Although bullying and other forms of peer victimization at school are a growing concern, there has been little research examining the potential differences between student staff perceptions frequency bullying, most common location severity problem, social norms related to responses witnessing bullying. The data for this study came from district-wide survey (n = 15,185) 1,547) experiences with conducted in 75 elementary, 20 middle, 14 high schools. Results indicated that all levels...

Abstract Social disorganization theory suggests that certain school‐level indictors of disorder may be important predictors bullying‐related attitudes and behaviors. Multilevel analyses were conducted on experiences among 22,178 students in 95 elementary middle schools. The intraclass correlation coefficients indicated 0.6–2% the variance victimization, 5–10% retaliatory attitudes, 5–6% perceptions safety, 0.9% perpetration bullying was associated with clustering within Although specific...

Although there is increasing awareness of the overrepresentation ethic minority students -particularly Black students- in disciplinary actions, extant research has rarely empirically examined potential factors that may contribute to these disparities. The current study used a multilevel modeling approach examine at child (e.g., teacher-rated disruptive behavior problems) and classroom or teacher levels ethnicity, level classroom) office referrals (ODRs). Data come from 6,988 children 381...

.Given growing concerns regarding the prevalence and seriousness of bullying, National Education Association recently drew upon its membership to launch a national study teachers' education support professionals' perceptions need for additional training on bullying prevention efforts school-wide policies. The data were collected from representative sample 5,064 members (2,163 teachers 2,901 professionals). Analyses indicated that compared professionals, more likely witness students being...

Abstract Bullying poses a threat to children's social‐emotional functioning and their perceptions of school climate, yet few studies have examined different types behavior problems presented by children involved in bullying, as bully, victim, or bully/victim across multiple levels. The current study used data from 24,345 elementary‐, middle‐, high‐school students examine the association between frequent involvement bullying aggressive impulsivity, attitudes toward retaliation, internalizing...

Although many bullying prevention programs aim to involve multiple partners, few studies have examined perceptual differences regarding peer victimization and the broader climate among students, staff, parents. The present study utilized multilevel data from 11,674 960 parents, 1,027 staff at 44 schools examine association between school-level indicators of disorder, norms bullies, perceptions safety, belonging, witnessing bullying. Results revealed several important discrepancies adults...

Abstract The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health's School Connectedness Scale (SCS) has been widely used in psychological, public health, and education research, but undergone limited psychometric analysis. This study the responses 500,800 junior senior high school students who completed biennial California Healthy Kids Survey, which includes SCS. results supported use SCS as a unidimensional measure showed that it acceptable reliability (α = .82 to .88) concurrent validity ( r...

There is growing interest in gender differences the experience of various forms peer victimization; however, much work to date has used traditional variable-centered approaches by focusing on scales or individual victimization isolation. The current study explored whether there were discrete groups adolescents who distinct bullying (e.g., physical, verbal, relational) among middle and high school-age youth, membership a particular group was associated with internalizing problems aggression....

This study examines the relations between student's perceptions of school connectedness and their self-reported rates victimization (physical, verbal, relational), as well perceived reasons for peer (ethnicity, sexuality). Data come from 8th-, 10th-, 12th-grade students who completed California Healthy Kids Survey part an evaluation a Safe School/Healthy Students project (N = 1,253). Multivariate analyses indicate that main effects both grade level are significant. Follow-up univariate...

Previous studies have linked teacher burnout with job performance, satisfaction, and retention; however, there has been limited exploration of potential individual school contextual factors that may influence burnout. The current study examined high staff members' reports as they relate to demographics perceptions self-efficacy connectedness, well school-level variables (e.g., suspension rate urbanicity). Data were collected from 3,225 teachers paraprofessionals) in 58 schools (grades 9–12)...

The growing concern about bullying and school violence has focused national attention on various aspects of climate connectedness. current study examined dimensions staff connectedness (i.e., personal, student, staff, administration) in relation to members’ comfort intervening situations (e.g., physical, verbal, relational), as well involving special populations students gender-nonconforming, disability, overweight, sexism, racism, religion). Data for this were collected from a sample 5,064...

This article examines the link between involvement in bullying, as either a bully, victim, or bully/victim, and attitudes toward violence perceptions of safety among 16,012 middle high school students. Analyses indicated that 37.6% were frequently involved bullying. Bully/victims most likely to report feeling unsafe disconnected from their school, whereas bullies support aggressive retaliation. Implications for counselors are discussed.

In this study, we used an extreme case approach to examine the facilitators and barriers of cognitive engagement among freshmen in Advanced Placement (AP) or Pre-International Baccalaureate (IB) courses. Twelve ninth-grade AP/IB students participated semistructured interviews focused on engagement. After analyzing data using a generic with emphasis constant-comparative methods, identified five themes related (i.e., students’ role, teachers’ parents’ school connectedness, technology's role)...

High school students in accelerated classes face heightened school-related stressors but have access to few specialized supports. This article describes the development and initial application of Motivation, Assessment, Planning (MAP) intervention, developed meet needs freshmen Advanced Placement (AP) International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula. MAP is grounded motivational interviewing designed evoke behavior change following one two individual meetings with a coach. study used multimethod,...

The present longitudinal study used a social-ecological framework to explore the extent which peer victimization and aggression were associated with changes in concentration problems emotion regulation among elementary students general versus special education, while accounting for student demographics school contextual factors. Data come from multilevel, dataset including 7,314 (kindergarten through Grade 2) across 37 schools. Multilevel analyses indicated that on average, education had...

Students report experiencing elevated levels of academic stress while in Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate Diploma (IBD) classes. In response, we developed a classwide, preventative coping connectedness curriculum, which consists 12 50-minute modules for 9th-grade students enrolled accelerated coursework. this pilot study, implemented the curriculum 2 schools sought user feedback. After describing examine acceptability social-emotional at three stages: prior to, during,...