The Impact of a Middle School Program to Reduce Aggression, Victimization, and Sexual Violence

Espelage, Dorothy L.; Low, Sabina; Polanin, Joshua R.; Brown, Eric C.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.02.021

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“…More attention should be given to devising ways in which prevention efforts could be realized in school settings. In one intervention study in the United States focusing on problem solving skills, emotional management and empathy, rates of verbal, physical and sexual aggression decreased among a similarly adolescents in mid-western schools [39]. Given that bullying victims more likely to be truant and suffer from poorer mental health, a school-based intervention designed to ameliorate individual psychological symptomatology and encourage school attendance may be beneficial.…”

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Patterns, Characteristics, and Correlates of Adolescent Bully-Victims in Urban Tanzania

Wilson

Celedonia²,

Kamala³

2013

Social Sciences

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Abstract:Bullying is an understudied issue of public health importance in low-income countries. In the present study, we aimed to explore social and demographic factors associated with bullying among adolescents in a low-income country urban setting. We divided a sample of 2,154 school-attending adolescents into two groups, those who had been bullied during a 30-day period and those who were not. We considered age, sex, mental health, parent-relationship, hunger and social deprivation and truancy in our comparison of these two groups using logistic regression. Multinomial regression was also used to determine if there was a dose response relationship between bullying frequency and the aforementioned selected variables. We found that bullied school-attending adolescents in Dar es Salaam were more likely to be truant, suffer from mental health problems and have experienced hunger. Adolescents who had parents which were more aware of their free time activities, were less likely to report being bullied. There were also significant differences in bullying frequency and certain variables, most notably with truancy, economic and social deprivation, and signs of depression. School settings in Dar es Salaam offer a potential for intervening in what are potentially harmful effects of bullying behavior among bully victims. OPEN ACCESSSoc. Sci. 2013, 2 235

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Patterns, Characteristics, and Correlates of Adolescent Bully-Victims in Urban Tanzania

Wilson

Celedonia²,

Kamala³

2013

Social Sciences

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“…Presumably these effects would also result in reductions in relational victimization, however that was not tested. Of note, a recent trial of Second Step was effective for reducing physical aggression among sixth graders but did not result in significant decreases in relational aggression, which was measured differently relative to the prior trial (Espelage, Low, Polanin, & Brown, 2013). Taken together, more work is needed to evaluate the efficacy of this program for relational aggression and victimization.…”

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Future Directions for Research on the Development of Relational and Physical Peer Victimization

Ostrov

Kamper

2015

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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“…To our knowledge, all treatment studies that include relational aggression outcome measures have been conducted in school settings (Leff et al 2010). A recent study of a 15-week curriculum focused on communication and problem-solving skills for reducing various types of aggression, which showed a decrease in physical aggression, but no change in relational aggression (Espelage et al 2013). A review of 13 classroom-based prevention programs showed small effect sizes on measures of relational aggression, and concluded that these programs were less effective in addressing relational aggression than overt aggression.…”

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Behavioral Interventions for Anger, Irritability, and Aggression in Children and Adolescents

Sukhodolsky

Smith

McCauley

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Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Objective: Anger, irritability, and aggression are among the most common reasons for child mental health referrals. This review is focused on two forms of behavioral interventions for these behavioral problems: Parent management training (PMT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). Methods: First, we provide an overview of anger/irritability and aggression as the treatment targets of behavioral interventions, followed by a discussion of the general principles and techniques of these treatment modalities. Then we discuss our current work concerning the transdiagnostic approach to CBT for anger, irritability, and aggression. Results: PMT is aimed at improving aversive patterns of family interactions that engender children's disruptive behavior. CBT targets deficits in emotion regulation and social problem-solving that are associated with aggressive behavior. Both forms of treatment have received extensive support in randomized controlled trials. Given that anger/irritability and aggressive behavior are common in children with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, a transdiagnostic approach to CBT for anger and aggression is described in detail. Conclusions: PMT and CBT have been well studied in randomized controlled trials in children with disruptive behavior disorders, and studies of transdiagnostic approaches to CBT for anger and aggression are currently underway. More work is needed to develop treatments for other types of aggressive behavior (e.g., relational aggression) that have been relatively neglected in clinical research. The role of callous-unemotional traits in response to behavioral interventions and treatment of irritability in children with anxiety and mood disorders also warrants further investigation.

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The Impact of a Middle School Program to Reduce Aggression, Victimization, and Sexual Violence

Cited by 220 publications

References 12 publications

Patterns, Characteristics, and Correlates of Adolescent Bully-Victims in Urban Tanzania

Patterns, Characteristics, and Correlates of Adolescent Bully-Victims in Urban Tanzania

Future Directions for Research on the Development of Relational and Physical Peer Victimization

Behavioral Interventions for Anger, Irritability, and Aggression in Children and Adolescents

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