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"Your child comes home from school and tells you three classmates are teasing
her constantly. One even put chewed gum in her hair as she was listening to the
teacher. The other two smiled, laughed and whooped.
Hearing this, you understand your child is being bullied and their physical and
mental wellbeing are under attack.
We know bullying is widespread: 30% of adolescents experience bullying, and
almost all see it happening. It can devastate victims and lead to depression,
anxiety and self-harm.
We are educational psychologists researching how to prevent bullying. And how,
in a different scenario, these children could even be friends.
Our new study, published in
American Psychology, trialled a new way of
tackling bullying among students in South Korea. Instead of trying to change
individuals’ behaviour, it puts the focus on how teachers can create an
“anti-bullying climate” in their classes.
We believe this could be applied more broadly and provides a potential
breakthough in approaches to this crisis."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
