Child, Family & Development / Child Wellbeing
SUB-T02-038Bullying and Cyberbullying
Definition
Bullying and Cyberbullying is the systematic study and design of conditions, interventions and safeguards affecting children or families within child wellbeing.
Why this matters
Children have evolving capabilities and limited power over many systems affecting them. Errors in bullying and cyberbullying can create developmental, relational, educational, health or safety consequences that persist.
Research questions
Which detection, reporting and restorative responses reduce repeated bullying while protecting targets from retaliation?
Hypotheses
Combined pattern detection and trusted-human response will outperform content removal alone.
Proposed methods
validated wellbeing scales, ecological momentary assessment, sleep and activity measures where appropriate, qualitative interviews, subgroup analysis and longitudinal follow-up; adapted specifically to Bullying and Cyberbullying; child-appropriate participatory methods; caregiver and practitioner input; age-stratified analysis; validated developmental measures; service-pathway testing; safeguarding review; delayed or longitudinal follow-up; implementation-fidelity assessment
Stakeholders and beneficiaries
children; families; clinicians; schools; youth services; public-health agencies; researchers; community organisations; bullying and cyberbullying specialists; lived-experience family advisory panel; independent child-rights reviewer