Effects of Violence Prevention Programs on Middle and High School Violent Behaviors By Kim Carr Implementing conflict management and social skills training into existing subject areas is one of the many prevention strategies against violence and bullying in schools . Hate crimes, brutal attacks, bullying, and school shootings are examples of violent acts that can result from conflicts among ado...

Today, in parallel with the increase of technology use, cyberbullying becomes one of the major issues in schools affecting students’ lives negatively similar to bullying. To minimize the negative effects of cyberbullying and to get preservice teachers ready for managing cyberbullying, it is necessary to examine preservice teachers’ perception about cyberbullying. For this mission, the present s...

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to recognize bullying behavior in the students in Iran and analyze the perception of school teachers and parents in this regard. MATERIALS AND METHODS Several semi-structured interviews and observations were conducted with four teachers and eight parents of children involved in bully/victim problems and the analysis was interpreted through established compar...

BACKGROUND In the Westernised world, numerous children are overweight and have problems with bullying and mental health. One of the underlying causes for all three is postulated to be a decrease in outdoor free play. The aim of the Sydney Playground Project is to demonstrate the effectiveness of two simple interventions aimed to increase children's physical activity and social skills. METHODS...

BACKGROUND Bullying occurs in all schools. Measuring bullying in schools is complicated because both definitions of bullying and methods for measuring bullying vary. This study compared a brief 12-item Gatehouse Bullying Scale (GBS) with items drawn from the Peer Relations Questionnaire (PRQ), a well-established bullying questionnaire to measure the concurrent validity of the GBS. METHODS Yea...

Use of corporal punishment to manage discipline continues in primary schools in Kenya despite its ban through a legal notice of the year 2001. There have been several reported cases of teacher use of corporal punishment in schools implying failure of interventions such as guidance and counselling to yield expected results in improving discipline in schools. This study therefore investigated tea...

While the efforts of teachers are crucial for preventing and stopping degrading treatment, harassment, bullying in schools, research has found that teachers’ understandings such terms may vary significantly. In this qualitative study, we take a social-ecological perspective to investigate Swedish schoolteachers’ bullying. The study is based on ethnographic research, which included participant o...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this research was to examine risk factors that affect the likelihood of students in Pattani primary schools bullying other children. Risk factors investigated include school rural/urban location, age, gender, religion, family physical abuse and preference of cartoon type. Identifying students who are at high risk of bullying could assist educational authorities to intr...

Background: Current school climate theories believe that it is a multidimensional concept relates to the experiences students have during their day. According National School Climate Center, affects interactions of all students, teachers, and parents in school. It also reflects values, beliefs, teaching learning Objective(s): The aim this study determine whether environment effect willingness s...