Citation

Honora D, Rolle A. J. School Violence 2002; 1(1): 67-81.

Affiliation

Dept of Educational Research, Leadership, and Counselor Education, North Carolina State University

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J202v01n01_05

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This research suggests that incongruence between how a child views self and the aspirations pursued can lead to maladaptive externalizing behaviors in the form of activities related to school violence. As such, the purpose of this research is to examine the degree to which negative behaviors exhibited in adolescents are influenced by various degrees of optimism. This research approaches the issue of school violence with great care and because of the broad definitional issues concerning school violence and the nature of that data used in the study the researchers have chosen to reference the concept of school violence as "activities related to school violence."