KFBK - A new study out of UC Davis offers a different perspective on schoolyard bullying.
In contrast to the stereotype of wallflowers as the target, UC Davis Sociology Professor Robert Faris says teenage students who are relatively popular are now classified as the invisible victims of school-based aggression.
The study, which looked at more than 4,000 North Carolina teens, found that while socially marginalized students are often picked on, a single bullying event may be more psychologically damaging for popular students, who feel they have much more to lose socially.
Faris wants to remind students not to take popularity in school so seriously.
Popular Bullying - W2 - by JamesRojasIn contrast to the stereotype of wallflowers as the target, UC Davis Sociology Professor Robert Faris says teenage students who are relatively popular are now classified as the invisible victims of school-based aggression.
The study, which looked at more than 4,000 North Carolina teens, found that while socially marginalized students are often picked on, a single bullying event may be more psychologically damaging for popular students, who feel they have much more to lose socially.Faris wants to remind students not to take popularity in school so seriously.
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