Thursday, April 30, 2009
Tweet[IWS] RAND: NO BULLIES ALLOWED: UNDERSTANDING PEER VICTIMIZATION, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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RAND
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
By: Jennifer S. Wong
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
[full-text, 372 pages]
Over the past decade, school bullying has emerged as a prominent issue of concern for students, parents, educators, and researchers around the world. Research evidence suggests nontrivial and potentially serious negative repercussions of both bullying and victimization. This dissertation uses a large, nationally representative panel dataset and a propensity score matching technique to assess the impact of bully victimization on a range of 10 delinquency outcomes measured over a six-year period. Results show that victimization prior to the age of 12 years is significantly predictive of the development of several delinquent behaviors, including running away from home, selling drugs, vandalism, theft, other property crimes, and assault. As a whole, prevention programs are significantly effective at reducing the problem of victimization in schools but are only marginally successful at reducing bullying. More work is needed to determine why programs are more successful with victims of bullying than with perpetrators, and prevention efforts should focus on the development of programs that are more likely to bring about successful reductions in both bullying and victimization.
Contents
Chapter One:
The Nature and Significance of School Bullying: A Narrative Synthesis
Chapter Two:
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Delinquency
Chapter Three:
Are School-Based Bullying Prevention Programs Effective? A Meta-Analytic
Appendix 1:
Index/Scale Variables Used for Matching
Appendix 2:
Study and Treatment Characteristics (Study-Level)
Appendix 3:
Fixed Effects Model Calculations for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 4:
Q-Statistic for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 5:
"Research Design" Subgroup Analysis for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
RAND
No Bullies Allowed: Understanding Peer Victimization, the Impacts on Delinquency, and the Effectiveness of Prevention Programs [29 April 2009]
By: Jennifer S. Wong
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD240/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2009/RAND_RGSD240.pdf
[full-text, 372 pages]
Over the past decade, school bullying has emerged as a prominent issue of concern for students, parents, educators, and researchers around the world. Research evidence suggests nontrivial and potentially serious negative repercussions of both bullying and victimization. This dissertation uses a large, nationally representative panel dataset and a propensity score matching technique to assess the impact of bully victimization on a range of 10 delinquency outcomes measured over a six-year period. Results show that victimization prior to the age of 12 years is significantly predictive of the development of several delinquent behaviors, including running away from home, selling drugs, vandalism, theft, other property crimes, and assault. As a whole, prevention programs are significantly effective at reducing the problem of victimization in schools but are only marginally successful at reducing bullying. More work is needed to determine why programs are more successful with victims of bullying than with perpetrators, and prevention efforts should focus on the development of programs that are more likely to bring about successful reductions in both bullying and victimization.
Contents
Chapter One:
The Nature and Significance of School Bullying: A Narrative Synthesis
Chapter Two:
The Effect of Bully Victimization on Delinquency
Chapter Three:
Are School-Based Bullying Prevention Programs Effective? A Meta-Analytic
Appendix 1:
Index/Scale Variables Used for Matching
Appendix 2:
Study and Treatment Characteristics (Study-Level)
Appendix 3:
Fixed Effects Model Calculations for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 4:
Q-Statistic for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
Appendix 5:
"Research Design" Subgroup Analysis for Bullying Outcomes Meta-Analysis
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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