS.
Forrester-Jones, Rachel +2 more
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Peer victimisation during adolescence and its impact on depression in early adulthood:prospective cohort study in the United Kingdom [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the strength of the association between victimisation by peers at age 13 years and depression at 18 years. Design: Longitudinal observational study.
Bowes, Lucy +3 more
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Appraisal and coping strategy use in victims of school bullying [PDF]
The aims of the paper are to examine the factor structure of a coping measure that is directly comparable with the adult literature; to examine the content of pupils' threat and challenge appraisals concerning bullying; and to examine the relationships ...
Boyle, James, Hunter, Simon
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Background Over the past few years, there has been growing public and research interest in adolescents’ experiences with various forms of bullying victimisation because of their psychological, emotional, and/ or physical consequences.
Richard Gyan Aboagye +7 more
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