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Bullying Has Negative Consequences For All Involved

Oct 10, 2019 By: Caroline B.R. Evans, Ph.D., North Carolina Youth Violence Prevention Center (NC YVPC) and Khiya J. Marshall, Dr.P.H., National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCIPC, CDC) and Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD, MSc, MA, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and StopBullying.gov Ed Board member and Paul R. Smokowski, Ph.D., NC YVPC, and School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas
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Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior characterized by repetition (i.e., it is repeated or has a high likelihood of being repeated), and a power imbala