Examining Variation in Attitudes toward Aggressive Retaliation and Perceptions of Safety among Bullies, Victims, and Bully/Victims

This article examines the link between involvement in bullying, as either a bully, victim, or bully/victim, and attitudes toward violence and perceptions of safety among 16,012 middle and high school students. Analyses indicated that37.6% were frequently involved in bullying. Bully/victims were the most likely to report feeling unsafe and disconnected from their school, whereas bullies were the most likely to support aggressive retaliation. Implications for school counselors are discussed.

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High School Students Understanding of the Risks of Online Game Addiction

Journal of Educational and Learning Studies ◽

10.32698/0772 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 113

Author(s):

Eryzal Novrialdy ◽

Herman Nirwana ◽

Riska Ahmad

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

School Counselors ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Online Games ◽

Average Score ◽

Online Game ◽

School Students ◽

Game Addiction ◽

Use Of Technology

Adolescents are currently in the midst of technological sophistication, which is very helpful for its development. On the other hand, many adolescents are trapped in the problem of technology addiction. Adolescents are the most age group who experience problems with the use of technology, including online games. Online game addiction is the loss of control over the use of online games, which makes other daily activities are disrupted. Online game addiction in adolescents have an impact on several aspects of life, such as health aspects, psychological aspects, academic aspects, social aspects, and financial aspects. Lack of understanding about the risks of online game addiction can get adolescent stuck in online game addiction. This research aims to describe high school students understanding about the risks of online game addiction. The sample consisted of 255 high school students selected by proportional random sampling technique. Data was collected using a scale measuring understanding of the risks of online game addiction. Data analysis used a quantitative approach with descriptive methods. The results showed that high school students understanding about the risks of online game addiction was included in the moderate category with an average score of 198,48 and an achievement score level of 55,14%. Therefore, school counselors must to improve high school students understanding of the risks of online game addiction.

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¡Adelante! A Community Asset Mapping Approach to Increase College and Career Readiness for Rural Latinx High School Students

Professional School Counseling ◽

10.1177/2156759x18800279 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 2156759X1880027

Author(s):

Elisabeth Arriero ◽

Dana Griffin

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

School Counselors ◽

School Counselor ◽

Career Readiness ◽

College And Career Readiness ◽

School Students ◽

Asset Mapping ◽

College And Career ◽

Mapping Approach

Community asset mapping is an approach that school counselors can use to locate resources to meet the needs of families, schools, and communities. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how school counselors might use community asset mapping to address the needs of their population(s), illustrated with an example of implementation in a rural high school. The authors address implications for school counselor practice.

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“It’s Never Too Late”: High School Counselors’ Support of Underrepresented Students’ Interest in STEM

The Professional Counselor ◽

10.15241/alc.11.2.143 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 143-160

Author(s):

Autumn L. Cabell ◽

Dana Brookover ◽

Amber Livingston ◽

Ila Cartwright

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

School Counselors ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

School Administrators ◽

Underrepresented Students ◽

High School Counselors ◽

Career Interests ◽

School Students ◽

Diversity In Stem

The purpose of this study was to contribute to the literature surrounding school counselors and their support of underrepresented high school students who are interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The influence of context on school counseling was also explored, in particular practicing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this phenomenological study, nine high school counselors were individually interviewed, and four themes emerged. These themes were: (a) professional knowledge surrounding issues of diversity in STEM, (b) training related to the needs of underrepresented students in STEM, (c) active engagement in supporting underrepresented students’ STEM career interests, and (d) barriers related to supporting underrepresented students’ STEM interests. This article includes implications for (a) how school counselors can support underrepresented students’ STEM interests, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) how counselor educators can contribute to STEM-related research and training; and (c) how school administrators can support school counselors’ STEM initiatives.

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Israeli Arab Minority Students’ Help Seeking for Bullying From School Counselors

The Counseling Psychologist ◽

10.1177/0011000018764108 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 333-350 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yaacov B. Yablon

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Minority Students ◽

School Counselors ◽

Help Seeking ◽

School Students ◽

Willingness To Seek Help ◽

Arab Minority ◽

National Representative Sample

Minority students are less likely to seek help to deal with bullying at school than their majority counterparts. Nonetheless, very little is known about the factors that influence their willingness to seek help, or the role of school counselors as potential help providers. Thus, in the present study we examined Israeli Arab minority high school students’ help seeking from school counselors for coping with verbal, physical, and social bullying. A national representative sample of 730 high school students participated in the study. Our findings revealed that the vast majority of students did not seek help at all. Students who sought help, in comparison with those who did not, reported more positive relationships with their school counselors, and noted that their counselors were more available for them. Students who experienced higher levels of victimization were more willing to seek help than those who experienced lower levels. Implications for help seeking and the role of counselors in schools are discussed.

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Overlap of traditional bullying and cyberbullying and correlates of bullying among Taiwanese adolescents: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-019-8116-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Chia-Wen Wang ◽

Patou Masika Musumari ◽

Teeranee Techasrivichien ◽

S. Pilar Suguimoto ◽

Yukiko Tateyama ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Traditional Bullying ◽

School Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Bully Victims

Abstract Background Due to the rapid development of information and communication technologies, cyberbullying has emerged as a threat to adolescents. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and correlates among profiles of traditional bullying, cyberbullying, and combined bullying among Taiwanese high school students. Methods This cross-sectional study employed two-stage cluster sampling in Taipei City, Taiwan. In total, 2028 high school students completed an anonymous questionnaire between March and May 2018. Nominal logistic regression analysis was performed, adjusting for clustering, to examine the correlates of each type-role category of bullying. Results The prevalence rates of cyberbullying, traditional bullying, and combined bullying were 9.9, 13.3, and 9.4%, respectively, indicating that one-third of students were involved in one of these types of bullying; 48.7% of those involved in cyberbullying also experienced traditional bullying, and 41.5% of those involved in traditional bullying also experienced cyberbullying. In any type of bullying, not only being a victim but also being a bully/bully-victim was significantly associated with at least one mental health problem (serious psychological distress, self-harm, or suicidal ideation), except in the case of cyberbullying bullies/bully-victims. Internet abuse and alcohol use were more concentrated among bullies/bully-victims than victims for all types of bullying, and a similar trend was observed among types of schools and school climates, suggesting that specific behavioural circumstances or school backgrounds are associated with bullying perpetration. Conclusions Bullying is a prevalent and complex phenomenon among adolescents in Taiwan, where traditional bullying and cyberbullying frequently overlap and are likely to occur against specific backgrounds. These facts should be taken into account in future bullying prevention and support programmes in Taiwan.

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