Trending Topic Research File
Bullying presents one of the greatest health risks to children, youth, and young adults in U.S. society today. School safety, including the prevention is bullying, is a top national priority and a key area of academic research. In recent years, AERA and its journals have examined many aspects of bullying and school safety, including: ● Effects on academic performance ● Role in school climate ● Bullying and LGBTQ youth ● Strategies and procedures for prevention
The following compendium of articles, provided "toll free" here, includes AERA journal content on bullying and school safety published since 2004. This page will be updated as new articles are published.
In addition, the AERA peer-reviewed report Prevention of Bullying in Schools, Colleges, and Universities (2013) addresses legislative, policy, and procedural matters with pragmatic and practical strategies for bullying prevention. It is presented as a series of 11 briefs, written by leading scholars on the topic.
Note: Articles are listed below in reverse chronological order of publication. Click here for the list by author’s last name.
Data Needs for Emerging Research Issues in Bully and Violence Prevention AERA Open, September 2015 In this article, a social-ecological framework is briefly described as a way to understand bullying and school violence; and data that assess bullying and/or school violence are described, and recommendations for additional items are proposed. Authors: Dorothy Espelage
The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, July 2015 Through analyzing the impact of fatal shootings in high schools, researchers found that homicidal shootings significantly decrease the enrollment of students in Grade 9 and decrease test scores in math and English standardized tests. Authors: Louis-Philippe Beland, Dongwoo Kim
Guidance for Schools Selecting Antibullying Approaches: Translating Evidence-Based Strategies to Contemporary Implementation Realities Educational Researcher , January/February 2015 This article synthesizes current research on bullying prevention and intervention to provide guidance to schools seeking to select and implement anti-bullying strategies. Authors: Nadia S. Ansary, Maurice J. Elias, Michael B. Greene, Stuart Green Brief 3: Bullying and Peer Victimization Among Vulnerable Populations
The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Review of Educational Research, January 2014 This article synthesizes empirical, longitudinal literature dating to 1992 that investigates the effects of the most predominant health-related behaviors among adolescence students, including bullying. Authors: Vincent Busch, Anne Loyen, Mandy Lodder, Augustinus J. P. Schrijvers, Tom A. van Yperen, Johannes R. J. de Leeuw
A Review of School Climate Research Review of Educational Research, April 2013 This article presents an integrative review on school climate research, including bullying. Authors: Amrit Thapa, Jonathan Cohen, Shawn Guffey, Ann Higgins-D’Alessandro
Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ-Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice Educational Researcher, November 2012 The extent to which LGBTQ youths’ higher rates of victimization can explain these youths’ greater rates of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and unexcused absences from school is explored in this article, with the authors finding that policies aimed at simply reducing bullying may not be effective. Authors: Joseph P. Robinson, Dorothy L. Espelage Why Do School Order and Safety Matter? Educational Researcher, January 2010 Setting the stage for a special issue of Educational Researcher, this article recasts the study of school violence into the broader framework of school safety and order. Authors: Dewey G. Cornell, Matthew J. Mayer How Safe Are Our Schools? Educational Researcher, January 2010 Calling for a 10-year national strategic plan to improve school safety, this article identifies conceptual and methodological challenges that must be addressed. Authors: Matthew J. Mayer, Michael J. Furlong
What Can Be Done About School Bullying? Educational Researcher, January 2010 In this article, the authors review research on individual, peer, and school contributions that may be critical factors for enhancing efforts to address bullying among students, concluding with a proposal for a broader model of school bullying based on the emerging literature. Authors: Susan M. Swearer, Dorothy L. Espelage, Tracy Vaillancourt, Shelley Hymel
What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence Educational Researcher, January 2010 This article counters the impression that schools are unsafe for many students by examining empirical evidence of school and community violence trends and includes an overview of the need for schools to develop crisis response plans. Authors:Randy Borum, Dewey G. Cornell, William Modzeleski, Shane R. Jimerson
How Can We Improve School Safety Research? Educational Researcher, January 2010 The authors of this article consider how educational researchers can improve school violence and safety research in three key ways and describe international empirical approaches that match school safety data with specific evidence-based practices. Authors: Ron Avi Astor, Nancy Guerra, Richard Van Acker
How Can We Improve School Discipline? Educational Researcher, January 2010 Surveying three approaches to improving school disciple practices and student behavior, this article examines their epistemological and empirical roots and supporting research. Authors: David Osher, George G. Bear, Jeffrey R. Sprague, Walter Doyle
The Achievement Gap and the Discipline Gap: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Educational Researcher, January 2010 This article synthesizes research on racial and ethnic patterns in school sanctions and examines the evidence for student, school, and community contributors to these patterns, offering promising directions for gap-reducing discipline policies and practices. Authors: Anne Gregory, Russell J. Skiba, Pedro A. Noguera
Ansary, Nadia S. - [email protected] -Guidance for Schools Selecting Antibullying Approaches: Translating Evidence-Based Strategies to Contemporary Implementation Realities Astor, Ron Avi - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Safety Research? -School Violence and Theoretically Atypical Schools: The Principal’s Centrality in Orchestrating Safe Schools Bear, George G. - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Discipline? Beland, Louis-Philippe - [email protected] -The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance Benbenishty, Rami - [email protected] -School Violence and Theoretically Atypical Schools: The Principal’s Centrality in Orchestrating Safe Schools
Borum, Randy - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence Busch, Vincent - no email available -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Cohen, Jonathan - [email protected] -A Review of School Climate Research Cornell, Dewey G. - [email protected] -Why Do School Order and Safety Matter? -What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence de Leeuw, Johannes R. J. - no email available -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Doyle, Walter - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Discipline? Elias, Maurice J. - [email protected] -Guidance for Schools Selecting Antibullying Approaches: Translating Evidence-Based Strategies to Contemporary Implementation Realities Erevelles, Nirmala - [email protected] -These Deadly Times: Reconceptualizing School Violence by Using Critical Race Theory and Disability Studies
Espelage, Dorothy L. - [email protected] -Data Needs for Emerging Research Issues in Bully and Violence Prevention -Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ-Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice -What Can Be Done About School Bullying? Estrada, Jose Nuñez - no email available -School Violence and Theoretically Atypical Schools: The Principal’s Centrality in Orchestrating Safe Schools Furlong, Michael J. - [email protected] -How Safe Are Our Schools? Gregory, Anne - [email protected] -The Achievement Gap and the Discipline Gap: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Green, Stuart - [email protected] -Guidance for Schools Selecting Antibullying Approaches: Translating Evidence-Based Strategies to Contemporary Implementation Realities Greene, Michael B. - [email protected] -Guidance for Schools Selecting Antibullying Approaches: Translating Evidence-Based Strategies to Contemporary Implementation Realities Guerra, Nancy - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Safety Research?
Guffey, Shawn - [email protected] -A Review of School Climate Research
Higgins-D’Alessandro, Ann - [email protected] -A Review of School Climate Research
Hymel, Shelley - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Bullying? Jimerson, Shane R. - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence Kim, Dongwoo - [email protected] -The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance Lodder, Maddy - no email available -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Loyen, Ann - no email available -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Mayer, Matthew J. - [email protected] -Why Do School Order and Safety Matter? -How Safe Are Our Schools? Modzeleski, William - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence
Robinson-Cimpian, Joseph - [email protected] -Bullying Explains Only Part of LGBTQ-Heterosexual Risk Disparities: Implications for Policy and Practice
Schrijvers, Augustinus J.P. - no email available -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Skiba, Russell J. - skiba@indiana -The Achievement Gap and the Discipline Gap: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Sprague, Jeffrey R. - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Discipline? Swearer, Susan M. - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Bullying?
Thapa, Amrit - no email available -A Review of School Climate Research
Vaillancourt, Tracy - [email protected] -What Can Be Done About School Bullying? van Acker, Ricahrd - [email protected] -How Can We Improve School Safety Research?
van Yperen, Tom A. - [email protected] -The Effects of Adolescent Health-Related Behavior on Academic Performance: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence Watts, Ivan Eugene - [email protected] -These Deadly Times: Reconceptualizing School Violence by Using Critical Race Theory and Disability Studies