"Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Words Will Never Hurt Me": Verbal Sexual Harassment Among Middle School Students.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will make me feel sick: the psychosocial, somatic, and scholastic consequences of peer harassment.

This study examined associations among peer victimization, psychosocial problems, physical symptoms, and school functioning across the 1st year in middle school. An ethnically diverse sample of urban 6th graders (N=1,526) reported on their perceptions of peer victimization, psychosocial adjustment, and physical symptoms during fall and spring. Objective measures of school functioning (i.e., gra...

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may also kill me: how culturally competent is political correctness?

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Relate to Adult Physiology? Child Abuse Experience and Women's Sympathetic Nervous System Response while Self-Reporting Trauma

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Relate to Adult Physiology? Child Abuse Experience and Women's Sympathetic Nervous System Response while Self-Reporting Trauma Rosemary E. Bernstein a , Jeffery R. Measelle a , Heidemarie K. Laurent a , Erica D. Musser b & Jennifer C. Ablow a a Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon , USA b Psychology Department , Florida...

Childhood Obesity Intervention Strategies :

With childhood obesity on the rise, schools are seeing the impact obesity has on academic progress and socialization of students. Overweight boys and girls were found to be the target of 2 bullying, negative rumors, verbal attacks, withdrawal of relationships, and loss in friendships. It was also reported that some overweight boys and girls also perpetrated physical acts of violence and bullyin...

Creating a Space for YAL with LGBT Content in Our Personal Reading: Creating a Place for LGBT Students in Our Classrooms

A dolescent literature is a source of both information and validation for today’s teenagers. As Adrian Fogelin revealed in her 2006 ALAN address, “Opening Middle School Minds with Young Adult Literature,” these texts act as “mirrors” for readers who face challenges like those faced by characters in the texts and as “windows” for readers who don’t. Young adult literature (YAL) with lesbian, gay,...