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Moore, Kendall – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Given recent calls for advancing valid instrumentation in the field of cyberaggression, the present study evaluated construct validity and measurement invariance for the Cyberbullying Experiences Survey (CES) in a high school and college student sample. A series of confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), reliability analyses, and a nomological net…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Construct Validity
Liebeskind, Kara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Children today are surrounded by and immersed in media such that it pervades almost every aspect of their daily lives. The potential effects of media content are of particular interest for elementary school children, who are old enough to use media alone, but too young to fully understand everything they see. One way of enhancing the benefits and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Internet, Handheld Devices, Online Surveys
Taylor, Gregory Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Results from state and national surveys suggest that behaviors such as cursing at others, verbal threats, and intimidation are among the most prevalent forms of aggression on school campuses. A behavior that attacks a person's self-concept to cause psychological harm, Verbal Aggression (VA) leads to many undesirable outcomes for both the victim…
Descriptors: Aggression, Verbal Communication, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Springer, Benjamin James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of the Superhero Social Skills program in increasing the social engagement skills and decreasing the aggressive behavior of students with externalizing behavior problems as implemented by a resource teacher. There have been no empirical evaluations of the Superhero Social Skills program as implemented…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence, Aggression, Intervention
Wickerd, Garry Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Teachers' ratings of problem behaviors are gathered as a matter of course in psychological evaluations of children. Teacher ratings are weighted heavily in the results of educational evaluations (Frick et al., 2010). With such heavy emphasis on teacher behavioral ratings, it is important to understand the extent to which conflict between…
Descriptors: Conflict, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
Graham, Cheon C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In order for schools to be successful in providing students with developmentally appropriate instruction and social experiences, an atmosphere of safety and protection is required. The recent spike in school shootings over the past 15 years has created a sense of urgency to examine the dynamics of school violence in order to generate and implement…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, School Safety, Violence