BACKGROUND: Multiple approaches exist, both in theory and in practice, to reduce young
people's risk of violent victimization when they are in school. Among these approaches, a …

Precise and accurate measures are needed for research to advance knowledge about
school violence and safety concerns. This chapter provides an overview of school violence …

This study examines the phenomenon of cyberbullying on Facebook and how it is related to
school bullying among secondary school students in Singapore, aged 13–17. We also focus …

The ninth edition of The Sociology of Education examines the field in rare breadth by
incorporating a diverse range of theoretical approaches and a distinct sociological lens in its …

This research examines the extent to which individual-level and school structural variables
are predictors of academic achievement among a sample of 10th-grade students abstracted …

A multilevel design was used to test a model in which teachers' attitudes (beliefs) about
bullying (eg, it is normative; assertive children do not get bullied; children wouldn't be bullied …

Reducing violence in schools is a major concern of educators, parents, and legislators.
Violence manifests itself in numerous ways, and there is growing evidence that low-level or …

Gifted eighth graders (N= 432) in 11 US states participated in a retrospective national study
that explored the prevalence and effects of being bullied and being a bully during …

Publisher Summary This chapter explains the act of bullying in schools using the social
information processing (SIP) theory and the theory of the mind (TOM). Many researchers use …

Further, the results also suggest that school cli-mate, in particular the sense of school cohe-
sion felt by students, teachers, and administrators, is important to successful student …