@article{ref1,
title="Creating a peaceful school learning environment: a controlled study of an elementary school intervention to reduce violence",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="2001",
author="Twemlow, S. W. and Fonagy, Peter and Sacco, Frank C. and Gies, M. L. and Evans, R. and Ewbank, R.",
volume="158",
number="5",
pages="808-810",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The impact of a manual-based antiviolence program on the learning climate in an elementary school over 4 years was compared with the outcome in a control school. METHOD: The two schools were matched for demographic characteristics. The intervention in the experimental school was based on zero tolerance for bullying; the control school received only regular psychiatric consultation. Disciplinary and academic achievement data were collected in both schools. RESULTS: The experimental school showed significant reductions in discipline referrals and increases in scores on standardized academic achievement measures. CONCLUSIONS: A low-cost antiviolence intervention that does not focus on individual pathology or interfere with the educational process may improve the learning environment in elementary schools.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}