The core feature of the Research Conference on Relational Aggression is collaboration, both within the conference itself and fostering continued collaboration long after the conference. An important ...

A new study suggests that educators, particularly in urban schools, should teach elementary school-aged girls problem-solving skills and provide them leadership opportunities as a way to reduce their ...

Research over the past few decades has shown that viewing physical violence in the media can increase aggression in adults and children. But a new study has also found that onscreen relational ...

Classroom management can be difficult, with students socializing in both positive and negative ways. Veteran teachers will tell you that students are very perceptive about peers who are causing ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Katie Hurley, author of “No More Mean Girls: The Secret to Raising Strong, Confident and Compassionate Girls,” is the senior clinical adviser of The Jed Foundation. She specializes ...

A new study out of Brigham Young University shows that relational aggression -– harming others through purposeful manipulation and damage to relationships -- may be associated with social prominence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you think of a child being bullied, you might envision a gang of boys surrounding a peer, taunting, teasing or even pushing ...

The “mean girl” narrative is so ingrained in our culture that many even consider it a “rite of passage” of sorts when it comes to surviving girlhood. We see it in the media. We see it in literature.

Long-term close relationships require a lot of work to maintain, and even the best of them may fall short at times from the ideals that we all hold about what constitutes a good relationship.