Journal article
Preventing School Bullying: Should Schools Prioritize an Authoritative School Discipline Approach Over Security Measures?
Journal of school violence, Vol.15(2), pp.133-157
01/01/2016
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2014.956321
Abstract
A common response to school violence features the use of security measures to deter serious and violent incidents. However, a second approach, based on school climate theory, suggests that schools exhibiting authoritative school discipline (i.e., high structure and support) might more effectively reduce school disorder. We tested these approaches on less serious, but more frequent, incidents of student victimization-physical, verbal, and relational bullying-using a nationally representative sample of 12- to 18-year-olds. We found that students in schools with positive school climates, as based on authoritative discipline theory, were significantly less likely to report bullying victimization. The security measures approach had no association with physical and verbal bullying and only a marginal association on relational bullying.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preventing School Bullying: Should Schools Prioritize an Authoritative School Discipline Approach Over Security Measures?
- Creators
- Julie Gerlinger - University of California, IrvineJames C. Wo - University of California, Irvine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of school violence, Vol.15(2), pp.133-157
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/15388220.2014.956321
- ISSN
- 1538-8220
- eISSN
- 1538-8239
- Number of pages
- 25
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984282466402771
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