Handspring Institute Webinar
Bullying Involvement: Mental Health Correlates and Consequences
Bullying Involvement: Mental Health Correlates and Consequences
November 23, 2026 12:00 PM
Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., LP
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What This Webinar Covers
Bullying is a significant public health issue that impacts individuals across the lifespan. This presentation will address the relationship between mental health correlates and consequences of bullying among school-aged youth. Participants will learn about the connections between mental health disorders and involvement in bullying. Participants will learn about two programs designed to help both perpetrators and targets of bullying. Research shows that perpetrators of bullying are best helped by an individualized intervention and targets of bullying are best helped by a group intervention. Both approaches will be offered as practical tools to help stop bullying behaviors and ameliorate their negative consequences.
Learning objectives. Participants will:
- Understand that bullying involvement is a mental and public health problem
- Learn about an individualized cognitive-behavioral intervention for bullying perpetrators
- Learn about an online group intervention for targets of bullying
- Understand the connections between depression, anxiety, conduct problems, and bullying involvement
About the Speaker
Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., LP
Susan M. Swearer, Ph.D., LP, is the Willa Cather Professor of Educational Psychology and Professor of School Psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. A licensed psychologist, she co-directs the Bullying Research Network and directs the BRAVE Lab. She has spent more than two decades developing and evaluating data-based strategies to reduce bullying among school-aged youth and has authored over 100 book chapters and articles on bullying, depression, and anxiety. Her Target Bullying Intervention Program was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and she has presented at the White House Bullying Prevention Conference. She co-authored Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools and the National Guard’s Helping Everyone Achieve Respect initiative. Her work connects research, practice, and the training of child and adolescent psychologists.