Anti-bullying program reduces malicious gossip on school playgrounds
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
Elementary school students who participated in a three-month anti-bullying program in Seattle schools showed a 72 percent decrease in malicious gossip. The study is the first to show that the widely-used Steps to Respect bullying prevention program can curb children's gossip, an element of playground culture often seen as harmless but capable of causing real harm.