Research Links Bullying With Lack Of Problem-Solving Skills

USA Today (7/9, Jayson) reports, "Children and teens who have poor problem-solving skills are more at risk of becoming bullies, victims or both than peers who don't have such difficulties, according to a new review of studies conducted over the past 30 years. And those with academic problems are even more likely to become bullies, says the research, in the June issue of the journal School Psychology Quarterly." According to USA Today, "Researchers from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and the University of California at Riverside looked at 153 studies," finding that one "who both bullies and is bullied also has negative attitudes and beliefs, trouble with social interaction and poor problem-solving skills and academic performance."