Bullying, Victimization, and Peer Harassment: A Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Book

About the Editors
Contributors
Acknowledgments

SECTION I: THEORY AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES

Chapter 1. Prevention and Intervention in Peer Harassment, Victimization, and Bullying: Theory, Research, and Practice (Joseph E. Zins, Maurice J. Elias, and Charles A. Maher)
A Pervasive and Serious Issue for School Mental Health and Academic Achievement
Research Findings
Directions for Research and Practice
Lord of the Flies Revisited in Our Schools?
Brief Overview

Chapter 2. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Assessment and Intervention with School Bullies ( rni Víkingur Sveinsson and Richard J. Morris)
Definitional Issues
Assessment Issues
Intervention Issues
Conclusions and Future Directions for Research

SECTION II: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND OTHER IMPORTANT EVIDENCE

Chapter 3. Dynamics of Peer Victimization in Early Adolescence: Results from a Four-Year Longitudinal Study (Jennifer J. Paul and Antonius H. N. Cillessen)
Stability of Victimization
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 4. The Association of Bullying and Victimization with Middle School Adjustment (Tonja R. Nansel, Denise L. Haynie, and Bruce G. Simons-Morton)
Introduction
Review of Relevant Literature
Methods
Results
Discussion

Chapter 5. Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Bullying in Middle School Youth: A Developmental Examination Across the Bully/Victim Continuum (Susan M. Swearer and Paulette Tam Cary)
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 6. A Cluster Analytic Investigation of Victimization Among High School Students: Are Profiles Differentially Associated with Psychological Symptoms and School Belonging? (Melissa K. Holt and Dorothy L. Espelage)
Introduction
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 7. Immigrant Children in Austria: Aggressive Behavior and Friendship Patterns in Multicultural School Classes (Dagmar Strohmeier and Christiane Spiel)
Problematic Interethnic Interactions Peer Aggression
Method
Instruments
Results
Problematic Interethnic Interactions
Cooperative Forms of Interethnic Interactions
Discussion

Chapter 8. Peer Victimization in Middle School: When Self- and Peer Views Diverge (Sandra Graham, Amy Bellmore, and Jaana Juvonen)
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 9. Developmental Trajectories of Victimization: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors (Suzanne Goldbaum, Wendy M. Craig, Debra Pepler, and Jennifer Connolly)
Intrapersonal Characteristics of Victims
Method
Results
Group Differences
Implications and Intervention

SECTION III: EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED AND PROMISING PREVENTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE INTERVENTIONS

Chapter 10. Targeting Bystanders: Evaluating a Violence Prevention Program for "Nonviolent" Adolescents (Harry S. Freeman and Grace A. Mims)
Introduction
Program Description
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 11. Viennese Social Competence (ViSC) Training for Students: Program and Evaluation (Moira Atria and Christiane Spiel)
School-Based Violence Prevention
Bullying As a Group Process
Social Information-Processing Theory
ViSC Training
Program Structure and Curriculum Components
Evaluation of ViSC Training
Results of the Evaluation
Discussion

Chapter 12. Using a Participatory Action Research Model to Create a School-Based Intervention Program for Relationally Aggressive Girls The Friend to Friend Program (Stephen S. Leff, Jennifer Angelucci, Amy B. Goldstein, LeeAnn Cardaciotto, Brooke Paskewich, and Michael B. Grossman)
Introduction
Review of Relevant Literature
Description of Application
Conclusion and Recommendations

Chapter 13. A Story-Guided Peer Group Intervention for Reducing Bullying and Victimization in Schools (Hedwig Teglasi, Stephanie Rahill, and Lee Rothman)
Introduction
Stories: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
Description of the Application
Results
Conclusions

Chapter 14. Empowering the Victim: Interventions for Children Victimized by Bullies (Maury Nation)
Why Are Interventions for Victims Needed?
Review of Relevant Literature
Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 15. Peer-Rejected and Bullied Children: A Safe Schools Initiative for Elementary School Students (Melissa E. DeRosier)
Peer Relationships
Peer Problems and School Violence
Safe Schools Initiatives
Assessment
Social Skills Group Intervention (SSGRIN)
Prior Effectiveness Research on SSGRIN
SS/HS Implementation of SSGRIN
Evaluation Results
Conclusion

SECTION IV: GUIDELINES FOR PRACTICE: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS

Chapter 16. Sexual Harassment and the Cultures of Childhood: Developmental, Domestic Violence, and Legal Perspectives (Philip C. Rodkin and Karla Fischer)
Developmental Perspectives: Gender, Aggression, and Status in Children s School Societies
Gender and Aggression in Domestic Violence: Applications to Peer Sexual Harassment
Conclusion

Chapter 17. The Mental Health Professional s Role in Understanding, Preventing, and Responding to Student Sexual Harassment (Ellie L. Young and Linda M. Raffaele Mendez)
Defining Sexual Harassment
Gay and Lesbian Issues
Prevalence of Sexual Harassment
Developmental Issues
Procedural and Legal Issues
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention Strategies
Conclusion

Chapter 18. Bullying Is Power: Implications for School-Based Intervention Strategies (Tracy Vaillancourt, Shelley Hymel, and Patricia McDougal)
Method
Results
Discussion

Chapter 19. Correlates of School Victimization: Implications for Prevention and Intervention (Noel A. Card, Jenny Isaacs, and Ernest V. E. Hodges)
Correlates of School Victimization Concurrent and Longitudinal Links
Interactive Processes Among Correlates
Implications for Prevention and Intervention
Future Directions

SECTION V: SCHOOL-WIDE APPROACHES

Chapter 20. Changing the Contexts of Peer Victimization: The Effects of a Primary Prevention Program on School and Classroom Levels of Victimization (Tom Woods, Kim Coyle, Wendy Hoglund, and Bonnie Leadbeater)
Background Research
Description of the WITS Rock Solid Program
Evaluation of the Program s Feasibility
Measures
Results
Conclusions and Recommendations

Chapter 21. Teasing, Taunting, Bullying, Harassment, and Aggression: A School-Wide Approach to Prevention, Strategic Intervention, and Crisis Management (Howard M. Knoff)
Introduction
Review of Relevant Literature
Description of the Application
Results
Conclusion and Recommendations
Index
Reference Notes Included