What Can Be Done About School Bullying? Linking Research to Educational Practice

Authors

Susan M. Swearer Napolitano, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Dorothy L. Espelage, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignFollow
Tracy Vaillancourt, University of OttawaFollow
Shelley Hymel, University of British ColumbiaFollow

Date of this Version

2010

Citation

Educational Researcher (2010) 39(1): 38-47. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09357622.

Comments

Copyright 2010, Sage. Published on behalf of American Educational Research Association. Used by permission. http://edr.sagepub.com/content/39/1/38. DOI: 10.3102/0013189X09357622.

Abstract

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.