Misperceiving a Code of Silence: Peer Support for Telling Authorities about Weapons at School among Middle School and High School Students in the United States

Autor/inn/en	Perkins, Jessica M.; Perkins, H. Wesley; Craig, David W.
Titel	Misperceiving a Code of Silence: Peer Support for Telling Authorities about Weapons at School among Middle School and High School Students in the United States
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 51 (2019) 6, S.814-839 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X17714808
Schlagwörter	Misconceptions; Student Attitudes; Peer Relationship; Norms; Disclosure; Weapons; Middle School Students; High School Students; Predictor Variables; Violence; Prevention; Arizona; Idaho; Indiana; New Jersey; New York; Maine + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Missverständnis; Schülerverhalten; Peer-Beziehungen; Normwert; Weapon; Waffe; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Prädiktor; Gewalt; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	This study explores misperceptions about peer norms in support of telling authorities about weapons at school and whether perceptions predict personal support for telling authorities. Anonymous surveys were conducted among youth in 30 schools (Grades 5-12) in six states (n = 12,903) between 2006 and 2014. Personal support for telling principals, teachers/counselors, police/security, and parents, separately, about weapons at school was measured as well as perception of peers' support for telling authorities. Most students in most schools personally thought that students should tell authorities about weapons. However, depending on the authority, 37% to 52% of students mistakenly believed that most students did not support students telling authorities. Regression analysis revealed that perceiving support for telling authorities as normative among peers was highly predictive of personal support--much more so than other predictors. Thus, misperceptions of the peer norm as a code of silence may contribute to the problem of weapons at school. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01