Bullying Among University Students: Cross-national Perspectives

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 12
Permissions......Page 19
PART I Overview......Page 20
1 What we know about bullying and cyberbullying among university students......Page 22
PART II The student experience......Page 34
2 The student voice......Page 36
3 The research student experience......Page 40
PART III The nature of bullying at university......Page 52
4 Do the roles of bully and victim remain stable from school to university? Theoretical considerations......Page 54
5 Homophobic and transphobic bullying in universities......Page 67
6 Stalking and violence among university students......Page 80
7 The relationship between mental health and bullying......Page 95
PART IV The social context of bullying at university......Page 110
8 Cyber-aggression among members of college fraternities and sororities in the United States......Page 112
9 Bullying at Greek universities: an empirical study......Page 129
10 Cross-cultural comparisons of bullying among university students: perspectives from Argentina, Estonia, Finland and the United States......Page 146
PART V Interventions and policies......Page 162
11 The role of the therapist in helping university students who have been bullied: a case study of sexual bullying......Page 164
12 Policies and procedures to address bullying at Australian universities......Page 176
13 Cyberbullying and rape culture in universities: defining the legal lines between fun and intentional harm......Page 191
PART VI Reflections......Page 210
14 Commentary: awakening and harnessing the sleeping dragon of student power......Page 212
15 Commentary: what universities can learn from workplace bullying research......Page 222
16 Epilogue: what can be done?......Page 226
Index......Page 230