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Fisher, Benjamin W.; Turanovic, Jillian J.; Benitez, Ivan – Journal of School Violence, 2021
Witnessing violence can negatively affect students' outcomes, but their friendships may mitigate those effects. This study investigated the extent to which seeing someone shot in the last year related to seven school-related outcomes. Additionally, it examined the extent to which prosocial and deviant friends moderate these relationships. This…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Outcomes of Education, Friendship
Lowry, Earlena Chavis; Lowery, Jo Ann Chavis; Adams-Aburime, Tony – 2001
A study examined student perceptions of the school environment in a small, rural high school in southeastern North Carolina. Surveys returned by 417 students in grades 9-12 suggested that the presence of gangs and unsafe or hidden areas were not major problems. The fact that 46 percent indicated that vandalism was a problem suggests that vandalism…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment, High School Students