When you think of a child being bullied, you might envision a gang of boys surrounding a peer, taunting, teasing or even pushing and shoving -- the Hollywood version. But what about when a group of ...

A 9-year-old girl is confused by the behavior of her friends. She fears that they don't want to be her friends anymore, but she's confused by the mixed messages she's getting. They invite her to sit ...

A high school senior recounted the past few weeks to me, trying to find the point where everything went wrong. She read through old text messages and dissected all her social media posts as well as ...

The core feature of the Research Conference on Relational Aggression is collaboration, both within the conference itself and fostering continued collaboration long after the conference. An important ...

Emotional bullying may not be something you knew about. But, if you have a young daughter, sister, or friend, have you ever experienced her coming home from school feeling both confused and upset?

(WTNH)– When you mention aggression in kids, most of us think hitting, shoving, or even hair pulling. Less obvious is relational aggression — teasing or being excluded. Both could damage a child’s ...

When a targeted program to reduce relational aggression among at-risk girls is shared with the entire classroom, the entire class benefits -- not just the aggressive girls for whom the program was ...

It's no accident that Jamie M. Ostrov holds a third-degree black belt in karate and also specializes in relational aggression. Never a victim of school-yard fisticuffs himself as a boy, Ostrov, an ...

A 13-year-old boy fights back tears as he describes near constant harassment by three of his peers. On a good day, they call him a girl. On a bad day, they threaten to hurt him, call him unspeakable ...