ANTI-BULLYING PRACTICES IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS:PERSPECTIVES OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS

摘要

A random sample of 213 school psychologists working in a school setting completed a survey ontheir schools' current anti-bullying practices. Talking with bullies following bullying incidents, dis-ciplinary consequences for bullies, and increasing adult supervision were the three most frequentlyused strategies. Peer juries/court, an anti-bullying committee, and peer counselors were least fre-quently used, according to respondents. School-wide positive behavior support, modifying spaceand schedule, and immediate responses to bullying incidents were perceived as most effective,whereas avoiding contact between bullies and victims, a zero-tolerance policy with bullies, and awritten anti-bullying policy were least effective. Results and implications are discussed within thecontext of empirically supported practices.