Lydia Laninga-Wijnen When you are bullied at school, it may be a relief if other peers stand up for you and defend you. The defending shows that other peers care about you and that they do not condone of the bullying behaviors you are subjected to. And perhaps, the bully may even decide to cease ...
Essi-Lotta Tenhunen Transferring a victim of school bullying to a new school is often a debated practice in public discourse, raising questions such as, “Why should the victim have to switch schools?” and “Shouldn’t the bully be required to change schools?” Although these are reasonable questions, the simple answer is that, in most cases, the ...
Claire Garandeau, Jessica Trach, Sarah Malamut INVEST Blog 2/2022 As bullying episodes generally occur in the presence of other peers, encouraging all children to stand up for those being victimized – rather than watching or doing nothing – has become a key objective of many intervention programs. Anti-bullying programs like the KiVa program try to ...
Claire Garandeau INVEST Blog 9/2021 Being bullied by peers is not a benign experience. A large number of studies show that children and adolescents who are victimized tend to become depressed, anxious, and lonely. They are more likely to skip school and to show decreases in academic performance. Bullying often undermines their self-esteem, as well ...
Marie-Pier Larose INVEST Blog 4/2021 Childcare attendance and child development Early childhood is a developmental period when the foundations of children’s cognitive and socio-emotional skills are established (Shonkoff, 2012). Although, the family environment is the most proximal factor which influences early child development; over the last 40 years, childcare has become another meaningful environment where ...
Sarah Malamut INVEST blog 14/2020 Peer victimization – being targeted with aggression by one’s peers – is a serious problem for children and adolescents. In particular, peer victimization is related to social, behavioral, and emotional difficulties (e.g., Card & Hodges, 2008). This is why it is important to have a comprehensive understanding of which youth ...
Jessica Trach INVEST Blog 3/2020 It is important for children to feel safe at school so that they can learn the essential academic and social skills needed to become healthy and productive members of society. Several decades of research on school bullying has shown that experiencing peer victimization during childhood adversely impacts children’s current well-being, ...
