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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Name calling"”.
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An action inquiry into bullying, name calling and tolerance in a Sheffield primary school.
… preventative and interventionist methods.Name-calling emerged as the most common form of non-physical bullying in school. Language was found to be critical as a way by which children determine who is bullied and who is not and as a solution to bullying behaviour. While the language used by …
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School level predictors of homophobic name-calling & sexual harassment victimization/perpetration among middle school youth
… and student self-reports of homophobic name-calling perpetration and victimization as well as sexual harassment perpetration and victimization. Surveys were conducted with 1,447 teachers and staff and 3,616 6th grade students across 36 middle schools in the Midwest. Bivariate …
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Peer-group Predictors of Homophobic Harassment Among Middle School Students
… framework to study the formation of homophobic name-calling behavior in adolescents. Specifically, it examines homophobic name-calling behavior and peer group contextual and socialization effects, as well as the influence of masculinity attitudes, general bullying perpetration, and victimization …
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Testing the influence of gendered harassment on mental health outcomes in adolescence using longitudinal structural equation modeling
… including sexual harassment and homophobic name calling, is prevalent in schools and is linked to negative outcomes including depression, anxiety, suicidality, substance abuse, and personal distress (Chiodo, Wolfe, Crooks, Hughes, & Jaffe, 2009; Espelage, Aragon, Birkett, & Koenig, 2008; …
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The Nature and Prevalence of Violent Behaviour in High Schools: A Case of Selected High Schools in Masaiti and Ndola Districts in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia
… of the study indicated that insulting and name calling, fighting, quarrelling and gossiping, vandalism of school property, and bullying were the most prevalent types of violent behaviour among pupils in High Schools. However, insulting and name calling was the highest frequent violent …
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Using self-management strategies to increase on-task behavior of students with ADD/ADHD
… vocalizations, noises, talking to neighbors, name calling, walking around the room, banging and touching a neighbor, fooling around and drawing during class when other directions had been given.</p> <p>Baseline data was collected at 10-second intervals for 10 minutes during an uninterrupted …
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The effects of character education on the behavior of 5th grade students
… aggressive behavior, refusal to cooperate, name-calling, social isolation, and helping others. The frequencies of these behaviors in the three sources of data were compared from before the implementation of the lessons to after. The results of this study have shown that the use of character …
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The Impact of Assertive Classroom Discipline on Social Skills
… were attentive, 75% of the students ignored name calling, 69% of the students showed courtesy, 88% reacted with a non-violent behavior, 75% of the students showed active listening, 18% did not participate in gossip, 88% did not exaggerate accidental encounters and 75% of the students were …
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A Comparison of Perceptions of Students, Parents and School Personnel Regarding Bullying Behavior
… It takes many forms from physical assault and name calling to shunning, ridicule or exclusion. The victims are usually powerless to change conditions and often bullying is ignored or dismissed as a "rite of passage". However, serious lifelong results can be experienced by bullies and victims. …
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Birth and After Birth and Painting Churches: Tina Howe's Examination of Love and Savagery in the American Family
… (1983), that savagery appears in the form of name-calling, jealousy, apathy, disregard, and physical and mental abuse. A juxtaposition of the similarities in Birth and After Birth and Painting Churches will explain the "savagery" Howe is examining. The earlier play is written in the …
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On the periphery of hate crime: disability at the intersections of marginalisation, vulnerability and difference
… reported a variety of abuse and hostility, from name-calling and verbal abuse to physical and sexual violence, harassment and damage to property. A significant minority reported experiencing a withdrawal of support or assistance from carers or family members, something which is unique to this …
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The Long-Term Effects of Direct Verbal Victimization and Family Support on Anxious and Aggressive Behaviors in Urban Adolescents: Do Mean Words Have a Lasting Impact?
… a specific form of peer victimization involving name-calling and teasing that is particularly prevalent among adolescents, but has rarely been studied separately from other types of victimization.This form of victimization is associated with adjustment problems, including anxiety and aggression …
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An Examination of the Forms of Bullying and Their Relationship to the Reports of Victimization in Students Grades 6-12
… regression analyses indicated that teasing and name-calling were the most frequent forms of bullying and were the two primary predictors of student-reported bullying. Social and/or relational forms of bullying were overall the most frequently reported forms of bullying. In contrast, physical or …
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The burned child : scarred for life? : a study of the long-term psychosocial adjustment of paediatric burn survivors
… academic lag. Social ridicule in the form of name-calling and bullying, evoked by the participants' disfiguring bum scars, was found to be a pervasive problem, particularly at school. The challenges experienced by the participants in social interactions were compounded by their lack of …
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Evaluation of the life orientation programme in Eastern Cape schools with a focus on sexuality education
… adding to the course content, teachers to avoid name-calling in class, accommodation of everyone in career exhibitions without discrimination, improvement on presentation tasks, and others not stated here. iv It has come to be revealed, through this research, that the South African public …