Preventing violence and promoting active bystandership and peace: My life in research and applications.

Staub, Ervin

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“…In addition, to create classrooms that promote a culture of peace needs to involve values such as caring and helping each other. Possible mechanisms through "promoting a positive school environment and supporting a culture of peace are based on respect, care, mutual assistance, positive reinforcement of desirable behaviors combined with discipline and consistent consequences for inappropriate behavior" [36,37]. Although it is not the only way but promoting a positive school environment can strengthen pro-social skills [38].…”

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confidence: 99%

Ecological Theory: Preventing Student Bullying to Promote Culture of Peace

Analisah¹,

Indartono²

2019

Joint Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science and Character Educations (IcoSSCE 2018) and International C

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The classic ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner is used as a framework for reviewing the risks and factors found associated with the involvement of bullying in school during childhood and adolescence. The theory consists of five environmental systems starting from personal interaction to the influence of a broader culture. After reviewing various literature related to bullying, it is found that the structure or location factors in which children have direct contact include peers, family, community, and school (microsystem), the relationship between family and school such as parental involvement in their children's school (mesosystem), the perception of the teacher or staff about the school environment (ecosystem), the social structure in which students live (macrosystem), and changes in family structure through divorce, displacement, or death (chronosystem) are the main factors causing many bullying behavior in school. Some of our recommendations to prevent and to reduce bullying as an effort to promote a culture of peace include; build partnerships between schools and the environment, improve teachers' ability to manage conflict, review approaches used in implementing punishment, and build a positive school climate.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecological Theory: Preventing Student Bullying to Promote Culture of Peace

Analisah¹,

Indartono²

2019

Joint Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science and Character Educations (IcoSSCE 2018) and International C

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“…While the training is very similar to what I have originally developed, part of its attraction to police departments now is an added emphasis (Aronie & Lopez, ; Staub, ; ). It helps not only citizens who won't be harmed, and police community relations, but very directly also police officers.…”

Section: Promoting Caring Helping and Active Bystandership In Childmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The aim is to intervene with little force, but become more forceful if necessary. One example of an actual intervention in New Orleans was an officer putting his arm around the shoulder of another who was getting excited and seemed about to attack a demonstrator (Staub, ). In another case, a citizen was verbally abusing a women officer, who was getting increasingly angry.…”

Section: Promoting Caring Helping and Active Bystandership In Childmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It was my mother and aunt who standing in line in front of the Swedish embassy were able to get the letters of protection for us. My aunt faced off three young Nazis who wanted to take away her 14‐year‐old daughter, and my mother and aunt did other things that saved my 15‐year‐old cousin (Staub, ).…”

Section: Introduction: Some Research and The Roots Of This Work In Pementioning

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Witnesses/Bystanders: The Tragic Fruits of Passivity, the Power of Bystanders, and Promoting Active Bystandership in Children, Adults, and Groups

Staub

2019

Journal of Social Issues

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I briefly describe my experiences that gave rise to a life‐long motivation to work on these issues. I then discuss the roots of extreme violence by groups, focusing on passivity by witnesses/bystanders that allows the evolution of increasing violence, including genocide. As an example, I discuss the genocide in Rwanda, and describe work I and my associates have done there to help with healing and reconciliation after the genocide of 1994, and to prevent future violence. I then discuss reasons for bystander passivity and the power of bystanders to make a difference. I describe ways of generating caring, helping/active bystandership, first through positive socialization of children, in the home and in classrooms, and then the development of caring and helping in people who have suffered, “altruism born of suffering.” I then describe interventions based on research that promote active bystandership: the training of police officers to prevent or stop unnecessary harmful behavior by fellow officers, with a successful example in New Orleans; the training of students to stop fellow students from harming others; an intervention in Amsterdam to improve relations between ethnic Dutch and Muslims after intense violence there. In the latter instance, the city government was the primary active bystander. I mention my colleagues’ and my theory and research on constructive (vs. blind) patriotism, and the special relevance of different forms of patriotism in the United States under the Trump Presidency.

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“…After the Rodney King incident in 1991, through a series of events (see Staub, 2018), I was invited to develop a training for police in California, to train officers to be active bystanders who prevent or stop fellow officers from engaging in unnecessary harmful or violent behavior toward civilians (Staub, 2015, Chapter 14). This training was based on my own and others’ research on helping in emergencies and my work on group violence.…”

Section: Promoting Active Bystandership By Policementioning

confidence: 99%

Preventing violence and promoting active bystandership and peace: My life in research and applications.

Cited by 15 publications

References 59 publications

Ecological Theory: Preventing Student Bullying to Promote Culture of Peace

Ecological Theory: Preventing Student Bullying to Promote Culture of Peace

Witnesses/Bystanders: The Tragic Fruits of Passivity, the Power of Bystanders, and Promoting Active Bystandership in Children, Adults, and Groups

Promoting Healing and Reconciliation in Rwanda, and Generating Active Bystandership by Police to Stop Unnecessary Harm by Fellow Officers

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