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Bullying in North American Schools.

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Forty-three states have now passed statutes mandating that schools have a bullying policy in place, a remarkable increase since the first edition of Bullying in American Schools was published in 2004. Although these statutes vary in their requirements, most school districts realize that bullying beh...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Espelage, Dorothy L. (Editor), Swearer, Susan M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2010.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • TITLE
  • COPYRIGHT
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1 EXPANDING THE SOCIALECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF BULLYING AMONG YOUTH: Lessons Learned from the Past and Directions for the Future
  • Part I Individual Characteristics Associated With Bullying
  • 2 GENDER AND BULLYING: Moving Beyond Mean Diff erences to Consider Conceptions of Bullying, Processes by which Bullying Unfolds, and Cyberbullying
  • 3 WHY DOES BEING BULLIED HURT SO MUCH?: Insights from Neuroscience
  • 4 BULLYING AMONG STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Impact and Implications
  • 5 INTERNALIZING PROBLEMS IN STUDENTS INVOLVED IN BULLYING AND VICTIMIZATION
  • 6 UNWANTED SEXUAL AND HARASSING EXPERIENCES: From School to Text Messaging
  • Part II Peer Characteristics Associated With Bullying
  • 7 TEACHING PRACTICES, CLASSROOM PEER ECOLOGIES, AND BULLYING BEHAVIORS AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN
  • 8 PART OF THE PROBLEM AND PART OF THE SOLUTION: The Role of Peers in Bullying, Dominance, and Victimization during the Transition from Primary School to Secondary School
  • 9 SIDESTEPPING THE JINGLE FALLACY: Bullying, Aggression, and the Importance of Knowing the Difference
  • Part III Classroom Characteristics Associated With Bullying
  • 10 TEACHERS ATTITUDES TOWARD BULLYING
  • 11 GIRLS, BOYS, AND BULLYING IN PRESCHOOL: The Role of Gender in the Development of Bullying
  • 12 CLASSROOM ECOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT OR DISCOURAGE BULLYING
  • Part IV Beyond the Classroom: Considering School Climate, Family Relationships, Social Support, and Innovative School Partnerships
  • 13 SCHOOL CLIMATE AND CHANGE IN PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPTOM TRAJECTORIES RELATED TO BULLYING: A Prospective Study
  • 14 THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS INVOLVED IN BULLYING
  • 15 FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS OF BULLIES AND VICTIMS
  • 16 CONSIDERATIONS WHEN MEASURING OUTCOMES TO ASSESS FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BULLYING- AND AGGRESSION-PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS
  • Part V Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs
  • 17 BULLY BUSTERS: A Resource for Schools and Parents to Prevent and Respond to Bullying
  • 18 INTEGRATING STRATEGIES FOR BULLYING, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION: The Expect Respect Elementary School Project
  • 19 BULLY-PROOFING YOUR SCHOOL: Overview of the Program, Outcome Research, and Questions that Remain about how Best to Implement Effective Bullying Prevention in Schools
  • 20 TEACHER SUPPORT OF BULLYING PREVENTION: The Good, the Bad, and the Promising
  • 21 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF STEPS TO RESPECT: A School-Based Bullying Prevention Program
  • 22 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OLWEUS BULLYING PREVENTION PROGRAM IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS: Lessons Learned from the Field
  • INDEX.

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