Bullying in American Schools: A Social-Ecological Perspective on Prevention and Intervention

by Espelage, Dorothy L.; Swearer, Susan M.

• ISBN13: 9780805845600
• ISBN10: 0805845607
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Much of our knowledge about bullying behaviors comes from research conducted over the past several decades in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Until the past decade, research in the United States has lagged behind our European, Australian, and Canadian counterparts. This book seeks to fill this void by forwarding research on bullying across contexts conducted with American participants. This book is an exciting compilation of research on bullying in school-aged youth conducted across the United States by a representative group of researchers, including developmental, social, counseling, school, and clinical psychologists. As such, it presents a picture of the complexity of bullying behaviors and offers suggestions for using data-based decision-making to intervene and reduce bullying behaviors in our nation's schools. Given the complexity of bullying and victimization, this book gives guidance for schools as they develop prevention and intervention programming for bullying. Providing a source through which school administrators can utilize the research findings, the book is divided into five parts. Part I illustrates the importance of individual characteristics across bully-victim subtypes. Part II addresses how peer groups relate to bullying across the school years. Part III explores how teachers and classrooms influence bullying and aggression during the school years. Part IV implicates ecological systems in fostering and maintaining bullying in schools. It also highlights the potential for these systems to work in combating bullying. Part V focuses on specific aspects of prevention and intervention planning.

Table of Contents

Foreword
James Garbarino	xi
Contributors	xv
About the Editors	xxi
Chapter 1 Introduction: A Social-Ecological Framework of Bullying Among Youth	1	(12)
Susan M. Swearer and Dorothy L. Espelage
PART I: INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH BULLYING	13	(72)
Chapter 2 Gender Differences in Bullying: Moving Beyond Mean Level Differences	15	(22)
Dorothy L. Espelage, Sarah E. Mebane, and Susan M. Swearer
Chapter 3 Empathy, Caring, and Bullying: Toward an Understanding of Complex Associations	37	(26)
Dorothy L. Espelage, Sarah E. Mebane, and Ryan S. Adams
Chapter 4 Internalizing Problems in Students Involved in Bullying and Victimization: Implications for Intervention	63	(22)
Susan M. Swearer, Amie E. Grills, Kisha M. Haye, and Paulette Tam Cary
PART II: PEER CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH BULLYING	85	(34)
Chapter 5 Peer Ecologies of Aggression and Bullying	87	(20)
Philip C. Rodkiv
Chapter 6 Part of the Solution and Part of the Problem: The Role of Peers in Bullying, Dominance, and Victimization During the Transition From Primary School Through Secondary School	107	(12)
Anthony D. Pellegrini and Jeffrey D. Long
PART III: CLASSROOM CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH BULLYING	119	(66)
Chapter 7 Teachers' Attitudes Toward Bullying	121	(20)
Melissa K. Holt and Melissa A. Keyes
Chapter 8 Bullying Among Young Children: The Influence of Peers and Teachers	141	(20)
Laura D. Hanish, Becky Kochenderfer-Ladd, Richard A. Fabes, Carol Lynn Martin, and Donna Denning
Chapter 9 Classroom Ecologies That Support or Discourage Bullying	161	(24)
Beth Doll, Samuel Song, and Erin Siemens
PART IV: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM: CONSIDERING SCHOOL CLIMATE, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SOCIAL SUPPORT, AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS	185	(110)
Chapter 10 The Effects of School Climate on Changes in Aggressive and Other Behaviors Related to Bullying	187	(24)
Stephanie Kasen, Kathy Berensop, Patricia Cohen, and Jeffrey G. Johnson
Chapter 11 The Role of Social Support in the Lives of Bullies, Victims, and Bully-victims	211	(16)
Christine Kernes Malecki and Michelle Kilpatrick Demaray
Chapter 12 The Impact of Family Relationships on School Bullies and Their Victims	227	(18)
Renae D. Duncan
Chapter 13 Home-school Collaboration and Bullying: An Ecological Approach to Increase Social Competence in Children and Youth	245	(24)
Susan M. Sheridan, Emily D. Warnes, and Shannon Dowd
Chapter 14 Outcome Measures to Assess the Effectiveness of Bullying-prevention Programs in the Schools	269	(26)
Stephen S. Leff, Thomas J. Power, and Amy B. Goldstein
PART V: EFFECTIVE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS	295	(70)
Chapter 15 Elementary School Bully Busters Program: Understanding Why Children Bully and What to Do About It	297	(30)
Arthur M. Horne, Pamela Orpinas, Dawn Newman-Carlson, and Christi L. Bartolomucci
Chapter 16 Expect Respect: A School-based Intervention to Promote Awareness and Effective Responses to Bullying and Sex Harassment	327	(24)
Daniel J. Whitaker, Barri Rosenbluth, Linda Anne Valle, and Ellen Sanchez
Chapter 17 Implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program in American Schools: Lessons Learned from the Field	351	(14)
Susan P. Limber
Author Index	365	(16)
Subject Index	381