A paper published in the December 2008 issue of the Journal of School Nursing provides an extensive review of the literature surrounding the impact of peer bullying on adolescent male victims in terms of somatic and emotional consequences of being victimized. Research into school shooters has been limited to date but available studies have found that a significant number of them were adolescents who were targets of bullies and claimed their shootings were in response to their victimization. While there is no consistent profile of the school shooter, research has suggested various dynamics that contribute to an environment that can predispose a community to a school shooting. No published nursing research has examined the relationship between bullying and the school shooter or that of adolescents who experience peer bullying. Despite findings from other disciplines, such as law enforcement, education, sociology, and psychology, school nurses need to be part of the team to recognize the bullied teen and intervene before there are serious life-threatening consequences.
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