Safetylit: School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/Welcome to SafetyLit, the online source for recent research about injury prevention.Bullying and subjective health among adolescents at schools in Latvia and Lithuania. - Gobina I, Zaborskis A, Pudule I, Kalnins I, Villerusa A. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90672_16OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prevalence of bullying among adolescents in Latvia and Lithuania and to study its association with self-rated health, health complaints, and life satisfaction. METHODS: A total of 3417 students in Latvia and 5626 in Lithuania...Deviant Lifestyles and Violent Victimization at School. - Nofziger S. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90596_16This study examines how the lifestyles of juveniles influence violent victimization at school. Using data from the National Survey of Adolescents, this study demonstrates that both indirect victimization, through witnessing violence, and sexual and physica...Examining anger as a predictor of drug use among multiethnic middle school students. - Nichols TR, Mahadeo M, Bryant K, Botvin GJ. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90236_16BACKGROUND: Anger, a component of negative affect, has previously been associated with increased drug use primarily among white high school-aged students. However, few studies have examined these associations over time, and fewer have examined them among y...High school youth and suicide risk: exploring protection afforded through physical activity and sport participation. - Taliaferro LA, Rienzo BA, Miller MD, Pigg RM, Dodd VJ. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90626_16BACKGROUND: Suicide ranks as the third leading cause of death for adolescents. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that the adolescent suicide rate increased 18% between 2003 and 2004. Sport may represent a promis...Multiple informants in the assessment of psychological, behavioral, and academic correlates of bullying and victimization in middle school. - Wienke Totura CM, Green AE, Karver MS, Gesten EL. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90563_16The present study assessed agreement between student self-report and teacher ratings of bullying and victimization relative to psychological, behavioral, and academic correlates. Middle school students (N=1442) and teachers completed surveys evaluating pee...Schools and neighborhoods: organizational and environmental factors associated with crime in secondary schools. - Limbos MA, Casteel C. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90642_16BACKGROUND: While crime and violence in schools are derived primarily from factors external to schools, violent behavior may also be aggravated by factors in the school environment, including the physical environment, its educational and social climate, an...Violence and drug use in rural teens: national prevalence estimates from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. - Johnson AO, Mink MD, Harun N, Moore CG, Martin AB, Bennett KJ. School Issueshttp://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_90625_16OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to compare national estimates of drug use and exposure to violence between rural and urban teens. METHODS: Twenty-eight dependent variables from the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey were used to compare violent acti...