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Heteronormativity, School Climates, and Perceived Safety for Gender Nonconforming Peers
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Toomey, Russell B.; McGuire, Jenifer K.; Russell, Stephen T. – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Students' perceptions of their school climates are associated with psychosocial and academic adjustment. The present study examined the role of school strategies to promote safety in predicting students' perceptions of safety for gender nonconforming peers among 1415 students in 28 high schools. Using multilevel modeling techniques, we examined…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, School Safety, Homosexuality, Social Attitudes
Reactions to Dating Violence among Latino Teenagers: An Experiment Utilizing the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations Paradigm
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Rayburn, Nadine Recker; Jaycox, Lisa H.; McCaffrey, Daniel F.; Ulloa, Emilio C.; Zander-Cotugno, Megan; Marshall, Grant N.; Shelley, Gene A. – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
Dating violence is a serious problem among adolescents and young adults. Understanding teens' reactions to dating violence offers the potential to understand the factors that lead to perpetration of violent behavior and to elucidate prevention strategies. Knowledge concerning youth attitudes about dating violence is limited, and has largely come…
Descriptors: Violence, Models, Prevention, Familiarity
Exposure to Violent Video Games Increases Automatic Aggressiveness
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Uhlmann, Eric; Swanson, Jane – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
The effects of exposure to violent video games on automatic associations with the self were investigated in a sample of 121 students. Playing the violent video game Doom led participants to associate themselves with aggressive traits and actions on the Implicit Association Test. In addition, self-reported prior exposure to violent video games…
Descriptors: Association Measures, Video Games, Violence, Aggression
The Co-Occurrence of Adolescent Boys' and Girls' Use of Psychologically, Physically, and Sexually Abusive Behaviours in Their Dating Relationships
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Sears, Heather A.; Sandra Byers, E.; Lisa Price, E. – Journal of Adolescence, 2007
We examined the co-occurrence of and risk factors for adolescent boys' and girls' self-reported use of psychologically, physically, and sexually abusive behaviours in their dating relationships. The participants were 324 boys and 309 girls in grades 7, 9, or 11 who completed surveys at school. Descriptive analyses showed that 19% of boys and 26%…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Correlation, Dating (Social), Violence
Violence Exposure in Real-Life, Video Games, Television, Movies, and the Internet: Is There Desensitization?
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Funk, Jeanne B.; Baldacci, Heidi Bechtoldt; Pasold; Tracie; Baumgardner, Jennifer – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
It is believed that repeated exposure to real-life and to entertainment violence may alter cognitive, affective, and behavioral processes, possibly leading to desensitization. The goal of the present study was to determine if there are relationships between real-life and media violence exposure and desensitization as reflected in related…
Descriptors: Violence, Video Games, Television, Films
Adolescents' Judgements of the Seriousness of Disruptive Behaviour at School and of the Sanction Appropriate for Dealing with It.
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Coslin, Pierre G. – Journal of Adolescence, 1997
Discriminates adolescents' (N=172) attitudes toward disruptive behavior in school from their attitudes toward the instigators of such behavior. Subjects rated the seriousness of the actions and selected a sanction. Discussion of results involves consideration of violence level, frequency of actions, gender of central character, and gender and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Sanctions, Secondary Education