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Due Process and Unintended Consequences: Contradictions Between Campus Sexual Assault Support Services Create Barriers for Service Delivery Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Kathleen Ratajczak
Changes in Title IX policy feature questions about due process and procedures, however campus response to sexual violence includes a wide array of support professionals each with their own guiding ...
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A Prospective and Repeat Cross-Sectional Study of Bullying Victimization Among Adolescents From Before COVID-19 to the Two School Years Following the Pandemic Onset Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Karen A. Patte, Mahmood R. Gohari, Kristen M. Lucibello, Richard E. Bélanger, Ann H. Farrell, Scott T. Leatherdale
We examined bullying victimization spanning from before the pandemic to the two school years post COVID-19 onset in adolescents. We used survey data from Canadian secondary school students collecte...
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Examining the Intersection of Disability Status, Sexual Identity, Gender Identity, and Victimization Among College Students Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Leah E. Daigle, Katelyn P. Hancock, Christina Policastro, Sarah L. Napper
Research often finds persons with a disability, persons who are transgender non-conforming (TGNC), or who are sexual minorities experience increased victimization risk. Less research has examined h...
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School Goal Structures and Violence Against Educators Before and During COVID-19 Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Eric M. Anderman, Andrew H. Perry, Hyun Ji Lee, Susan D. McMahon, Ron A. Astor, Dorothy L. Espelage, Andrew Martinez, Linda A. Reddy, Frank C. Worrell
We examined relations of U.S. teachers’ perceptions of mastery and performance goal structures to violence perpetrated against them before and during COVID-19. We hypothesized that perceptions of a...
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Assessing the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Perceptions of School Safety and Emergency Preparedness in the Context of Lockdown Drills Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Jaclyn Schildkraut, Amanda B. Nickerson, Matt Vogel, Abbie Finnerty
Although lockdown drills are a practice widely used in K-12 public schools across the United States to prepare students and staff to respond to acts of violence, research has only just begun to con...
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LGBTQ+ Students’ Sense of Belonging and Harassment: Results from the 2017–2018 School Survey on Crime and Safety Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Caroline Reale-Smith, Mario I. Suárez
Research on LGBTQ+ students and their sense of belonging in public schools is necessary; minoritized students deserve to feel safe, validated, and valued in a space where they belong. Using the 201...
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Commentary About Racial/Ethnic Equity and School Safety Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Nadine P. Frederique
There is a rich history of research examining the racial/ethnic disparities in school safety, school discipline, school climate and school achievement. While rich and informative, these lines of in...
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Introduction to Racial/Ethnic Equity and School Safety Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Anthony Peguero, Patricia Campie, Maury Nation
Racial/ethnic disparities and inequities in regard to community crime, educational experiences and outcomes, and school safety for youth in the United States are evident; however, race/ethnicity is...
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Creating a Process for Equitable Action to Prevent School and Community Violence Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Patricia Campie, Anthony Peguero, Jonathan Scaccia, Allyson Pakstis, Brittany Cook
This article presents the Readiness for Solutions to Lower Violence Model (ReSOLV) a model generated from Elinor Ostrom’s Institutional Analysis Framework, as an alternative approach for adopting e...
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Are Schools Stricter at the Border? Investigating the Relationships Between School Strictness, Juvenile Justice, and the Border Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Kay S. Varela, Janice Iwama, Miner P. Marchbanks III, Krystlelynn Caraballo, Anthony A. Peguero, Jamilia Blake, John M. Eason, Jun Sung Hong
Immigration disparities are associated with strict school climates and juvenile justice. Place also matters concerning school strictness and disproportionate minority contact for minority youth. Wh...
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Feelings of Safety and Belonging in High School for Asian American Students Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Hannah Tessler, Meera Choi, Grace Kao
This study examines the experiences of school bullying and racism among Asian American Pacific Islander (henceforth AAPI) high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asian students who repor...
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“Ain’t Nobody About to Trap me”: The Violence of Multi-System Collusion and Entrapment for Incarcerated Disabled Girls of Color Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Brianna Harvey, Brian Cabral, Subini Ancy Annamma, Jamelia Morgan
Incarcerated disabled Girls of Color reside and exist within a nexus of systems that continually entrap them through the ongoing use of carceral logics. Utilizing interviews from a larger qualitati...
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Excluded and Erased: The Conspicuous Absence of Native Children in Research on School Discipline Disparities Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Addie C. Rolnick
Despite extensive scholarly and policy attention to the phenomenon of racially disparate school discipline, its negative effect on academic achievement, and its relationship to later criminal syste...
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Connections Between the Racial/Ethnic Make-Up of the Student Body and School Safety Personnel Use Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Andrea N. Montes, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Angelica Lopez, Brooke Johnson, Alexis Klemm, Kay S. Varela, Anthony Peguero
Few studies empirically compare the approaches law enforcement officers (LEOs) and school mental health professionals (SMHPs) use to keep schools safe. Such comparisons are important for improving ...
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The Role of Social Emotional Competencies in Student Discipline and Discipline Disparities Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Krista M. Davis, Maury Nation, Caroline Christopher, Benjamin W. Fisher
While research suggests that social emotional competencies (SECs) influence students’ disciplinary outcomes, less is known of their potential to explain racial disparities or grade level difference...
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Did It Get Better? The Realities of Queer and Trans Youth of Color in K-12 Schools Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Kevin L. Nadal, Wiston Rodriguez, Emerson Tejeda, D’Andrah Almanzar, Sheharyar Hussain, D. R. Gina Sissoko
The lived experiences of queer and trans people of color (QTPOC) youth are significantly influenced by the various environments they navigate – including but not limited to their families, schools,...
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Sexual Violence in Public Schools in the United States Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Sesha Kethineni, Mariola Moeyaert, Kaviya Shanker, Dayanand Sundaravadivelu
In the United States, sexual violence in K–12 public schools saw a 55% increase in incidents from the 2015–2016 school year to the 2017–2018 school year. These incidents included sexual violence by...
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Impact of Peer Victimization on Adolescent Suicidality and Depressed Mood: Moderating Role of Protective Factors Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Emily A. Waterman, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Katie M. Edwards, Victoria L. Banyard
This study examined how changes in cumulative peer victimization are associated with depressed mood and suicidality among adolescents over time, as well as whether certain protective factors (e.g.,...
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Student Race, School Police, and the School-To-Prison Pipeline: Mixed Evidence of Indirect Pathways Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Michael Heise, Jason P. Nance
While research consistently finds that increases in a school’s SRO/police presence correspond with increases in the rate of school referrals of student disciplinary incidents to law enforcement age...
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An Exploratory Analysis Examining the Relationship Between Protective and Risk Factors of Bullying and Hate Crime Victimization Within Schools Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Hunter M. Boehme, John D. Burrow, Sohee Jung
Over the years, scholars have argued that there are similarities and differences between bullying and hate crimes within Americas’ schools. However, no known study has tested the claims that bullyi...
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Exploring the Impact of Multiple Predictors on Teachers’ Willingness to Intervene in Relational Bullying: The Moderating Role of Victim-Blaming Tendency Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Li-Ming Chen
This study examined how normative beliefs, identification scores, perceived severity, self-efficacy in intervention, and victim-blaming tendencies impact teachers’ willingness to intervene in relat...
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Interrogative Prerogatives: A Content Analysis of Police Policies on School-Based Interviews and Interrogations Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Rachel Leigh Greenspan, Abigail Novak, Remy Heinen
Children increasingly interact with police on school grounds. Most research on police in schools focuses on school safety. However, police also question children at school as witnesses, suspects, a...
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LGBTQ Microaggression on the Campus: A Systematic Review Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Sucharita Maji, Kumari Sarika
Microaggression experienced by LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and having other sexual orientations and gender identities) persons have been exhaustively st...
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Cyberbullying in the UK: The Effect of Global Crises on the Victimization Rates Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Helena Charlotte Peck, Calli Tzani, David Lester, Thomas James Vaughan Williams, Josefa Page
Previous research has shown that the utilization of electronic devices with internet access has increased rapidly over the past years. With that increase, comes the increased victimization of inter...
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Biased and Nonbiased Victimization at School: Perceived Impacts Among Victimized Youth in a National Sample Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Allison Kurpiel
A vast literature examines the negative effects of school victimization. However, there are few studies comparing the impacts of biased and nonbiased victimization. Extant research also rarely asse...
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Risk and Resiliency Factors Associated with School Bullying and Cyberbullying Among Adolescents in Mediterranean Countries Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Rotem Maor, Tesler Riki, Giladi Ariela, Ben-Meir Lilach, Jerassi Meital, Adilson Marques, Harel-Fisch Yossi
School bullying and cyberbullying are serious public health problems that negatively affect the lives of school-aged children. We examined the correlation between risk behaviors and lack of resilie...
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College Students’ Attitudes Toward Denying Admission to Prospective Students with Criminal Records Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Alexander L. Burton, Haley N. Puddy, Sunmin Hong, Velmer S. Burton Jr, William T. Miller
Each year, thousands of prospective students are denied admission to universities because they possess a criminal record. Prior research finds that university officials and faculty are generally ac...
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“Information is power:” Promoting a Safer Environment for College Students to Report Sexual Violence Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Lindsay Smith, Pallie Swartz, Yasemin Irvin-Erickson
Most college students do not report sexual violence (SV) incidents reportable under Title IX to their universities. Several studies focus on Title IX in regard to gender equality in sports or SV su...
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Exploring the Connection Between Food Insecurity and Sexual Victimization Among College Students Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Leah E. Daigle, Raven B. Muñoz, Katelyn P. Hancock
A small body of research has identified a positive relationship between food insecurity and victimization risk, including intimate partner violence and sexual violence victimization as well as expe...
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A Review of US State and Federal Policies Related to Campus Sexual Misconduct Surveys Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Sarah McMahon, Sara M. Thomas, Julia Cusano, Julia Anne Maxwell, Allison Brachmann, Rachel Connor
The administration of campus climate surveys has proliferated across the United States at institutions of higher education to help respond to sexual misconduct. This study reviews existing state le...
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Supporting the Chronically Bullied Child: A Competency-Based Framework for Elementary School Teachers Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Samantha Gregus, Sarah L. Smith, Timothy A. Cavell
Described is an effort to develop and gather feedback on a competency-based framework designed to assist elementary school teachers in their support of children who are chronically bullied. Drawing...
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A Review of Factors Affecting Teacher Intervention in Peer Bullying Incidents: A Call for More Nuanced Professional Development Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Shannon O O’Brien, Marilyn Campbell, Chrystal Whiteford
Bullying, once considered a “rite of passage” among school children, is increasingly recognized as a serious public health issue. Schools are tasked to both prevent and intervene effectively in bul...
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An Examination of Texas K-12 Teachers’ Opinions on Teacher and Staff Gun Carrying Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Benjamin P. Comer, Eric J. Connolly, Matthew B. Fuller
While previous studies have assessed public opinions for arming teachers in K-12 schools in the United States, comparatively less research has focused on understanding teachers’ opinions for such p...
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School Bullying Victimization and Suicidal Tendency Among Chinese Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Internalizing Problems and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Xinhong Wang, Yujin Liu, Shupeng Lyu, Tingshuai Ge, Quanbao Jiang
Adolescent suicide has become an increasingly serious social problem in China. Bullying victimization was found to be an influential factor of suicidal tendency, but less attention has been paid to...
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Mediating Roles of Self-Esteem and Empathy in the Relation Between Mindfulness and Cyberbullying Perpetration Among Adolescents: A Longitudinal Perspective Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Caimeng Liu, Guangzhe Frank Yuan, Hong Wang Fung, Jingjing Zhao, Wei Shi, Yuanyuan An, Jiaxin Liu
Prior research has documented that mindfulness is negatively associated with aggressive behaviors. Recently, studies have examined mediating psychological constructs that account for the relationsh...
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Classroom Disruptiveness and Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Office Discipline Referrals Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Peter S. Lehmann
ABSTRACT Prior research has shown that Black and Hispanic students are more likely to experience office discipline referrals than White youth, and the magnitude of these inequalities has been found to vary by gender. However, it remains unclear whether racial/ethnic and gender disparities in office referrals might be amplified among students in more disruptive classroom environments. Analyses of data
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Assessing the Feasibility of a Text Message Intervention to Promote Bystander Intervention to Adolescents Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Rebecca R. Ortiz, Andrea Smith
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and implementation of a text message intervention to teach adolescents bystander intervention strategies. Adolescents (N = 123) engaged daily for 15 days with bystander education materials and questions sent to them by text message to their personal cell phones. The likelihood to intervene on social media increased over the course of
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Trends in Bias-Based Bullying from 2015 to 2019 and the Associations Among Bias-Based Bullying, School Avoidance, and Supportive Adults at School Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 HyunGyung Joo, Hyemi Lee, Bianca Rodriguez
ABSTRACT This study examines the prevalence of bias-based bullying and the associations among bias-based bullying, negative effects, school avoidance, and supportive adults. Frequency analysis and moderated mediation analysis were conducted using a national sample of adolescents aged 12 to 18 in the U.S. from the 2015, 2017, and 2019 National Crime Victimization Survey School Crime Supplement. Among
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Dimensions of Empathy and Bystander Intervention Action in Bullying Across Age Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Suravi Changlani, Lyndsay Jenkins, Yanyun Yang
ABSTRACT This study aimed to extend the literature by examining how bystander intervention (i.e. when a witness to a bullying episodes does something to address the situation) varies with respect to the type of bystander intervention (i.e. direct intervention, emotional intervention, involving an adult, ignore) across victim status (friend, unknown), intervener age (elementary, high school), and dimensions
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Cyberbullying victimization and the COVID-19 pandemic: a routine activity perspective Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Rachael A. Schilling, Wenjin Wang
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 pandemic-induced shift to online learning resulted in students spending more time online while quarantining. Using data collected before and during the pandemic from representative samples of eighth graders, we explored differences in cyberbullying victimization, including factors in students’ daily lives that may contribute to cyberbullying, before and during COVID-19 through
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Relationship Between Cyberbullying, Positive Mental Health, Stress Symptoms and Teachers' Cybercompetence Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Julia Brailovskaia, Stephanie L. Diez, Jürgen Margraf
ABSTRACT The present study investigated how teachers’ cyberbullying experiences are associated with their mental health. Data of 372 school teachers in Germany were assessed via online surveys. Overall, 91.1% of the teachers reported that cyberbullying is an issue at their school, and 69.9% wanted more training in how to manage cyberbullying. In a moderated mediation analysis, the positive association
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“Let there be Peace”: An Exploratory Study of Peace Education as a Strategy to Combating School-Based Violence in South African Secondary Schools Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Ntokozo Dennis Ndwandwe, Olufemi Timothy Adigun
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to discuss issues of school-based violence and how some secondary schools have been able to achieve relative peace. Framed by the Integrative Peace Theory, the study provided answers to three research questions. The qualitative research design was employed, and data was collected with semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Participants were comprised
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Implementation of SafeVoice Nevada: A Statewide Anonymous Tip Line for School-Age Youth Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Al Stein-Seroussi, Sean Hanley, Marguerite Grabarek, Tricia Woodliff
ABSTRACT The State of Nevada launched the SafeVoice anonymous tip line to prevent harmful events in schools and to promote student safety, health, and wellbeing. SafeVoice is a joint effort of the Nevada Department of Education and Nevada Department of Public Safety. Since its inception in 2017, more than 27,000 tips have been submitted across the state. This article, which presents one of the first
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Examination of Aggression and School Attitudes of High School Students Exposed to Teacher Violence and Peer Bullying Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-06-01 Muhammet Ünlü, Raşit Avci
ABSTRACT This study primarily aimed to examine whether high school students’ exposure to teacher violence and peer bullying predicts their aggressive behaviors and attitudes toward school. The study group of the research included a total of 880 secondary education students (473 girls, 407 boys) (mean age: 16.26) studying in different cities of Turkey. The research utilized measures including “Personal
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Exploring Title IX Sexual Misconduct Policies in Higher Education: An Examination into the Breadth and Depth of Policies’ Content Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Caitlin E. Krause, Georgia M. Winters, Leah E. Kaylor, Bennett Heitt, Elizabeth L. Jeglic
ABSTRACT Schools are required to have written policies regarding the handling of sexual misconduct cases, but little research has examined the content of these policies. This study explored the content of Title IX sexual misconduct policies for 200 universities in the U.S. specifically assessing if the content is in line with the Title IX regulations set forth by the Trump administration. The results
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Friendly Teasing or Traumatic Bullying? Examining the Conditioning Effect of Social Distance on the Negative Psychological Outcomes of Homophobic Name-Calling Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Kai Lin, Lin Liu
ABSTRACT This study examined homophobic name-calling among 2,161 middle school students in the US and found that those who had experienced homophobic name-calling fared significantly worse than those who had never experienced it, regardless of whether they were called names by rivals, strangers, or friends. While this study also found evidence that the adverse mental health effect of homophobic name-calling
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More is Not Always Better: Examining the Cumulative Effects of School Safety Policies on Perceptions of School Safety for Youth of Color Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Leigh Rauk, Carissa J. Schmidt, Karissa Pelletier, Justin E. Heinze, Rebecca M. Cunningham, Patrick M. Carter, Marc A. Zimmerman
ABSTRACT In response to fears regarding high-profiled school shootings and firearm violence, schools transformed dramatically, implementing school safety measures such as school police, armed security, metal detectors, and active shooter drills. This study used nationally representative data to assess the relationship between school safety policies and student perceptions of school safety for Youth
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Anger Rumination Vs. Revenge Planning: Divergent Associations with Aggression and Life Satisfaction Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Isaias M. Contreras, Raymond W. Novaco
ABSTRACT Rumination about anger experiences prolongs anger arousal and increases the likelihood of aggression. School violence perpetrators have ruminated angrily. Research measures and personal accounts of anger rumination often contain revenge-planning as a subtheme, the relevance of which has received insufficient attention in accounting for aggressive behavior. This study differentially examines
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Extending the Link Between Family Financial Stress and Bullying Victimization of Children: A Moderated Mediation Model Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Lin Wang, Shan Jiang, Yuhang Cheng, Ziyao Zhou
ABSTRACT This study aims to examine the association between family financial stress and bullying victimization by incorporating peer and teacher – student relationships into a moderated mediation model. Based on a sample of 40,772 children from the International Survey of Children’s Well-Being, results posit that the link between family financial stress and bullying victimization is mediated by peer
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Bullying as Determinant of Academic Performance. A Case Study for the Community of Madrid Using Administrative Data Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Gisela Rusteholz, Mauro Mediavilla, Luis Pires
ABSTRACT Bullying is a problem that affects children and teenagers around the world and its repercussions can endure throughout adult life. The main objective of this research is to study the incidence of bullying on the academic performance of students in schools in the Madrid Region. The databases used are those of Competency Tests, a census evaluation carried out on all 10th grade students in Madrid
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Exposure to Violence at School and School-Related Promotive Factors Among Adolescents in Urban Settings Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-08 Hsing-Fang Hsieh, Briana A. Scott, Sarah A. Stoddard, Marc A. Zimmerman, Michael J. Kleinsasser, Justin Heinze
ABSTRACT We examined the effect of multiple school-related, resilience-promotive factors against exposure to violence (ETV) at school among an urban sample of 6th-grade students (n = 441, 57% female, mean age = 11.81), 90% identify as students of color. Using multilevel mixed-effects linear models, we analyzed two waves of data (baseline and 4-month follow-up). ETV is associated with subsequent higher
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Associations Between Peer Relationships and Cyber Aggression: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Guangming Ran, Jing Ren, Qi Zhang, Huizhen Fan
ABSTRACT Results of associations between positive or negative peer relationships and cyber aggression are inconclusive. Thus, this study performed two separate three-level meta-analytic models to synthesize existing researches with the goal of obtaining reliable estimates of effect sizes and conducting moderator analyses. The results revealed a significant negative association between positive dimension
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Middle School Students’ Experiences with Cyberbullying and Perspectives Toward Prevention and Bystander Intervention in Schools Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Candice Biernesser, Mary Ohmer, Lisa Nelson, Elizabeth Mann, Rosta Farzan, Beth Schwanke, Ana Radovic
ABSTRACT Cyberbullying is a growing problem for middle school students. Bystander interventions that train witnesses to positively intervene can prevent cyberbullying. Through six focus groups, we explored forty-six middle school students’ experiences with cyberbullying and opportunities for school-based prevention programs to encourage positive bystander behavior. Focus groups were recorded, transcribed
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Relationship Between Date Rape Attitudes, Rape Myths and Experiences with Sexual Violence Among Ivorian College Students Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-02-23 Francis D. Boateng, Nabi Youla Doumbia, Bassey Kooffreh, Charlotte Omane Kwakye-Nuako
ABSTRACT Sexual violence is a global issue facing countries around the world. However, this problem is more prevalent in countries that have experienced protracted conflict. The present study explored the complex relationship between date rape attitudes, rape myths, and sexual violence using data from Ivory Coast. Two hundred college students from one of the major cities in Ivory Coast were invited
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Classroom-Level Authoritative Teaching and Its Associations with Bullying Perpetration and Victimization Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Mattias Kloo, Robert Thornberg, Linda Wänström
ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to investigate and clarify the association between authoritative teaching at the classroom level and bullying perpetration and victimization among Swedish upper elementary school students. For this purpose, authoritative teaching was analyzed both as combined construct, and as the effects of the two dimensions that characterize authoritative teaching (i.e.
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Faculty and Staff Perceptions of Mandatory Reporting Policies and Title IX: A National Perspective Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-02-15 Christina Mancini, Sarah Koon-Magnin
ABSTRACT Many post-secondary institutions have implemented mandatory reporting (MR) requiring employees to report knowledge of sexual misconduct. Understanding employee perceptions (e.g., benefits/drawbacks) and experiences (e.g., reporting disclosure) is important given this responsibility. Accordingly, this study analyzes responses from a recent survey that polled faculty and staff concerning MR
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College Students’ Perceptions of Campus Safety Before and After Concealed Carry Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 John Garrett Tanner, William L. Kelemen
ABSTRACT We assessed college students’ perceptions of safety related to concealed carry of firearms on a university campus. Explicit assessments were collected before passage, before implementation, and after implementation of the law; implicit assessments were collected before and after implementation. For comparison, we included college students from a campus in another state that did not contemplate
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Developmental Effects of Screen Time on Gender Diverse Student’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Sean Weeks, E. Tish Hicks, Demi Culianos, Tyler L. Renshaw
ABSTRACT We used a large state-wide sample of adolescent students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades (N = 58,689) to examine the predictive value of screen time on bullying victimization, as well as its interaction with age by gender, including transgender and gender nonconforming identities. Participants were majority boys/men (52.3%), heterosexual (88.1%), and White (73.7%). Findings generally supported
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Cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among university students in Bangladesh: Prevalence, impact and help-seeking practices Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-01-23 Md. Mamunur Rashid Sheikh, Md. Rony Hossan, Helena Menih
ABSTRACT While digital technologies provide a robust platform for university students to contact peers, establish virtual social ties, and bring a new learning mode, they also facilitate cyberbullying perpetration. The present study explores the extent and nature of cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among university students in Bangladesh. It also examines the impact of victimization and
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Adolescent Romance Or Partners In Crime? The Influence Of Romantic Relationships And Peers On Criminal Behavior In Adolescence Journal of School Violence (IF 2.835) Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Sara Zedaker, Ashley K Fansher, Hae Rim Jin
ABSTRACT The impact of romantic relationships in adulthood, specifically marriage, has received consistent attention in existing scholarship. However, the impact of romantic relationships during adolescence has received much less attention. As such, the current study uses two waves of data from the Pathways to Desistance study to examine how elements of romantic and peer relationships affect adolescent