The Consequences of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
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2020
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National Criminal Justice Reference Services (NCJRS)
Abstract
The purpose of the project was to find, collect, and synthesize all available published and unpublished research reports that quantitatively analyzed the longitudinal relation between a measure of school violence (e.g., physical aggression, bullying)* and a later mental health (e.g., depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD]), school performance (e.g., test scores, grade point average), or crime and delinquency (e.g., violent and property offenses) outcome. Using state-of-the-art systematic review and meta-analysis methods (i.e., combining effect sizes by estimating a random effects model with robust variance estimation) we assessed the variation in the relations across studies through multiple-meta-regression modeling. In practical terms, the results of the meta-analysis provide an empirical synthesis of consequences of school violence, which will allow stakeholders to make informed decisions about how best to address various forms of school violence. (Author Abstract)
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Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, School Safety, School Violence, Youth Violence, Peer-on-peer Abuse, Physical Assault, Bullying, Victim Outcomes, Long Term Effects, Longitudinal Research, Harassment
Citation
Polanin, Joshua; Espelage, Dorothy; Grotpeter, Jennifer. (2020). The Consequences of School Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Development Services Group, American Institutes of Research, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 30 pgs.