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Individual Factors Influencing Effective Nonviolent Behavior and Fighting in Peer Situations: A Qualitative Study with Urban African American Adolescents
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Farrell, Albert D.; Erwin, Elizabeth H.; Bettencourt, Amie; Mays, Sally; Vulin-Reynolds, Monique; Sullivan, Terri; Allison, Kevin W.; Kliewer, Wendy; Meyer, Aleta – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2008
This qualitative study examined individual-level factors that influence adolescents' responses to problem situations involving peers. Interviews were conducted with 106 middle school students (97% African American) from an urban school system. Participants described factors that would make it easier and those that would make it more difficult for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Early Adolescents, Student Behavior, African American Students
Identification of School Bullies by Survey Methods
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Cole, Joanna C. M.; Cornell, Dewey G.; Sheras, Peter – Professional School Counseling, 2006
How can middle school counselors identify bullies? This study compared two methods of identifying bullies in a sample of 386 middle school students. A peer nomination survey identified many more bullies than did student self-report. Moreover, self-reported and peer nominated bullies differed in their types of bullying behaviors, level of general…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, Identification, Student Surveys