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A Study Of The Influence Of Parent Advocacy, Media Coverage, And Social Events On State Legislation On Bully-Suicide Prevention, Christina Marie Benitez
A Study Of The Influence Of Parent Advocacy, Media Coverage, And Social Events On State Legislation On Bully-Suicide Prevention, Christina Marie Benitez
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The focus of this study was to ascertain what, if any, were the commonalities and differences between and among bully-suicide victims between the ages of nine and eighteen. The focus of this study additionally was to determine to what extent, if any, was there a relationship between parent advocacy, media coverage, and/or a social event related to bully-suicide and the implementation or amending of state anti-bullying legislation. Bully-suicide victims (N = 92) from throughout the United States whose information was available through Internet search engines were included in this study. Further, state legislators (N = 50) who sponsored their states …