Web & Database Resources

Take a look at these articles for some useful information and a broad look at what constitutes bullying/harassment, the impacts of it, as well as what can be done to stop it.

The Mental Health Impact of Bullying on Kids and Teens  - webpages from Mass General Brigham - McLean Hospital

StopBullying.gov - This website from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes a wide range of articles, audio/visual, and research resources on the topic of bullying, cyberbullying, and bullying prevention.  Many resources on getting help if you are being bullied as well.

The Pew Research Center created this report on Teens and Cyberbullying in 2022.

Information from the Clery Center about the Stop Campus Hazing Act (which just passed in the U.S. Senate in December 2024) - this page also includes definitions of hazing and links to prevention and action resources.

Kids Plus Pediatrics offers this guide for parents on hazing and hazing prevention on their website.

National Center for Victims of Crime provides this webpage for teens: Bulletins for Teens: Bullying and Harassment

Articles found in the Vermont Online Library:

Hazing - an excellent reference entry defining hazing and an overview of how it appears in various arenas (2023)

"The first federal anti-hazing bill has passed the Senate, a years long effort by families who lost their children" - December 2024 article from the Philadelphia Inquirer

Differences Between Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying (2022)

Cyberbullying and Victimization: An Examination of Online and Health Risk Behaviors in High School (2021)

Video & Audio Resources