Perceiving the Enemy Within: Optimistic Bias and School Violence

Autor/inn/en	Chapin, John; Coleman, Grace
Titel	Perceiving the Enemy Within: Optimistic Bias and School Violence
Quelle	In: Journal of School Violence, 5 (2006) 1, S.29-41 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-8220
Schlagwörter	Violence; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Males; Identification; Mass Media Role; Middle School Students; High School Students; Personality Traits; Surveys; Bias; Guidelines; Prevention; Measures (Individuals); Self Esteem; Correlation; Statistical Analysis; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Richtlinien; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Messdaten; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Korrelation; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	The study provides a unique portrait of young men self-identified as potential perpetrators of school violence, and explores the relative contributions of personal attributes and the media in the creation and preservation of optimistic biases. The study is the first to document optimistic bias among middle and high school students within the context of school violence. Findings from a survey of 1,500 students indicate that optimistic bias provides a good framework for understanding students' perceptions of school violence, suggesting a course of action to decrease bias in order to encourage students to take self-protective measures. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10