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A Comment on School Safety and Mental Wellness, Including Covitality
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Furlong, Michael J. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Drawing upon an ongoing school mental health survey being conducted in California, this article examines associations between high school students' mental wellness, including covitality (as measured with the Social Emotional Health Survey--Secondary), and school safety perceptions and experiences. Student self-reports reveal a strong positive…
Descriptors: School Safety, Well Being, Wellness, Mental Health
A Cluster Analytic Investigation of School Violence Victimization among Diverse Students
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Felix, Erika D.; Furlong, Michael J.; Austin, Greg – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Despite nationwide improvements in school safety, victimization at school continues and affects the well-being of a significant number of students. This study uses the California Healthy Kids Survey, a statewide surveillance instrument administered to students in grades 7, 9, and 11 in California (N = 70,600) to address the multiple victimization…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Sexual Orientation, Multivariate Analysis
Who Are the Victims of School Violence? A Comparison of Student Non-Victims and Multi-Victims.
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Furlong, Michael J.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1995
Comparison of 388 students (grades 5 to 12) often victimized by school violence and 928 students rarely victimized found victims were more likely to be male, to perceive the school campus as unsafe, to have poorer social support networks with peers and teachers, to have pervasive distrusting attitudes about interpersonal relationships, and to be…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
Raging Rick to Tranquil Tom: An Empirically Based Multidimensional Anger Typology for Adolescent Males.
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Furlong, Michael J.; Smith, Douglas C. – Psychology in the Schools, 1998
Reviews efforts to categorize anger-related patterns among youth and proposes an empirically derived typology for males based upon a multidimensional conceptualization of anger in school settings. Uses a two-stage clustering procedure to develop six anger preference styles that described a sample of 200 students in grades 6-12. (MKA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Anger, Arousal Patterns
Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Student Self-Reports of Campus Violence.
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Rosenblatt, Jennifer A.; Furlong, Michael J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1997
Responses of 109 students who failed reliability or validity checks on a school climate and violence questionnaire were compared with those of a randomly matched group who answered consistently and accurately. Results indicated significant differences in terms of school violence victimization and perceived danger at school. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
An Examination of the Reliability, Data Screening Procedures, and Extreme Response Patterns for the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey
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Furlong, Michael J.; Sharkey, Jill D.; Bates, Michael P.; Smith, Douglas C. – Journal of School Violence, 2004
This article explores psychometric characteristics of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBS), one of the most widely used instruments to assess the prevalence of violent and other high-risk behaviors in secondary school settings. Response patterns were analyzed for a subset of 414 youths who indicated that they had carried a weapon to…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, Incidence, Response Style (Tests)