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Monitoring School Violence: Linking National-, District-, and School-Level Data over Time.
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Benbenishty, Rami; Astor, Ron Avi; Zeira, Anat – Journal of School Violence, 2003
Presents a model for monitoring school violence locally and linking national, district, and school level data, illustrating its application in a project site in Israel. Examples of reports generated to monitor school violence for the district as a whole and for each site are presented. The article concludes that this is a feasible and useful model…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
School Violence in Israel: Perceptions of Homeroom Teachers
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Zeira, Anat; Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami – School Psychology International, 2004
Most research on school violence focuses on the experiences of the students rather than on the perceptions of the educational staff. As part of the first national survey on school violence in Israel, this study examines the perceptions of homeroom teachers on violence in their schools. Self-administered anonymous questionnaires were answered by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Jews, Violence
School Violence in Israel: Findings of a National Survey.
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Zeira, Anat; Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami – Social Work, 2003
Reports findings of national survey on school violence in Israel. Revealed high rates of violence in all areas and among all age groups, but relatively higher rates of low-level violent behaviors and lower rates of more severe violent events. Reports on age-related, gender, and cultural differences; discusses social workers' roles in shaping…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cultural Differences, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries
The Awareness of Risky Peer Group Behaviors on School Grounds as Predictors of Students' Victimization on School Grounds: Part I--Elementary Schools.
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Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Marachi, Roxana; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Zeira, Anat; Perkins-Hart, Suzanne; Pitner, Ronald O. – Journal of School Violence, 2002
Examined the effects of awareness of peers' risky behaviors on elementary students' experiences of school victimization. Surveys of Arab and Jewish students indicated that students' awareness of risky peer behaviors in school was one of the strongest predictors of their own personal victimization at school, controlling for gender, ethnicity, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Perceptions of Violence and Fear of School Attendance among Junior High School Youths in Israel.
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Benbenishty, Rami; Astor, Ron A.; Zeira, Anat; Vinokur, Amiram D. – Social Work Research, 2002
Examines an exploratory model of how variables in school settings affect school victimization and the consequences of victimization for junior high school students. The model presents ways in which school context and victimization affect students' fear of attending school and their assessment of school violence. Discusses gender and cultural…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Fear, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students
Dating Violence and Sexual Risk Behaviors in a Sample of At-Risk Israeli Youth
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Schiff, Miriam; Zeira, Anat – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2005
Objective: This exploratory study examines the reported dating violence and its association with sexual risk behavior among Israeli adolescents, who are at risk for dropping out of school. Methodology: A convenience sample of 105 at-risk youth (51 boys and 54 girls) completed self-administered anonymous, questionnaires in small same-gender groups.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Conflict, Gender Differences
The Awareness of Risky Peer Group Behaviors on School Grounds as Predictors of Students' Victimization on School Grounds: Part II--Junior High Schools.
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Astor, Ron Avi; Benbenishty, Rami; Haj-Yahia, Muhammad M.; Zeira, Anat; Perkins-Hart, Suzanne; Marachi, Roxana; Pitner, Ronald O. – Journal of School Violence, 2002
Examined how risky peer group behaviors at school impacted junior high students' experience of victimization, extending findings from an earlier study of elementary students. Surveys of Arab and Jewish Israeli junior high students indicated that risky peer behaviors in school were one of the strongest predictors of victimization in both elementary…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arabs, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
Arab and Jewish Elementary School Students' Perceptions of Fear and School Violence: Understanding the Influence of School Context
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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