Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools

The Next Generation of Prevention

Joseph Zins, Maurice Elias

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781135794279
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Bullying and harassment threaten academic achievement and mental health in our schools. Look beyond your work with individual students to address these problems in their larger context! This book presents enlightening empirical studies and reviews of the literature on peer harassment, bullying, and victimization. Designed to expand our knowledge and understanding of these topics, Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: The Next Generation of Prevention documents the widespread nature of the phenomena both inside and outside the United States, identifies risk and protective factors, and provides practitioners with specific, evidence-based guidelines for effective preventive action. From the editors: The problem of bullying, peer harassment, and victimization is a serious one in our schools. It greatly affects the climate for learning and productivity and the emotional health of students and staff. This book presents empirical data and theoretical and legal case reviews to show how pervasive and serious these problems are and how they threaten both academic achievement and mental health within many of our schools. Taking a longitudinal and developmental perspective, the authors begin to outline the next generation of research in this field that will shape knowledge and practice for the next few decades. For practitioners, the book is a call to action, particularly at the school-wide level, focusing on reducing the substantial social/emotional harm done to perpetrators, bystanders, and especially, victims. Bullying, Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools provides vital information on:

• what mental health professionals can do to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in schools
• the relationship between middle-school adjustment and bullying
• aggressive behavior and friendship patterns in immigrant children
• school-based intervention strategies
• the relationship between the cultures of childhood and sexual harassmentfrom developmental, domestic violence, and legal perspectives
• risk factors and protective factors affecting victimization
• and more!

It has been estimated that bullying affects more than half of the students in American schools. This book can add significantly to your ability to combat and prevent this pervasive problem. Use it to improve the quality of education received by students in your community!

Index

Abusive Behavior Inventory, 86, 90

Academic performance

of bullies, 158-159, 164

of victims, 27, 28, 123, 126, 129-130

gender differences in, 34

Academic self-efficacy, of victims, 33-34, 38

Aggression

by bullies, 163-164, 165, 166, 167

as basis for peer rejection, 160

as basis for popularity, 160

gender differences in, 166, 169

male

cultural values related to, 186

in kindergarten students, 191

social status factors in, 184-186

women’s attraction to, 186

socially manipulative, by girls, 102

by victims, 28, 35, 141, 149, 150, 152-153

Alcohol abuse, by victims, 140

American Association of University Women, sexual harassment surveys by, 12, 13, 82-83, 86, 90, 94, 178, 179, 181-182, 191-192

Anger, in dating violence victims, 82-83

Anxiety

in dating violence victims, 82-83

gender differences in, 34

in victims, 35, 36, 37-38, 40, 48, 126, 127, 145-147, 151, 152, 153

cluster analysis of, 91, 93

gender differences in, 39

Athleticism, of bullies, 163-164, 166, 167, 169, 171-172

Attitudes, toard bullying, 63-79

of bullies, 66, 71, 73, 74-75

of victims, 71, 73, 75

Austria, immigrant children’s interethnic relationships in, 99-116

children from former Yugoslavia, 106-107, 108-109, 110, 111, 112

Turkish/Kurdish children, 106, 107, 108-109, 110, 112

Beck Depression Inventory, 32

Borderwork, 183-184

Bruneau v. South Kortright Central School District, 189, 190

Bullies

academic performance of, 158-159, 164

aggression by, 163-164, 165, 166, 167

as basis for peer rejection, 160

as basis for popularity, 160

gender differences in, 166, 169

athleticism of, 163-164, 166, 167, 169, 171-172

characteristics of, 158-159

cliques of, 185-186

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About The Editors
• Bullying, Other Forms of Peer Harassment, and Victimization in the Schools: Issues for School Psychology Research and Practice
• The Mental Health Professional’s Role in Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Student Sexual Harassment
• Dynamics of Peer Victimization in Early Adolescence: Results from a Four-Year Longitudinal Study
• The Association of Bullying and Victimization with Middle School Adjustment
• Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Bullying in Middle School Youth: A Developmental Examination Across the Bully/Victim Continuum
• A Cluster Analytic Investigation of Victimization Among High School Students: Are Profiles Differentially Associated with Psychological Symptoms and School Belonging?
• Immigrant Children in Austria: Aggressive Behavior and Friendship Patterns in Multicultural School Classes
• Peer Victimization in Middle School: When Self- and Peer Views Diverge
• Developmental Trajectories of Victimization: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors
• Bullying Is Power: Implications for School-Based Intervention Strategies
• Sexual Harassment and the Cultures of Childhood: Developmental, Domestic Violence, and Legal Perspectives
• Index