This book provides comprehensive coverage of bullying from expert researchers in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, sociology, criminology, counseling, and social work. It reflects our broadening perspectives on bullying that go beyond the archetype of the schoolyard bully, and addresses bullying in adolescence, adulthood, the workplace, and online settings. Authors present research related to predictive factors for bullying, victims and perpetrators of bullying, and prevention programs. They examine the relationship of gender to bullying and how bullying affects educational outcomes. Articles address the correlations between those who bully, their economic status, and family life. They discuss the burgeoning issue of cyberbullying, an issue for both adolescents and adults that is outpacing the legislation and solutions needed to cope with it. Articles consider issues of bullying in China and Germany, in metropolitan and rural settings. Teachers are not exempt from bullying, as discussed in a study of 70 teachers who were bullied by students. The articles also cover workplace bullying, a common scenario that can have deleterious affects not only on victim and perpetrator, but also on the work culture as a whole.

Introduction -- Gender, bullying victimization, and education / Ann Marie Popp, Anthony A. Peguero, Kristin R. Day and Lindsay L. Kahle -- Short-term stability and prospective correlates of bullying in middle-school students: an examination of potential demographic, psychosocial, and environmental influences / Dorothy L. Espelage, Kris Bosworth and Thomas R. Simon -- Understanding ecological factors associated with bullying across the elementary to middle school transition in the United States / Dorothy L. Espelage, Jun Sung Hong, Mrinalini A. Rao and Robert Thornberg -- Individual and social network predictors of physical bullying: a longitudinal study of Taiwanese early adolescents / Hsi-Sheng Wei and Wonjae Lee -- Psychometric properties of the cyberbullying questionnaire (CBQ) among Mexican adolescents / Manuel Gámez-Guadix, Fabiola Villa-George and Esther Calvete -- Do networking activities outside of the classroom protect students against being bullied? A field study with students in secondary school settings in Germany / Gerhard Blickle, James A. Meurs and Christine Schoepe -- The differential impacts of episodic, chronic, and cumulative physical bullying and cyberbullying: the effects of victimization on the school experiences, social support, and mental health of rural adolescents / Paul R. Smokowski, Caroline B.R. Evans and Katie L. Cotter -- Teachers bullied by students: forms of bullying and perpetrator characteristics / Teemu Kauppi and Maili Pörhölä -- Perpetrators and targets of bullying at work: role stress and individual differences / Stig Berge Matthiesen and Stale Einarsen -- Workplace bullying, emotions, and outcomes / Lars Glasø and Guy Notelaers.