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BULLYING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS (paper) |
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Much of our knowledge about bullying behaviors comes from
research conducted over the past several decades in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Until
the past decade, research in the United States has lagged behind our European, Australian,
and Canadian counterparts. This book seeks to fill this void by forwarding research on
bullying across contexts conducted with American participants. This book is an exciting
compilation of research on bullying in school-aged youth conducted across the United
States by a representative group of researchers, including developmental, social,
counseling, school, and clinical psychologists. As such, it presents a picture of the
complexity of bullying behaviors and offers suggestions for using data-based
decision-making to intervene and reduce bullying behaviors in our nation's schools. Given
the complexity of bullying and victimization, this book gives guidance for schools as they
develop prevention and intervention programming for bullying. Providing a source through
which school administrators can utilize the research findings, the book is divided into
five parts. Part I illustrates the importance of individual characteristics across
bully-victim subtypes. Part II addresses how peer groups relate to bullying across the
school years. Part III explores how teachers and classrooms influence bullying and
aggression during the school years. Part IV implicates ecological systems in fostering and
maintaining bullying in schools. It also highlights the potential for these systems to
work in combating bullying. Part V focuses on specific aspects of prevention and
intervention planning.
ORDER CODE:
EA0-8058-4560-7B
BOOK
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