Bullying: a stepping stone to dating aggression?
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Wendy L. Josephson
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Debra Pepler
Abstract
Bullying is the use of power and aggression to control and distress another. In this paper, we review research to explore whether the lessons learned in bullying provide a stepping stone to aggressive behavior in dating relationships. We start by considering definitions and a relationship framework with which to understand both bullying and dating aggression. We consider bullying from a developmental-contextual perspective and consider risk factors associated with the typical developmental patterns for bullying and dating aggression, including developmental and sociodemographic, individual attributes, and family, peer group, community, and societal relationship contexts that might lead some children and youths to follow developmental pathways that lead to bullying and dating aggression. We conclude by discussing implications for intervention with a review of evidence-based interventions.
©2012 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin Boston
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Articles in the same Issue
- Editorial
- Bullying is everywhere: an expanding scope of public health concerns
- Original Articles
- School bullying: its nature and ecology
- Morbidity among bystanders of bullying behavior at school: concepts, concerns, and clinical/research issues
- Bullying among siblings
- Cyberbullying and adolescent mental health
- Bullying: a stepping stone to dating aggression?
- Workplace bullying: the case of teen workers
- Bullying and gangs
- Understanding bullying among younger prisoners: recent research and introducing the Multifactor Model of Bullying in Secure Settings
- Ijime in Japan
- Working towards a detection of bullying related morbidity
- The nature and extent of college student hazing
- Is there a syndrome of bullying?
- Masthead
- Masthead
