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Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
This bulletin discusses the second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV II), which was conducted in 2011 as a followup to the original NatSCEV I survey. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored both surveys. The Crimes against Children Research Center of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, Crime, Child Abuse
Herrera, Carla; DuBois, David L.; Grossman, Jean Baldwin – MDRC, 2013
"The Role of Risk: Mentoring Experiences and Outcomes for Youth with Varying Risk Profiles" presents findings from the first large-scale study to examine how the levels and types of risk youth face may influence their relationships with program-assigned mentors and the benefits they derive from these relationships. The study looked…
Descriptors: Mentors, At Risk Persons, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Effectiveness
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You, Sukkyung; Furlong, Michael J.; Felix, Erika; Sharkey, Jill D.; Tanigawa, Diane; Green, Jennifer Greif – Psychology in the Schools, 2008
This study investigates the role of school connectedness in mediating the relation between students' sense of hope and life satisfaction for three groups: Bullied Victims, Peer Victims, and Nonvictims. Students in grades 5 to 12 (N = 866) completed the California Bully/Victim Scale, School Connectedness Scale, Children's Hope Scale, and Students'…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Measures (Individuals), Student Attitudes, Bullying
Cohen, Jeffrey J.; Fish, Marian C. – 1993
This handbook describes interventions for the major behavior problems that students may exhibit from kindergarten through high school. The book is a compilation of nontechnical summaries of intervention strategies with demonstrated or potential value for school settings. The summaries are digested from journal articles and other publications. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Hardt, Janet – 1988
Passive-aggressive behavior in an emotionally disturbed child affects the child's progress and affects peer interactions in classroom settings. Passive-aggressive personalities are typically helpless, dependent, impulsive, overly anxious, poorly oriented to reality, and procrastinating. The characteristics of passive-aggressive children need to be…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques