Bullying and Victimization Across the Lifespan

This book examines bullying and victimization at different points across the lifespan, from childhood through old age. It examines bullying at disparate ecological levels, such as within the family, in school, on the internet, at the work place, and between countries. This volume explores the connections between variations of bullying that manifests in multiple forms of violence and victimization. It also describes how bullying dynamics can affect individuals, families, and communities. Using a universal definition of bullying dynamics, chapters discuss bullying roles during different developmental periods across the lifespan. In addition, chapters review each role in the bullying dynamic and discuss behavioral health consequences, prevention strategies, and ways to promote restorative justice to decrease the impact of toxic bullying behaviors on society. The book concludes with recommendations for possible solutions and prevention suggestions.

Topics featured in this book include:

·         Mental health and the neurobiological impacts of bullying.

·         The prevalence of bystanders and their behavior in bullying dynamics.

·         The relationship between traditional bullying and cyberbullying.

·         How bullying causes trauma.

·         Sibling violence and bullying.

·         Bullying in intimate partner relationships.

·         Elder abuse as a form of bullying.

·         Why bullying is a global public health concern.

Bullying and Victimization Across the Lifespan is a must-have resource for researchers, professors, clinicians, and related professionals as well as graduate students in clinical child, school, and developmental psychology, social work, public health, and family studies as well as anthropology, social psychology, sociology, and criminology.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Playground Politics: How the Bullying Framework can be Applied to Multiple Forms of Violence.- Chapter 2. Roles Youth Play in the Bullying Dynamic and Theoretical Explanations for why Bullying Happens.- Chapter 3. Consequences of Bullying in Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood: An Ecological Perspective.- Chapter 4. To Intervene or Not Intervene? That is the Question: Bystanders in the Bullying Dynamic.- Chapter 5. Cyberbullying: Playground Politics (and Worse) in Cyberspace.- Chapter 6. Playground Politics at Home: Child Maltreatment and Sibling Violence.- Chapter 7. Bullying in Young Adulthood: College Hazing as a Form of Bullying.- Chapter 8. Bullying in Intimate Partner Relationships: Teen Dating Violence and Adult Intimate Partner Violence as Forms of Bullying.- Chapter 9. Playground Politics, Power, and Privilege in the Workplace: How Bullying Harassment Impacts Employees.- Chapter 10. Playground Politics Among Older Adults: How Elder Abuse Can Ruin the Golden Years.- Chapter 11. Bullying Between Societal Groups: Playground Politics on a Grand Scale.- Chapter 12. Playground Politics Across the Lifespan as a Public Health Crisis: Summarizing Bullying Prevalence, Effects, Cost, Possible Solutions, and Prevention Suggestions.