The Awareness of Risky Peer Group Behaviors on School Grounds as Predictors of Students' Victimization on School Grounds: Part II--Junior High Schools.

Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Zeira, Anat; Perkins-Hart, Suzanne; Marachi, Roxana; Pitner, Ronald O.

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ERIC Number: EJ665587

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Publication Date: 2002

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The Awareness of Risky Peer Group Behaviors on School Grounds as Predictors of Students' Victimization on School Grounds: Part II--Junior High Schools.

Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Zeira, Anat; Perkins-Hart, Suzanne; Marachi, Roxana; Pitner, Ronald O.

Journal of School Violence, v1 n3 p57-76 2002

Examined how risky peer group behaviors at school impacted junior high students' experience of victimization, extending findings from an earlier study of elementary students. Surveys of Arab and Jewish Israeli junior high students indicated that risky peer behaviors in school were one of the strongest predictors of victimization in both elementary and junior high school. Being male was a stronger of predictor of victimization in junior high school. (SM)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Arabs, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Jews, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools, Peer Influence, Predictor Variables, School Safety, Sex Differences, Student Behavior, Victimization, Violence

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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