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Mayer, Matthew J.; Astor, Ron Avi – Preventing School Failure, 2023
School violence, and particularly, school shootings, remain a serious concern among parents, community members, educators, and governmental leadership at the local, state, and national levels. While school shootings periodically dominate media coverage of school safety issues, schools are among the safest places for students in the community. This…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Safety, Juvenile Gangs
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Kelmendi, Kaltrina; Arënliu, Aliriza; Benbenishty, Rami; Astor, Ron Avi; Hyseni Duraku, Zamira; Konjufca, Jon – Journal of School Violence, 2023
Most of the existing literature and evidence on school violence and victimization comes from high-income countries, and there is a lack of evidence on developing countries. This study examines the prevalence of student victimization and its association with individual, family, and school-related correlates, focusing on the representative sample…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Victims, Bullying, Weapons
Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenisthty, Rami – Oxford University Press, 2019
Since 2005, bullying, school violence, and school safety literatures have expanded dramatically in content, disciplines, and empirical studies. However, despite this massive expansion of research, there has also been a surprising lack of theoretical and empirical direction to guide efforts on how to advance basic science and practical applications…
Descriptors: Bullying, Violence, School Safety, Educational Environment
McMahon, Susan Dvorak; Anderman, Eric M.; Astor, Ron Avi; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Martinez, Andrew; Reddy, Linda A.; Worrell, Frank C. – American Psychological Association, 2022
Current and future decisions to leave the field of education affect the quality of schools and the next generations of learners, teachers and school leaders in the nation. Physical and verbal violence directed against teachers may be exacerbating reports of high stress, transfers and leaving the profession. This technical report outlines key…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Violence, Teaching Conditions
McMahon, Susan D.; Anderman, Eric M.; Astor, Ron Avi; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Martinez, Andrew; Reddy, Linda A.; Worrell, Frank C. – American Psychological Association, 2022
The US is experiencing trends of dramatic employee turnover in our nation's schools. Current and future decisions to leave the field of education affect the quality of our schools and the next generations of learners, educators, and school leaders in the nation. Physical and verbal violence directed against educators may be exacerbating reports of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Violence, Teaching Conditions
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Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Vinokur, Amiram D.; Zeira, Anat – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
This inquiry explores variables that predict elementary school students' fear of attending school due to school violence and their overall judgments of school violence as a problem. Using a nationally representative sample (Israel) of 5,472 elementary-school-aged children, this study tested the hypotheses that: (a) young students' personal fear…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Models, Gender Differences, Cultural Differences