University Of Illinois Study Links Disability Characteristics To Bullying

Circle Connections: New Products & Services A new University study suggests that psychosocial problems associated with disabilities serve as risk factors for bullying and victimization. The study focused on psychosocial factors, such as depression, aggression, anxiety and hostility, that can predict bullying and victimization among students with disabilities. One of the main goals of the study was to raise awareness of the issue regarding how students with disabilities are over-represented as both bullies and victims in other studies of peer aggression. In terms of bullying prediction, students who reported that they engaged in delinquent behaviors were 17 times more . . .