Consequences of School Violence: Personal Coping and Protection Measures by School Personnel in Their Personal Lives

Abstract

To date, the fear of victimization of school personnel outside the school setting has not been extensively studied. Using the lifestyles-routine activities theoretical approach, this exploratory study investigated whether school personnel have concerns of being victimized by current/former students and parents/guardians. Using self-report data from a Midwestern rural school district, this study found that in most instances school personnel have a low fear of victimization and subsequently do not engage in personal avoidance activities in particular social settings, with the exception of a small number of males who reported avoiding current and former students in restaurants. Furthermore, the majority of school personnel did not report the use of personal protection measures or concerns related to the safety of their children and/or significant others or spouses. An agenda for future research is discussed.

Questões e modelos de avaliação e intervenção em Psicologia Escolar: o caso da Europa e América do Norte

“…Mais recentemente, a extensão da escolaridade obrigatória colocou novos e complexos problemas, quer em termos de aprendizagens, quer em termos comportamentais. Neste último caso, importa destacar o significativo aumento da preocupação com a violência juvenil em contexto escolar (Hirschfield & Gasper, 2011;Johnson & Barton--Bellessa, 2014). Por outro lado, o abandono escolar, até há alguns anos tolerado (apesar do caráter obrigatório da escolaridade básica), deixou de ser aceito, assistindo-se em muitos países ao desenvolvimento de práticas, igualmente compulsivas, de manutenção no sistema de ensino de adolescentes que eventualmente desejam abandoná-lo ou nele desinvestiram (De Witte, Cabus, Thyssen, Groot, & Van Den Brink, 2013).…”