Bullying : a public health concern / Jorge C. Srabstein and Joav Merrick, editors.

Contributor Srabstein, Jorge C.

Imprint:New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Descriptionxvii, 331 pages ; 26 cm

Note:Includes index.

Note:Section 1: Nature, ecology and epidemiology of bullying -- ch. 1 Concepts of bullying: Developmental and cultural aspects / Peter K. Smith and Claire P Monks -- ch. 2 The development of bullying / Debra Pepler, Wendy Craig, Depeng Jiang and Jennifer ConnollyJennifer -- ch. 3 School bullying: its nature and ecology / Dorothy L. Espelage and Lisa De La Rue -- ch. 4 Bullying among siblings / Dieter Wolke and Alexandra J Skew -- ch. 5 Bullying: A stepping stone to dating aggression? / Wendy L. Josephson and Debra Pepler -- ch. 6 Cyberbullying and adolescent mental health / Keita Suzuki, Reiko Asaga, Andre Sourander, Christina W. Hoven Donald Mandell -- ch. 7 Workplace bullying: The case of teen workers / Loraleigh Keashly -- ch. 8 The nature and extent of college student hazing / Elizabeth J. Allan and Mary Madden -- ch. 9 Bullying and gangs / Rob White and Ron Mason -- ch. 10 Bullying Victimization among 13 to 15 year old school children: Results from Two comparative studies in 66 countries and regions / Pernille Due and Bjorn Evald Holstein -- ch. 11 Ijime in Japan / Masayoshi Ogura, Kaori Okada, Shoko Hamada, Reiko Asaga Shuji Honjo -- Section 2: Health problems and safety risks linked to bullying -- ch. 12 Psychiatric conditions associated with bullying / Kirsti Kumpulainen -- ch. 13 Bullying and suicide / Young Shin Kim and Bennett Leventhal -- ch. 14 Peer harassment and disordered eating / Marla Eisenberg and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer -- ch. 15 Peer victimization and intentional injuries: Quantitative and qualitative accounts of injurious physical interactions between students / Lucie Laflamme, Jette Moller, Johan Hallqvist and Karin Engstrom -- ch. 16 Morbidity among bystanders of bullying behavior at school / Ian Rivers -- ch. 17 Public health, safety and educational risks associated with bullying behaviors in American adolescents / Jorge Srabstein and Thomas Piazza -- ch. 18 Is There a syndrome of bullying? / Jorge Srabstein and Thomas Piazza -- ch. 19 Deaths linked to bullying and hazing / Jorge Srabstein -- Section 3: Strategies for the prevention of bullying -- ch. 20 Interventions to reduce bullying / Ken Rigby and Phillip Slee -- ch. 21 Prevention of public health risks linked to bullying: A need for a whole community approach / Jorge Srabstein, Paramjit Joshi, Pernille Due, Joseph Wright, Bennett Leventhal, Joav Merrick, Young-Shin Kim, Tomas Silber, Kirsti Kumpulainen, Edgardo Menvielle and Karen Riibner -- ch. 22 Towards a detection of bullying related morbidity / Jorge Srabstein -- Section 4: Acknowledgments -- ch. 23 About the editors -- ch. 24 About the clinic for health problems related to bullying, Children's National Medical Center -- ch. 25 About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel -- ch. 26 About the book series "Health and Human Development".

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