Bullying, Rejection, & Peer Victimization: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective [Hardcover]

Monica J. Harris PhD (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0826103782 | ISBN-13: 978-0826103789 | Publication Date: May 11, 2009 | Edition: 1

Both children and adults who experience chronic peer victimization are at considerable risk for a host of adverse psychological consequences, including depression, aggression, even suicidal ideation. Bullying, Rejection, and Peer Victimization is the only book that addresses bullying across the developmental spectrum, covering child, adolescent, and adult populations.

The contributors offer in-depth analyses on traditional aggression and victimization (physical bullying) as well as social rejection (emotional bullying). Peer and family relationships, relational aggression, and cyber-bullying are just a few of the important topics discussed.

Key Features:

• Analyzes both perpetrator's and victim's sides of the peer victimization experience
• Explores how gender traits influence aggression
• Investigates how family dynamics influence chronic peer victimization
• Examines the relationships between social status, power, and aggression

This text offers a wealth of insight into the experiences of victims of peer bullying, using cutting-edge theoretical perspectives, including social cognition, social ecology, genetics and genetic-environment interactions, and social cognitive neuroscience.

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About the Author

Monica J. Harris, PhD, received her doctorate from Harvard University in 1987, and is currently a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky where she teaches graduate and undergraduate level courses on statistics for the behavioral sciences, experimental research design, introduction to social psychology, and nonverbal behavior and interpersonal interaction. She is a member of the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Society for the Advancement in Social Psychology, and the Association for Research in Personality and is a member of the editorial boards for the Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Individual Differences Research, and Journal of Research in Personality. She is the author of approximately 60 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Over the past decade, the focus of her research interest has shifted to the topics of peer rejection, peer victimization, and bullying among children, adolescents, and adults. These topics form the basis of this, her first edited book.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 396 pages
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (May 11, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826103782
• ISBN-13: 978-0826103789
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,785,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Bullying, Rejection, & Peer Victimization: A Social Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective (Hardcover)

The editor of this book presents a vast compilation of clinical research studies on this topic. It is perhaps the only collection of research studies available on the subject of bullying and its effect on the brain published in one volume, and it is one of the best books available on the topic. It is thorough and densely informative. Harris contrasts current psychological, social psychological, and neurological perspectives on bullying, ostracism, and rejection. It is very circumspect. In all, fifteen scientific papers are admitted to the collection. All contributors are distinguished researchers.