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Direct linkFarrell, Albert D.; Pittman, Sarah; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Mehari, Krista R.; Dunn, Courtney; Sullivan, Terri N. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2022
This study examined beliefs about aggression and self-efficacy for nonviolent responses as mediators of longitudinal relations between exposure to violence and physical aggression. Participants were a predominantly African American (79%) sample of 2705 early adolescents from three middle schools within urban neighborhoods with high rates of…
Descriptors: Correlation, Violence, Aggression, Self Efficacy
O'Connor, Kelly E.; Hitti, Stephanie A.; Thompson, Erin L.; Farrell, Albert D.; Sullivan, Terri N. – School Mental Health, 2020
The present study examined how perceptions of school climate differ across subgroups of early adolescents with distinct patterns of involvement in aggression and victimization. We identified subgroups among 800 sixth-grade students (87% African American, 51% female) based on latent class analysis of items assessing aggression and victimization.…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Early Adolescents, Aggression, Victims
Ross, Katherine M.; Bishop, Diane L.; Leslie, Carine E.; Chapman, Derek A.; Sullivan, Terri N. – Youth & Society, 2023
Violence is a major public health concern that particularly impacts Black young adults living in under-resourced, urban communities. There is limited research on promotive and protective factors that mitigate the impact of violence exposure on aggressive behavior. This study aims to address this gap by exploring positive factors across the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Blacks, African Americans, Low Income Groups
Download full textBehrhorst, Kathryn L.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Sutherland, Kevin S. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
Identifying factors that influence peer aggression and victimization is important because of their high prevalence rates and associated negative outcomes during early adolescence. Limited research has examined the impact of environmental and contextual factors, such as school climate, on peer aggression and victimization. This study longitudinally…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Aggression, Bullying, Victims
Sullivan, Terri N.; Goncy, Elizabeth A.; Garthe, Rachel C.; Carlson, Megan M.; Behrhorst, Kathryn L.; Farrell, Albert D. – Youth & Society, 2020
This study examined relations between patterns of dating aggression and victimization and school environment factors among 4,114 early adolescents attending 37 middle schools in four sites in the United States (51% Black, non-Hispanic, 21% Hispanic, and 17% White). Latent class analyses revealed a five-class solution that differentiated among…
Descriptors: Dating (Social), Aggression, Middle School Students, Intervention
Sullivan, Terri N.; Sutherland, Kevin S.; Farrell, Albert D.; Taylor, Katherine A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
The impact of a school-based violence prevention program, Second Step, on peer victimization and aggression, and emotion regulation was evaluated among 457 sixth graders. A cluster-randomized trial was conducted with classrooms randomly assigned to intervention (n = 14) or control (n = 14) conditions. A repeated measures analysis of covariance on…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle School Students, Violence, Prevention
Taylor, Katherine A.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Kliewer, Wendy – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2013
Threat appraisals--individuals' perceptions of how stressful situations may threaten their well-being--are an important but understudied mechanism that could explain links between peer victimization and adjustment. The goal of the present study was to examine relationships between physical and relational victimization by peers, threats to the…
Descriptors: Well Being, Adolescents, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Sullivan, Terri N.; Helms, Sarah W.; Kliewer, Wendy; Goodman, Kimberly L. – Social Development, 2010
This study examined associations between self-reports of sadness and anger regulation coping, reluctance to express emotion, and physical and relational aggression between two cohorts of predominantly African-American fifth (N = 191; 93 boys and 98 girls) and eighth (N = 167; 73 boys and 94 girls) graders. Multiple regression analyses indicated…
Descriptors: Aggression, Coping, Correlation, Psychological Patterns
Kliewer, Wendy; Lepore, Stephen J.; Farrell, Albert D.; Allison, Kevin W.; Meyer, Aleta L.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Greene, Anne Y. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2011
This school-based randomized controlled trial tested the efficacy of 2 expressive writing interventions among youth living in high-violence urban neighborhoods. Seventeen classrooms (n = 258 seventh graders; 55% female; 91% African American/Black) from 3 public schools were randomized to 3 conditions in which they wrote 8 times about a…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Aggression, Family Structure, Expressive Language
Sullivan, Terri N.; Sutherland, Kevin S.; Lotze, Geri M.; Helms, Sarah W.; Wright, Stephen A.; Ulmer, Lisa J. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2015
A mixed methods approach was used to identify problem situations in peer and school contexts experienced by urban middle school students with high incidence disabilities that may impact their emotional and behavioral adjustment. A survey and semi-structured interview were conducted with a predominantly African American sample (95%) of 74…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Urban Schools, Middle School Students, Disabilities
Sullivan, Terri N.; Helms, Sarah W.; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Sutherland, Kevin; Lotze, Geri M.; Mays, Sally; Wright, Stephen; Farrell, Albert D. – Behavioral Disorders, 2012
To enhance the positive adjustment of youths with high incidence disabilities, a better understanding of the factors that influence their use of effective responses in challenging situations is needed. In this qualitative study, adolescents described individual and peer factors that would influence their use of effective nonviolent or aggressive…
Descriptors: Violence, Learning Disabilities, Prevention, Adolescents
Simon, Thomas R.; Ikeda, Robin M.; Smith, Emilie Phillips; Reese, Le'Roy E.; Rabiner, David L.; Miller, Shari; Winn, Donna-Marie; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Asher, Steven R.; Horne, Arthur M.; Orpinas, Pamela; Martin, Roy; Quinn, William H.; Tolan, Patrick H.; Gorman-Smith, Deborah; Henry, David B.; Gay, Franklin N.; Schoeny, Michael; Farrell, Albert D.; Meyer, Aleta L.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Allison, Kevin W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
This study reports the findings of a multisite randomized trial evaluating the separate and combined effects of 2 school-based approaches to reduce violence among early adolescents. A total of 37 schools at 4 sites were randomized to 4 conditions: (1) a universal intervention that involved implementing a student curriculum and teacher training…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Prevention, Social Influences
Kim, Sangwon; Orpinas, Pamela; Martin, Roy; Horne, Arthur M.; Sullivan, Terri N.; Hall, Daniel B. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2010
This study examined a typology of adaptive and maladaptive behaviors of 2,552 ethnically diverse early adolescents who attended sixth grade in public schools and lived in disadvantaged communities. Behavioral adjustment of adolescents was measured by teacher ratings using the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). Although typologies of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Early Adolescents, Classification, Grade 6
Sullivan, Terri N.; Farrell, Albert D.; Bettencourt, Amie F.; Helms, Sarah W. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2008
We discuss how the five core competencies for healthy adjustment in adolescence (a positive sense of self, self-control, decision-making skills, a moral system of belief, and prosocial connectedness) are represented in theories of aggression and youth violence. We then discuss research supporting the relation between these core competencies and…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Competence, Decision Making
Sullivan, Terri N.; Farrell, Albert D.; Kliewer, Wendy; Vulin-Reynolds, Monique; Valois, Robert F. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
This study examined the relation between self-restraint and exposure to violence (witnessing violence and victimization) in predicting increased frequencies of aggression and drug use among an ethnically diverse sample of sixth graders attending four rural middle schools (n = 913). Lower levels of self-restraint predicted higher rates of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Grade 6, Middle Schools, Drug Use
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