This study investigated the relations between student perceptions of support and student
willingness to seek help for bullying and threats of violence in a sample of 7318 ninth-grade …

This article reviews the literature on school-based universal violence prevention programs to
illustrate key methodological challenges for investigating subgroup differences in prevention …

This study examined parenting variables as protective factors to reduce the influence of
school and peer risk factors on adolescents' aggression. Five waves of data spanning 3 …

This study sought to understand school-level influences on aggressive behavior and related
social cognitive variables. Participants were 5106 middle school students participating in a …

Peer victimization is a common problem among adolescents that has been linked to a
variety of adjustment problems. Youth involved in peer victimization represent a …

We discuss how the five core competencies for healthy adjustment in adolescence (a
positive sense of self, self‐control, decision‐making skills, a moral system of belief, and …

A surprising omission of much research on bullying is the role of retaliation, a common
response to bullying that predicts increased victimization. Retaliation appears to be a …

This qualitative study explored environmental factors that influence adolescents' responses
to problem situations involving peers. Interviews were conducted with 106 middle school …

This study identified classes of adolescents who differed in their patterns of reported
aggression and victimization, examined the stability of these patterns, and explored factors …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the effect of retaliatory attitudes on subsequent violent behavior
and fight-related injuries among youth who presented to the emergency department with …