This compact resource synthesizes current research on bullying in the schools while presenting
strengths-based approaches to curbing this growing epidemic. Its international review of
cross-sectional and longitudinal studies unravels the complex dynamics of bullying and provides
depth on the range of negative outcomes for bullies victims enablers and victims who bully.
Chapters on protective factors against bullying identify personal competencies such as empathy
development and keys to a positive school environment featuring findings on successful
school-based prevention programs in different countries. Throughout the authors clearly define
bullying as a public health mental health issue and prevention as a deterrent for future
antisocial and criminal behavior. Included in the coverage: · School bullying in different
countries: prevalence risk factors and short-term outcomes. · Personal protective factors
against bullying: emotional social and moral competencies. · Contextual protective factors
against bullying: school-wide climate. · Protecting children through anti-bullying
interventions. · Protecting bullies and victims from long-term undesirable outcomes. · Future
directions for research practice and policy. With its wealth of answers to a global concern
Protecting Children against Bullying and Its Consequences is a definitive reference and idea
book for the international community of scholars in criminology and developmental psychology
interested in bullying and youth violence as well as practitioners and policymakers.
