Bullying in American Schools

A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-8058-4559-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Espelage, Dorothy L.

Swearer, Susan M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung Konflikte, Gewalt, Mobbing: Prävention und Bewältigung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: J. Garbarino, Foreword. S.M. Swearer, D.L. Espelage, Introduction: A Social-Ecological Framework of Bullying Among Youth. Part I:Individual Characteristics Associated With Bullying. D.L. Espelage, S.E. Mebane, S.M. Swearer, Gender Differences in Bullying: Moving Beyond Mean Level Differences. D.L. Espelage, S.E. Mebane, R.S. Adams, Empathy, Caring, and Bullying: Toward an Understanding of Complex Associations. S.M. Swearer, A.E. Grills, K.M. Haye, P.T. Cary, Internalizing Problems in Students Involved in Bullying and Victimization: Implications for Intervention. Part II:Peer Characteristics Associated With Bullying. P.C. Rodkin, Peer Ecologies of Aggression and Bullying. A.D. Pellegrini, J.D. Long, Part of the Solution and Part of the Problem: The Role of Peers in Bullying, Dominance, and Victimization During the Transition From Primary School Through Secondary School. Part III:Classroom Characteristics Associated With Bullying. M.K. Holt, M.A. Keyes, Teachers' Attitudes Toward Bullying. L.D. Hanish, B. Kochenderfer-Ladd, R.A. Fabes, C.L. Martin, D. Denning, Bullying Among Young Children: The Influence of Peers and Teachers. B. Doll, S. Song, E. Siemers, Classroom Ecologies That Support or Discourage Bullying. Part IV:Beyond the Classroom: Considering School Climate, Family Relationships, Social Support, and Innovative School Partnerships. S. Kasen, K. Berenson, P. Cohen, J.G. Johnson, The Effects of School Climate on Changes in Aggressive and Other Behaviors Related to Bullying. C.K. Malecki, M.K. Demaray, The Role of Social Support in the Lives of Bullies, Victims, and Bully-Victims. R.D. Duncan, Impact of Family Relationships on School Bullies and Their Victims. S.M. Sheridan, E.D. Warnes, S. Dowd, Home-School Collaboration and Bullying: An Ecological Approach to Increase Social Competence in Children and Youth. S.S. Leff, T.J. Power, A.B. Goldstein, Outcome Measures to Assess the Effectiveness of Bullying-Prevention Programs in the Schools. Part V:Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs. A.M. Horne, P. Orpinas, D. Newman-Carlson, C.L. Bartolomucci, Elementary School Bully Busters Program: Understanding Why Children Bully and What to Do About It. D.J. Whitaker, B. Rosenbluth, L.A. Valle, E. Sanchez, Expect Respect: A School-Based Intervention to Promote Awareness and Effective Responses to Bullying and Sex Harassment. S.P. Limber, Implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in American Schools: Lessons Learned From the Field.