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Moving beyond the Emphasis on Bullying: A Generalized Approach to Peer Aggression in High School
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Donoghue, Christopher; Raia-Hawrylak, Alicia – Children & Schools, 2016
Heightened attention to bullying in research and in the media has led to a proliferation of school climate surveys that ask students to report their level of involvement in bullying. In this study, the authors reviewed the challenges associated with measuring bullying and the implications they have on the reliability of school climate surveys.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, High School Students, Peer Influence
Is It Bullying, Teen Dating Violence, or Both? Student, School Staff, and Parent Perceptions
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Hertzog, Jodi L.; Harpel, Tammy; Rowley, Rochelle – Children & Schools, 2016
The goal of this study was to investigate the views of school staff, early adolescents, and parents about which behaviors constitute bullying or teen dating violence (TDV), with attention focused on perceived overlap between the two. To achieve this aim, a mixed-methods design was used to quantitatively investigate the factors associated with…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, Dating (Social), Student Attitudes
Contextual Influences on the Implementation of a Schoolwide Intervention to Promote Students' Social, Emotional, and Academic Learning
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Anyon, Yolanda; Nicotera, Nicole; Veeh, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
Schoolwide interventions are among the most effective approaches for improving students' behavioral and academic outcomes. However, researchers have documented consistent challenges with implementation fidelity and have argued that school social workers should be engaged in efforts to improve treatment integrity. This study examines contextual…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Intervention, Program Implementation
School Climate and Student Absenteeism and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavioral Problems
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Hendron, Marisa; Kearney, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2016
This study examined whether school climate variables were directly and inversely related to absenteeism severity and key symptoms of psychopathology among youths specifically referred for problematic attendance (N = 398). Adolescents in our sample completed the School Climate Survey Revised Edition, which measured sharing of resources, order and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Attendance, Adolescents, Surveys
The Influence of School Engagement on Counts of Delinquent Behaviors among Maltreated Youths
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Snyder, Susan M.; Smith, Rachel E. – Children & Schools, 2015
This article describes a study that investigated whether child welfare-involved youths' school engagement affected delinquency after controlling for peer deviance, caregiver closeness, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study used data from 461 11- to 17-year-olds who had substantiated child maltreatment investigations and…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Program Descriptions, Secondary School Students, Delinquency
The "Learning Disabilities to Juvenile Detention" Pipeline: A Case Study
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Mallett, Christopher A. – Children & Schools, 2014
Adolescents becoming formally involved with a juvenile court because of school-related behavior and discipline problems is a phenomenon known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Adolescents with learning disabilities are disproportionately represented within this pipeline. A study was conducted to review the outcomes for a population of youthful…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Learning Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Courts