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Parault, Susan J.; Davis, Heather A.; Pellegrini, Anthony D. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2007
This article examines the amount of middle school students' bullying and nonbullying behaviors observed in three less-structured school venues: the monthly school dance, the cafeteria, and the locker/hall area. Two questions guided our analysis: (a) How do students' bullying and victimization behaviors and nonbullying social behaviors vary by…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Social Status, Dining Facilities, Bullying
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Jensen, Peter S.; Youngstrom, Eric A.; Steiner, Hans; Findling, Robert L.; Meyer, Roger E.; Malone, Richard P.; Carlson, Gabrielle A.; Coccaro, Emil F.; Aman, Michael G.; Blair, James; Dougherty, Donald; Ferris, Craig; Flynn, Laurie; Green, Evelyn; Hoagwood, Kimberly; Hutchinson, Janice; Laughren, Tom; Leve, Leslie D.; Novins, Douglas K.; Vitiello, Benedetto – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To determine whether impulsive aggression (IA) is a meaningful clinical construct and to ascertain whether it is sufficiently similar across diagnostic categories, such that parallel studies across disorders might constitute appropriate evidence for pursuing indications. If so, how should IA be assessed, pharmacological studies…
Descriptors: Psychiatry, Public Health, Ethics, Clinical Experience
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Mrug, Sylvie; Hoza, Betsy – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2007
This study proposed and tested a developmental model of impression formation based on observed behavior, prior expectancies, and additional incongruent information. Participants were 51 kindergartners, 53 second graders, and 104 college students who provided trait and liking judgments after watching a child actor engage in behaviors from three…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Grade 2, Elementary School Students
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Marachi, Roxana; Avi Astor, Ron; Benbenishty, Rami – School Psychology International, 2007
The present study examines relations between school policy, teacher responses to violence and students' victimization outcomes as reported by teachers in a nationally representative sample of schools in Israel. Data were analysed using Structural Equations Modeling for the full sample of teachers, as well as group comparisons by school level,…
Descriptors: School Policy, Teacher Behavior, Violence, Victims of Crime
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Rice, Frances; Lifford, Kate J.; Thomas, Hollie V.; Thapar, Anita – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objective: To assess the value of maternal and self-ratings of adolescent depression by investigating the extent to which these reports predicted a range of mental health and functional outcomes 4 years later. The potential influence of mother's own depressed mood on her ratings of adolescent depression and suicidal ideation on adolescent outcome…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mothers, Antisocial Behavior, Mental Health
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Derrington, Chris – International Journal of Educational Research, 2007
This paper draws on findings from a longitudinal study of Gypsy Traveller students attending English secondary schools. Analysis of over 400 interviews with 44 Gypsy Traveller students, their parents and teachers over a 5-year period identified several pull and push factors that impact on secondary school engagement and retention. Of these,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Social Support Groups, Coping, Social Isolation
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van Outsem, Ron – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2007
In this paper a theoretical framework is presented in an attempt to find an answer to the question of why some juveniles display sexually abusive behaviour and others do not. Until recently, this question has been approached mainly in terms of the presence of psychiatric illness, deviant sexual interests and/or impaired psychosocial development.…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Psychology, Youth, Delinquency
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Li, Qing – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
This study examines the nature and extent of adolescents' cyberbullying experiences, and explores the extent to which various factors, including bullying, culture, and gender, contribute to cyberbullying and cyber victimisation in junior high schools. In this study, one in three adolescents was a cyber victim, one in five was a cyberbully, and…
Descriptors: Bullying, Early Adolescents, Computer Mediated Communication, Cultural Influences
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Bickley-Green, Cynthia – Art Education, 2007
This article reviews some basic issues related to school violence. As observed by the practicing teachers and other educators who have been quoted in this article, adults who serve as role models to children and adults who respect, listen, and share will increase the students' awareness of the need to use assertive, non-aggressive behaviors in and…
Descriptors: Visual Arts, Violence, Role Models, Art Education
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Schreck, Christopher J.; Burek, Melissa W.; Clark-Miller, Jason – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
This research investigates low religiosity as a predictor of violent victimization. The theoretical framework the authors present here posits that religiosity should help structure daily activities in such a way as to (a) limit exposure to offenders by encouraging contact with peers who are less deviant, (b) lessen one's target suitability by…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Delinquency, Religion, Religious Factors
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Ochoa, Gonzalo Musitu; Lopez, Estefania Estevez; Emler, Nicholas P. – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2007
This study analyzed the role of different but interrelated variables in the family and school contexts in relation to problems of violent behavior at school during adolescence. Participants were 1,068 students aged 11 to 16 (47% male) drawn from secondary schools in the Valencian Community (Spain). Statistical analyses were carried out using…
Descriptors: Violence, Structural Equation Models, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
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Murrie, Daniel C.; Boccaccini, Marcus T.; McCoy, Wendy; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This study examined the influence of diagnostic criteria and diagnostic labels for psychopathy or conduct disorder on judicial decisions. A national sample of judges (N = 326) rendered hypothetical dispositions based on 1 of 12 mock psychological evaluations. The evaluations varied the presence of 2 sets of diagnostic criteria (antisocial…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Judges, Criteria, Juvenile Courts
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Killeya-Jones, Ley A.; Costanzo, Philip R.; Malone, Patrick; Quinlan, Nicole Polanichka; Miller-Johnson, Shari – Journal of School Psychology, 2007
We examined the relations between group context and self- and other-perceptions of aggressive behavior in an ethnically-diverse sample of 168 male and female grade 7 adolescents. We used self- and peer-reports of aggression in high- and average-aggressive mixed-sex and same-sex cliques to examine whether group members would assimilate their…
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Grade 7, Social Environment, Aggression
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Piacentini, John; Peris, Tara S.; Bergman, R. Lindsey; Chang, Susanna; Jaffer, Margaret – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2007
This article documents the development, factor structure, and psychometric properties of the parent- and youth-report forms of the Child Obsessive Compulsive Impact Scale-Revised (COIS-R), a measure of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)-specific functional impairment. Using a sample of 250 youth (M age = 11.7, 54% male, 80% Caucasian) diagnosed…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
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Riley, Dan – Education and the Law, 2007
Under Prime Minister Tony Blair's New Labour government, increased criminalisation of previously non-criminal behaviour, anti-social behaviour and greater accountability of children and parents for their behaviour were evident. The article provides an overview of anti-social behaviour legislation and the implications for children, schools and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Well Being, Infants, Antisocial Behavior
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