Tuesday 1 April 2014

Popularity Increases the Risk of Getting Bullied in Adolescence

For most adolescents, becoming more popular increases their risk of getting bullied and worsens the negative consequences of being victimized, a new study has found. "Most people probably would not think that having a higher social status would increase the risk of being targeted, but with few exceptions, that's what we find," said the study's lead author Robert Faris, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California-Davis. "It's kind of a hidden ...

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