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What Can Be Done About School Bullying

Linking Research to Educational Practice

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ID9733698
AuthorsSusan M Swearer (0000-0002-8378-4730, corresponding author), Dorothy L Espelage, Dorothy Espelage (0000-0003-0658-2067, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Tracy Vaillancourt (0000-0002-9058-7276, University of Ottawa), Shelley Hymel (University of British Columbia)
Year2010
Volume39
Issue1
Pages38-47
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
PublisherAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x09357622
OpenAlexW2123123351
LanguageEN
Citations received130
References cited91

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. Methodological challenges are delineated, with an emphasis on how bullying is defined and assessed and the subsequent implications for bullying prevention and intervention program evaluation. The impact of school-based anti-bullying programs and the challenges currently facing educators and researchers in this area are discussed. The article concludes with a proposal for a broader, ecologically based model of school bullying based on the emerging literature

Intervention (counseling · Pedagogy · Peer victimization · Poison control · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Plant Virus Research Studies · Psychology

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