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Latent Structure of Early Adolescent Bullying Perpetration: A Taxometric Analysis of Raw and Ranked Scores
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Walters, Glenn D.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the latent structure type (categorical vs. dimensional) of bullying perpetration in a large sample of middle school students. A nine-item bullying scale was administered to 1,222 (625 boys, 597 girls) early adolescents enrolled in middle schools in a Midwestern state. Based on the results of a principal…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Bullying, Middle School Students, Scores
Bullying and Middle School Students with and without Specific Learning Disabilities: An Examination of Social-Ecological Predictors
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Rose, Chad Allen; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Monda-Amaya, Lisa E.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Aragon, Steven R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The current study investigated demographic variables, sense of belonging, and social supports as predictors for involvement in bullying for students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) and students without disabilities. Although these student groups are characteristically different, results suggested involvement in bullying was invariant.…
Descriptors: Bullying, Middle School Students, Social Support Groups, Intervention
Social-Emotional Learning Program to Promote Prosocial and Academic Skills among Middle School Students with Disabilities
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Espelage, Dorothy L.; Rose, Chad A.; Polanin, Joshua R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2016
This 3-year study evaluated the effectiveness of the Second Step-Student Success Through Prevention (SS-SSTP) social-emotional learning program on increasing prosocial behaviors that could serve as protective factors against peer conflict and bullying among students with disabilities. Participants included 123 students with disabilities across 12…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Prosocial Behavior, Academic Ability, Middle School Students
Social-Emotional Learning Program to Reduce Bullying, Fighting, and Victimization among Middle School Students with Disabilities
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Espelage, Dorothy L.; Rose, Chad A.; Polanin, Joshua R. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
Results of a 3-year randomized clinical trial of Second Step: Student Success Through Prevention (SS-SSTP) Middle School Program on reducing bullying, physical aggression, and peer victimization among students with disabilities are presented. Teachers implemented 41 lessons of a sixth- to eighth-grade curriculum that focused on social-emotional…
Descriptors: Bullying, Middle School Students, Disabilities, Victims
Associations among Empathy, Social Competence, & Reactive/Proactive Aggression Subtypes
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Mayberry, Megan L.; Espelage, Dorothy L. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Differences between proactive and reactive aggression subtypes on self-reported measures of empathy, social competence, and expectation for reward were examined among 433 middle school students (65.4% White, 33.9% Black). As hypothesized, males scored higher on proactive and reactive aggression scales and lower on empathy measures than females.…
Descriptors: Rewards, Interpersonal Competence, Expectation, Multivariate Analysis