Sexual Bullying Publications

Sexual Bullying Publications

Greater Adolescent Empathy Helps Prevent Bias-Based Cyberbullying - Florida Atlantic University study first to explore empathy types in early U.S. adolescents and the relationship to online bullying.

Romantic Relationships Buffer Gay and Lesbian Youth from Emotional Distress - Lesbian and gay youth showed significantly less psychological distress and were buffered against the negative effects of bullying and victimization when they were in a relationship.

Opinion: Sexual Harassment: Doing Nothing Not an Option - While the current discussions of sexual harassment have raised awareness for many, it will be meaningless unless it results in a change of behavior.

Resilience to Adversity Determines if Children Survive or Thrive When Bullied - Article looks at whether there is a major personal characteristic or trait that buffers and protects kids against internalizing the harm intended through bullying and cyberbullying.

Sexism in Sexual Assault Study - This Time Men Are The Target - Study debunks long-standing theory that sexual assault is not as emotionally traumatizing for men as it is for women.

Sexual Assault Victimization Disproportionately Affects Certain Minority College Students - Study reveals students who perceive their college campus is inclusive and welcoming of sexual and gender-minority people have lower odds of being victims of sexual assault.

LGBTQ+ - Risk of Sexual Assault, Harassment, Bullying and Hate Crimes - Study reveals lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people at higher risk for being victims of physical and sexual assault, harassment, bullying, and hate crimes.

Youth Survey Reveals Troubling Post-Election Spike in LGBTQ Bullying - Results of post-election survey of over 50,000 young people ages 13 to 18 reveals damaging fallout the United States November election has had on youth.

Sexual Victimization Perpetrated by Women More Common than Thought - Sexual Victimization Perpetrated by Women: Federal Data Reveal Surprising Prevalence assesses role of women as perpetrators of sexual abuse and provides estimates on prevalence of female sexual perpetration.

For Some Bullied LGBT Youth It Does Not Get Better - Discrimination, harassment and assault of LGBT youths is still very much a problem for about a third of adolescents.

Sexual Minority Bullying Hinders Positive Youth Development - University of Pittsburgh Public Health new research finds sexual-minority youths bullied twice as much as heterosexual peers.

Putting the Brakes on High School Bullies - U.S. multi-state study identifies most effective legislation that protects youth against bullying behaviors.

Cyberbullying: Parental Views on How Schools Should Respond - 1 in 5 parents say students who post online rumors about sex should be referred to police.

Domestic Violence Coalitions Can Reduce Intimate Partner Violence - Partner violence affects 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men and can leave people vulnerable to range of health problems including mental health issues.

Child Sexual Abuse: Definition and Information - Information and defining sexual exploitation or abuse of a child including sexual intercourse or its deviations.

Religion Can Help Female College Sex Victims - Religion can help college women who have been sexually victimized and have trouble trusting anyone after being assaulted.

LGBT Youth Deserve to Learn Free From Harassment and Bullying - New Safe Schools Improvement Act requires school districts to adopt codes of conduct prohibiting bullying and harassment.

Sexual Objectification Increases Female Fear of Crime - Explanation for why women fear face to face crime more than men, despite being less likely to experience most crimes.

Gay Bullying Explained in NoBullying Articles - NoBullying attempts to explain the factors, causes and cases of Gay Bullying in a series of articles in the spotlight today.

Homophobia, Transphobia and Hate Crime - NoBullying explores what homosexual and transsexual teens are facing in todays world regarding hate crime.

Post-trauma Effects of Unwanted Sexual Activity - Researchers found people who experienced institutional betrayal suffered post-trauma the most, including anxiety and dissociation.

Slut Discourse Use by Co-eds is a Form of Bullying - Viewing women only as victims of male sexual dominance fails to hold women accountable for roles they play in reproducing social inequalities.

Virtual Reality and Sexual Offending - Technology can be used to better gauge the reactions of sex offenders and assess their therapeutic progress.

Bullies in the Workplace - Approximately 54 million workers, or 35 percent of U.S. employees, are targeted by a bully at some point in their careers.

Psychological Abuse as a Child is as Harmful as Sexual or Physical Abuse - Children who are emotionally abused and neglected face similar and sometimes worse mental health problems as children who are physically or sexually abused.

Mean Girl Relational Aggression Can be Helped with Intervention - Researchers find intervention helps decrease mean girl behavior and reduces relational aggression in teen girls.