Toward an Integrated Theory of Relational Youth Violence: Bridging a Gap among the Theory, Research, and Practice of Bullying Prevention

摘要: Despite an increased interest in bullying prevention programming over the last 10 years, significant gaps remain among theory, research, and practice this critical area of school psychology. This article argues that current Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) definition does not fully capture experiences many US youth, making it difficult practitioners to apply theory research from field their everyday work. As alternative, we introduce idea relational youth violence—behaviors (physical, relational, sexual, verbal, or psychological) policies (formal informal) are intentionally unintentionally harmful a young person group people, based on real perceived power imbalances reflect larger social structures equity power. framework pushes back against simple categorization behaviors as bullying, discrimination, harassment, asks educators pay attention overlaps students’ lived with these phenomena. In addition, demands consider factors across ecological levels, including organizational sociocultural influences. Finally, by allowing multiple perspectives attributions, violence gives prominence role intersectionality shaping peoples’ interpretations experiences. After describing new construct detail, describe how might help bridge gap policy, practice.