Sentences with phrase «decrease bullying at school»

It is designed to decrease bullying at school and help students build more supportive relationships with each other.

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«Overall, bullying and victimization is down in our schools and crime has decreased at our colleges and universities, but there is much work left to be done,» Peggy G. Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said in a statement.

Summary: New data indicate the first significant decrease in school - based bullying since the federal government began collecting that data in 2005, suggesting that efforts at the federal, state and local levels to prevent bullying may be paying off.

The magnitudes of the emotional support and cognitive stimulation scores were meaningful, with a 1 - SD increase in each of these scores at age 4 years associated with a 33 % decrease in the odds of being a bully in grade school.

Recent theoretical work suggests that bullying might arise out of early cognitive deficits — including language problems, imperfect causal understanding, and poor inhibitory control — that lead to decreased competence with peers, which over time develops into bullying.14, 15 A small number of studies provide circumstantial evidence that such a hypothesis might have merit7: 1 study found a link between poor early cognitive stimulation and (broadly defined) inappropriate school behavior, 16 and another found cognitive stimulation at age 3 years to be protective against symptoms of attention - deficit disorder at age 7 years.17 A study of Greek children found that academic self - efficacy and deficits in social cognition were related to bullying behavior.18 A large US national survey found that those who perceive themselves as having average or below - average academic achievement (as opposed to very good achievement) are 50 % to 80 % more likely to be bullies.8 Yet these studies are based on cross-sectional surveys, with the variables all measured at a single point in time.