The Relationship Between Children's Threats of Violence and Violent Behaviors

Singer, Mark I.; Flannery, Daniel J.

doi:10.1001/archpedi.154.8.785

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“…Males are more likely to use weapons, commit homicides, and engage in dangerous forms of physical aggressions (Cornell and Loper 1998;Deffenbacher et al 1996;Singer and Flannery 2000). One previous explanation for the gender difference in physical aggression is that anger leads to aggression, and boys and girls tend to experience anger differently.…”

Section: Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anger, Aggression, and Irrational Beliefs in Adolescents

et al. 2010

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This study examined whether a combination of anger, hostility, and irrational beliefs, i.e., intolerance of rules frustration, intolerance of work frustration, demands for fairness, and self-downing would predict physical, verbal, and indirect aggression and peer ratings of aggression. Follow-up analysis tested gender as a moderator of the relations between irrational beliefs and aggression, and anger and aggression. One hundred thirty-five high school-aged adolescents completed measures of irrational beliefs, anger, hostility, and aggression. Results demonstrated that gender, anger, and an irrational belief of intolerance of rules frustration predicted physical aggression, while anger and irrational belief of intolerance of rules frustration uniquely predicted indirect aggression. Anger alone predicted verbal aggression. Males were more likely to report higher rate of physical aggression and were voted to be more aggressive by their peers. However, gender did not moderate the relations between cognition and aggression, and anger and aggression. Treatment and research implications are discussed.

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Section: Gender Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anger, Aggression, and Irrational Beliefs in Adolescents

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“…Although the likelihood that a student will commit a serious act of violence at school is low, and schools enjoy a lower rate of violent crime than most other settings (Cornell, 2006;DeVoe, Peter, Noonan, Snyder, & Baum, 2005), student threats to commit a violent act (especially to assault a peer) are relatively common (Singer & Flannery, 2000). Moreover, students are stimulated to make even more threats following a high profile incident.…”

Section: Student Threats Of Violencementioning

confidence: 99%

Response of school personnel to student threat assessment training

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Cornell

Lorek

et al. 2008

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

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School safety has become an important area of concern for school improvement. This study examined the effects of staff training as means of improving school responses to student threats of violence. A multidisciplinary sample of 351 staff from 2 school divisions completed pre-post training surveys as part of a 1-day training program using the Guidelines for Responding to Student Threats of Violence (Cornell & Sheras, 2006). Analysis of pre-post surveys found large changes in staff attitudes toward school safety and violence prevention efforts. There was a substantial decrease in concerns about school homicide and increased awareness of effective violence prevention efforts. There was a drop in support for zero tolerance and profiling approaches, along with increased knowledge of threat assessment principles and concepts. These changes were sustained across school divisions serving a challenging urban population and a more affluent, suburban population. Similar effects were found across all school personnel. These findings demonstrate the viability of training staff in a student threat assessment approach.

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“…Andere sind hingegen der Meinung, dass Drohungen durchaus einen Indikator für gewalttätiges Verhalten darstellen können, da diese sowohl mit der Häufigkeit als auch der Schwere physischer Angriffe (Haas, 2004) oder gewalttätigem Verhalten, insbesondere mit Angriffen mit Messern oder Schusswaffen in der Schule (Singer & Flannery, 2000), korrelieren.…”

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