Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Researchers studying bullying, victimization, and aggression examine how repeated harmful behavior between peers — whether face-to-face or through digital platforms — shapes the psychological development of children and adolescents. The work draws on social psychology to understand not just the harm done to victims, but also the motivations and social dynamics that sustain aggressive behavior, including how school environments either enable or interrupt these patterns. A persistent open question is how exposure to violent media, particularly video games, interacts with existing tendencies toward aggression — a debate that remains unsettled despite decades of study. Increasingly, researchers are also asking what kinds of school-based interventions actually shift peer norms at scale, rather than simply targeting individual behavior.

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BullyingCyberbullyingAggressionPeer VictimizationSchool ClimateViolent Video Games