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Cowan, Rebecca G.; Tedeschi, P. J.; Corbin, Michael; Cole, Rebekah – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine how recent incidents of planned mass violence in high schools within the United States were successfully averted. Using the Averted School Violence database, this study utilizes a mixed-methods content analysis approach to analyze 82 incidents of averted mass violence in high schools that occurred…
Descriptors: Violence, High Schools, Prevention, Incidence
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Jiménez-Villamizar, María P.; Campo-Arias, Adalberto; Caballero-Domínguez, Carmen C. – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence and factors associated with weapon carrying in Colombian high-school students. A cross-sectional study was designed to analyze this phenomenon among students aged between 13 and 17 years. A sample of 1462 students participated, 18.46% of which reported having planned suicide, 56.16% reported…
Descriptors: Weapons, Incidence, High School Students, Marijuana
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Staples, Julie K.; Zapata, Stephanie; Fredrickson, Monica; Quinn, Hannah E.; Cyr, Lynda Richtsmeier; Gavian, Margaret E.; Rountree, Laura D.; Gordon, James S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This qualitative study investigated high school student peer counselors' experience of a mind-body medicine curriculum incorporated into a peer counseling program following a school shooting. A series of focus groups were held with peer counselors in 10th-12th grade (n = 24, mean age = 16.5 [SD = 1.0]; 71% female) participating in the mind-body…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12