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Shelley Hymel is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research focuses primarily within the fields of social sciences and psychology, addressing topics related to social psychology, education, and safety research. The work spans across themes such as bullying, victimization, aggression, education discipline and inequality, early childhood education and development, youth development and social support, intimate partner and family violence, gender, feminism, media, as well as stalking, cyberstalking, and harassment.

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including Andrew Hall, Wendy Craig, Karla Dhungana Sainju, Karin S. Frey, and Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi.

The following recent publications detail some of the areas of study pursued:

  • School climate and bystander responses to bullying, 2021, Psychology in the Schools
  • Honor, face, and dignity norm endorsement among diverse North American adolescents: Development of a Social Norms Survey, 2020, International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • Teen perceptions of adolescent dating violence, 2023, Journal of Adolescence
  • An International Investigation of Variability in Teacher Perceptions of Bias-Based Bullying and Their Likelihood of Intervening, 2025, International Journal of Bullying Prevention
  • Interface of Emotion and Social Competence, 2020, The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

Publication venues where their work has appeared include:

  • Psychology in the Schools
  • Journal of Adolescence
  • International Journal of Bullying Prevention
  • International Journal of Behavioral Development
  • The Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Development

The main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment

Subfields within their research include:

  • Social Psychology
  • Education
  • Safety Research
  • Health
  • Gender Studies

Best Publications

  • Loneliness in children.

    Steven R. Asher;Shelley Hymel;Peter D. Renshaw

  • The roles of social withdrawal, peer rejection, and victimization by peers in predicting loneliness and depressed mood in childhood

    Michel Boivin;Shelley Hymel;William M. Bukowski

  • What Can Be Done About School Bullying?: Linking Research to Educational Practice

    Susan M. Swearer;Dorothy L. Espelage;Tracy Vaillancourt;Shelley Hymel

  • A Reliable Sociometric Measure for Preschool Children.

    Steven R. Asher;Louise C. Singleton;Barbara R. Tinsley;Shelley Hymel

  • Children's Peer Relationships: Longitudinal Prediction of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems from Middle to Late Childhood.

    Shelley Hymel;Kenneth H. Rubin;Lynda Rowden;Lucy LeMare

  • Understanding the psychology of bullying: Moving toward a social-ecological diathesis-stress model

    Susan M. Swearer;Shelley Hymel

  • Moral disengagement among children and youth: a meta-analytic review of links to aggressive behavior

    Gianluca Gini;Tiziana Pozzoli;Shelley Hymel

  • Peer Experiences and Social Self-Perceptions: A Sequential Model.

    Michel Boivin;Shelley Hymel

  • Four decades of research on school bullying: an introduction

    Shelley Hymel;Susan M. Swearer

  • Cyber bullying and internalizing difficulties: above and beyond the impact of traditional forms of bullying

    Rina A. Bonanno;Shelley Hymel

  • Bullying: Are Researchers and Children/Youth Talking about the Same Thing?.

    Tracy Vaillancourt;Patricia McDougall;Shelley Hymel;Amanda Krygsman

  • Bullying Is Power

    Tracy Vaillancourt;Shelley Hymel;Patricia McDougall

  • Aggression and social status: the moderating roles of sex and peer‐valued characteristics

    Tracy Vaillancourt;Shelley Hymel

  • The changing face of bullying: An empirical comparison between traditional and internet bullying and victimization

    Danielle M. Law;Jennifer D. Shapka;Shelley Hymel;Brent F. Olson

  • Socioemotional Characteristics of Withdrawn and Aggressive Children.

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Xinyin Chen;Shelley Hymel

  • Do School Bullying and Student—Teacher Relationships Matter for Academic Achievement? A Multilevel Analysis

    Chiaki Konishi;Shelley Hymel;Bruno D. Zumbo;Zhen Li

  • Academic failure and school dropout: The influence of peers.

    Shelley Hymel;Colin Comfort;Kimberly Schonert-Reichl;Patricia McDougall

  • School climate, peer victimization, and academic achievement: results from a multi-informant study

    Weijun Wang;Tracy Vaillancourt;Heather L. Brittain;Patricia McDougall

  • Toward a process view of peer rejection and harassment.

    Michel Boivin;Shelley Hymel;Ernest V. E. Hodges

  • Sociability and Social Withdrawal in Childhood: Stability and Outcomes

    Kenneth H. Rubin;Shelley Hymel;Rosemary S. L. Mills

Frequent Co-Authors

Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt University of Ottawa
Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl
Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl University of British Columbia
Susan M. Swearer
Susan M. Swearer University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Ken J. Rotenberg
Ken J. Rotenberg Keele University
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin Université Laval
Amanda B. Nickerson
Amanda B. Nickerson State University of New York
Bruno D. Zumbo
Bruno D. Zumbo University of British Columbia
Charles E. Cunningham
Charles E. Cunningham McMaster University
Kenneth H. Rubin
Kenneth H. Rubin University of Maryland, College Park
Steven R. Asher
Steven R. Asher Duke University

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