Sexual bullying: addressing the gap between bullying and dating violence.

Full Abstract

Millions of youth in the United States are involved in some aspects of bullying behavior. Increasing rates of youth violence, including horrific violent school events, have brought national attention upon the phenomenon. Bullying is a broad construct that covers a wide variety of behaviors from name calling to physical abuse, and it is associated with serious negative health outcomes. Sexual bullying appears to be antecedent to more severe forms of relationship violence, and it is proposed as a conceptual link between bullying and more advanced forms of sexualized violence, such as teen dating violence and adult forms of intimate partner violence.

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Author information

Author/s: Fredland, Nina M (NM);

Affiliation: Austin School of Nursing, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78701, USA. nfredland(-atsign-)mail.nur.utexas.edu

Grants: 1F31NR008176 (Agency:United States NINR) ; US4/CCU3199009 (Agency:United States PHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review

Journal: ANS. Advances in nursing science (ANS Adv Nurs Sci), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2008 Apr-Jun; vol 31 (issue 2) : pp 95-105

Dates: Created 2008/05/23; Completed 2008/06/19;

PMID: 18497586, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Adolescent
Aggression
Child
Courtship - psychology
Family
Female

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