News tagged with school violence

Physically abused children report higher levels of psychosomatic symptoms

Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Don't walk alone: A bullying prevention primer

Understanding the line between harmless teasing and abusive bullying can mean the difference between interfering parents and those who help their children overcome painful child abuse, according to the newly appointed director ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study suggests link between childhood bullying and adult intimate partner violence perpetration

Men who report having bullied peers in childhood appear to have an increased risk of perpetrating violence against an intimate partner in adulthood, according to a report posted online today by the Archives of Pediatrics & ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Positive behavioral interventions programs found to improve student behavior and learning

Adopting the evidence-based procedures of School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (SWPBIS) helped 21 elementary schools reduce student suspensions, office discipline referrals and improve student academic ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: 1 in 4 female teens involved in violence

(AP) -- About one in four female teens is involved in some sort of violent behavior at school or at work, according to a government report.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Professor tracks Columbine media discourse from 'school shooting' to 'terrorism'

Decades spent studying mass media messages of fear led noted Arizona State University scholar David Altheide to examine how the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, were originally portrayed ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 2