The Science Of Childhood Bullying & Adult Mental Health - Dr Tracy Vaillancourt

Dr Tracy Vaillancourt is a professor at the University of Ottawa, a researcher and an author with a focus on the link between violence and mental health. A common feature of every generation’s schooling experience is the presence of bullying. Top psychologists over the years have wrestled with the issue and developed intervention after intervention, and yet it still persists. How can society eradicate bullying once and for all? Expect to learn why people bully and the different types of bullies, the common characteristics of victims of bullying, how bullies view their victims, why it happens so much in school particularly, how to overcome bullying as an adult and much more… - 00:00 How Much Research is Being Done Into Bullying? 04:38 The Motivations for Bullying 07:57 Personality Profile of a Typical Bully 13:08 Are All Bullies From Broken Homes? 15:33 The Components of Bullying 20:17 The Types of People Who Get Bullied 23:07 Bullies & The Need to Belong 27:29 Ethnic Group Differences in Bullying 29:20 Are Obese Kids More Likely to Be Bullied? 33:02 How Boys & Girls Bully Differently 42:46 What We Learn From Our Parents 47:57 Bullying of LGBT Youth 52:30 How Do Bullies View Their Victims? 57:01 Why Bullying Is Especially Common in Schools 1:01:40 How Bullying Impacts an Individual 1:10:33 Overcoming Bullying as an Adult 1:15:34 Does Bullying Build Resilience? 1:18:29 How Effective Are The Interventions? 1:29:24 How Increased Supervision Reduces Bullying 1:34:38 Parents Who Were Bullied 1:36:57 Differences Between Childhood & Workplace Bullying 1:40:52 Where to Find Tracy - Get access to every episode 10 hours before YouTube by subscribing for free on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn or Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic here - https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/