%0 Journal Article
%T Taking a Second Look: Following Surveys with Student's Descriptions of the Culture of Aggression in a Middle School
%A Diana Nicholson
%J Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
%D 2006
%I Social Care Ireland
%X This article describes a research study on aggressive behaviour among students in middle school. The study was initiated in response to concern about agressive behaviour held by the school administration. A survey on aggressive behaviour was administered and followed by interviews with a sample of students. Student interviews highlighted a number of very important issues to consider when assessing and responding to aggressive behaviour in a school: school crowding , the playing out of dominant masculinity, involving students in finding solutions to identified problems, and considering the role of the whole school culture in sustaining agressive behaviour.
%K aggression
%K aggressive behaviour
%K competition
%K interdependence
%K school belonging
%U http://arrow.dit.ie/ijass/vol7/iss1/3/