Elucidating College Students' Cyberstalking Victimization Experiences.

Given that college students are high users of social media, an exploration of their experiences with cyberstalking victimization on social media is imperative. In this cross-sectional online survey study, 200 college student participants at a large state university (Mage = 19.93, SD = 1.72) were recruited. The online survey asked participants to self-identify as targets of cyberstalking; those who identified themselves as having had an experience with cyberstalking victimization were asked questions about their experience, including their relationship with the perpetrator, the duration of their experience, when the experience occurred, and the behaviors that were enacted by the perpetrator, both off and on social media. Analyses included assessing prevalence and descriptive statistics. Among participants, 14 percent self-identified as experiencing victimization. The majority (82.1 percent) experienced victimization from either a peer who was not a friend, a stranger, or an ex-romantic partner. Regarding the duration of experiences, 82.1 percent reported their experience lasted 6 months or fewer, and for the majority (67.9 percent), their experience happened over 1 year ago. Of targets, 96.4 percent experienced a communication technology behavior, whereas 92.9 percent experienced a behavior that occurred on social media. Potential implications include widening the scope of examination of cyberstalking victimization experiences in research and screening for cyberstalking victimization in college settings.

Resection Status Does Not Impact Recurrence in Well-Differentiated Liposarcoma of the Extremity.

BACKGROUND: Well-differentiated liposarcoma (WDLPS) is a low-grade soft tissue sarcoma with a propensity for local recurrence. The necessity of obtaining microscopically free surgical margins (R0) to minimize local recurrence is not clear. This study evaluates recurrence-free survival (RFS) of extremity WDLPS in relation to resection margin status. METHODS: A retrospective review of adult patients with primary extremity WDLPS at seven US institutions from 2000 to 2016 was performed. Patients with recurrent tumors or incomplete resection (R2) were excluded. Clinicopathologic factors were analyzed to assess impact on local RFS. RESULTS: 97 patients with primary extremity WDLPS were identified. The majority of patients had deep, lower extremity tumors. Mean tumor size was 18.2±8.9cm. Patients were treated with either radical (76.3%) or excisional (23.7%) resections; 64% had R0 and 36% had microscopically positive (R1) resection margins. Ten patients received radiation therapy with no difference in receipt of radiation between R0 vs R1 groups. Thirteen patients (13%) developed a local recurrence with no difference in RFS between R0 vs R1 resection. Five-year RFS was 59.5% for R0 vs 85.2% for R1. Only one patient died of disease after developing dedifferentiation and distant metastasis despite originally having an R0 resection. DISCUSSION: In this large multi-institutional study of surgical resection of extremity WDLPS, microscopically positive margins were not associated with an increased risk of recurrence. Positive microscopic margin resection for extremity WDLPS may yield similar rates of local control while avoiding a radical approach to obtain microscopically negative margins.

Bullying Victimization Type and Feeling Unsafe in Middle School.

Given their significance to school violence, this study quantifies the association between bullying victimization and perceptions of safety separately for victimization where the type is not specified versus victimization that is physical in nature. Generalized liner mixed modeling was employed with 5,138 sixth- to eighth-grade students in 24 schools who self-reported on their bullying victimization and perceptions of school safety on an anonymous survey in fall 2015. Results indicate a multiplicative interaction exists with regard to the odds of feeling unsafe at school among those who were bullied at all (odds ratio [ OR] = 3.1) compared to those who were bullied physically ( OR = 9.12). For school nurses who work with students with a variety of concerns and health issues, this research indicates that the use of bullying victimization as an outcome, proxy and/or predictor, requires inquiry into the type of bullying experienced to aid in the care and support received.