Background: Epilepsy and challenging behaviour are both highly prevalent in the intellectual disability (ID) population and it is thus crucial to understand any possible associations between the two. Method: PsycINFO, MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Web of Science were searched for quantitative data about epilepsy and any forms of challenging…

This article summarizes the accomplishments of research on school safety in the past quarter century, identifies important gaps, and indicates promising directions for further progress. Although closely related, there are distinguishable bodies of research on physical and psychological safety. Physical safety research concerns the prevention of…

This article summarizes all of the Mode Deactivation Therapy, (MDT) articles published to date. MDT has shown to be more effective than Cognitive Behavior Therapy, (CBT), Social Skills Training, (SST), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy, (DBT), Apsche, Bass, Jennings, Murphy, Hunter, and Siv, (2005); Apsche & Bass, (2005); Apsche, Bass & Murphy,…

Advocates for the need to design, evaluate, and implement school-based prevention programs that focus upon decreasing the daily aggression and victimization that occur in elementary schools across the nation. Five model programs are reviewed and the key role that school psychologists play in the challenge to reduce aggression is highlighted.…

Understanding the nature of bullying in schools can assist in understanding aggression between nations. Although there are substantial differences between bullying behaviour practised by school children and bullying attributed to nations, there are some commonalities. This article examines seven basic elements that help in identifying and…

Provides a knowledge base for school counselors on the issues of peer-on-peer abuse problems and their potential escalation to actions that carry serious long-term consequences. Includes a brief review of bullying and harassment problems and the role they play in the escalation of violence against self and others, and a profile of common…

Identifies mediating factors between the viewing of violent media and aggressive behavior. Discusses the role of cognitive and emotional arousal processes, and the interplay among these factors and attitudes toward aggression. Describes the effects of media exposure on arousal, emotional desensitization, and the excitement of the observer's…

Examines data on what situational factors influence people's desire to view violent television programming. Surveys research on the effects on viewer's behavior of the presence of other observers, the nature of the available target, situational features operating as retrieval cues, the viewers' interpretations of the violent scenes, and the…

Discusses the 15-session Structure/Themes/Open Communication/Reflection/ Individuality/Experiential Learning/ Social-Problem-Solving (STORIES) program, which uses the peer group and story form as vehicles to improve social problem solving for aggressors, victims, and bystanders. Postintervention reports show decreases in externalizing and…

Describes the characteristics of nonaggressive rejected youths and the generalist systems-ecological perspective as a framework for intervention. The article also specifies strategies for school social workers to use at multiple levels--individual, peer, school, family, and community systems--to help this population. (Contains 73 references.) (GCP)

Adolescent maltreatment is not a well-recognized problem in our society. However, in 2001, child protective service agencies reported that 25% of the substantiated cases of abuse occurred among youths 12 to 17 years old. This article provides an overview of the research on adolescent maltreatment. (Contains 1 table.)

A major reason for violent behavior and poor sportsmanship is that aggressors rationalize their actions by concocting self-justifying excuses. Increased self-awareness can help coaches and team members control their immature behavior. (PP)

Suggests several intervention qualities (punishment, catharsis, and cohabitation) characteristic of approaches that do and do not yield violence-reducing outcomes. Proposes more effective perspectives on youth violence intervention including complexity, prescriptiveness, situationality, and aggression-as-learned behavior. (Author/JDM)

The question of what to do with aggressive students has plagued schools since mandatory attendance laws were passed. At the present time, many practitioners are using tactics for aggressive students that may not effectively remediate the problem, and research and practice do not seem to be in harmony regarding disciplinary options for aggressive…

Argues that the effect of media violence on individual differences in aggression is primarily the result of a cumulative learning process during childhood. Presents a developmental theory holding that a child's repeated viewing of media violence, in combination with other factors, can culminate in aggressive behavior patterns (including…