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{"title":"The school bullying research program: How it has developed, 1976-2020","authors":"Robert Slonje,&nbsp;Peter K. Smith,&nbsp;Susanne Robinson","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2025.102032","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Several bibliometric analyses have commented on the rapid growth of research on bullying, and especially school bullying, over recent decades. There is now an international research effort, which might be called a research program, with several articles appearing on a daily basis. We review the previous bibliometric studies on school bullying and cyberbullying, which have mainly used the Web of Science database. To examine the content of research articles on bullying, we report an extension of previous research (Smith et al. 2021) to an examination of randomly selected samples of 100 journal articles relevant to school bullying over each of four time periods: 1976–95, 1996–2005, 2006–2015 and 2016–2020. Besides the number and country/continent of authors, and proportion of cross-country studies, we report on the type of article. For empirical articles, we report on the type of study (cross-sectional, longitudinal), type of data (quantitative, qualitative), source of data (e.g., self-reports, peer-reports, teacher nominations), main data focus (definitions/methodology, prevalence, correlates, attitudes, coping, cross-national), different types of bullying, various peer roles (bully, victim, bystanders etc.), differences in bullying (age, gender, ethnicity, disability), prejudice-based bullying, correlates of roles (e.g., individual, family, school, societal factors), peer roles, significant others, and interventions. We summarise what this analysis tells us about the development and focus of this research program, and some challenges the program faces in the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102032"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143095003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Primary prevention of harmful sexual behaviors by children and young people: A systematic review and narrative synthesis","authors":"Douglas Hugh Russell ,&nbsp;Sebastian Trew ,&nbsp;Rhiannon Smith ,&nbsp;Daryl John Higgins ,&nbsp;Kerryann Walsh","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102022","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102022","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>From a public health perspective, strategies for addressing children's harmful sexual behaviors often focus on secondary or tertiary prevention rather than primary prevention. Prevention efforts have also typically focused on preventing victimization by adults; yet a high proportion of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by other children and young people. We systematically reviewed the research on primary prevention strategies for harmful sexual behaviors in children and young people. We searched 6 databases, extracted data relating to program setting and focus, participant demographics, outcomes measured, and program success., We conducted a narrative synthesis in line with the SwiM guidelines (Popay et al., c2006), and conducted individual quality assessments of the included studies. 20 studies met our inclusion criteria. Primary prevention strategies were typically implemented in schools with primary/elementary, middle, and high school aged students. All programs included harmful sexual behavior within broader abuse prevention programs. Program effects were mixed. Primary-level prevention of harmful sexual behavior is typically addressed through broader sexual violence prevention programs. Around three-quarters of studies evaluating program efficacy found improvements in the outcomes measured, including some behavioral outcomes. Important to program success was who facilitated the program, as well as students' feeling of school connections. We found no evaluations of programs aimed at reducing harmful sexual behavior perpetrated online. Important new directions in program development will be to: (i) address the needs of younger children, as well as youth with disabilities, neurocognitive differences, and who are gender or sexually diverse; (ii) introduce and reinforce the concept that sexual behaviors exist on a continuum from healthy to harmful, providing clear examples; (iii) focus on both preventing perpetration <em>and</em> victimization; (iv) address strategies to support safe environments—in homes, organizations, communities, and online; and (e) identify essential elements for successful harmful sexual behavior prevention and align prevention programs with these features.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102022"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142968131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Executive functions and aggression in “hot” and “cold” contexts: Two meta-analyses","authors":"Olivia Choy ,&nbsp;Gary Tan ,&nbsp;Josanne D.M. van Dongen","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although executive function (EF) deficits have been documented to be a risk factor for aggressive behavior, little is known about the hot and cold components of these cognitive processes and their links with reactive and proactive aggression. Two meta-analyses were conducted on studies that included a performance-based measure of EF and a measure of reactive aggression (37 independent samples; <strong><em>n</em></strong> = 5427) or proactive aggression (16 independent samples; <strong><em>n</em></strong> = 4243). Subgroup analyses and meta-regression were also performed. Reduced EF was more strongly associated with reactive (<em>g</em> = −0.45) than proactive aggression (<em>g</em> = −0.14), with the majority of studies assessing EF in cold contexts. Moderation analysis revealed significantly larger effect sizes in studies that assessed reactive aggression using a categorical approach by comparing individuals who engaged in aggressive behavior with control groups. The limited body of research on hot EF in relation to reactive and proactive aggression indicates a need for further investigations of EF in hot contexts. Findings add to our knowledge about EF as a neurocognitive correlate of reactive and proactive aggression and point to the possibility of targeting deficits in cold EF to reduce aggression.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102024"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142929200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neuroprediction of violence and criminal behavior using neuro-imaging data: From innovation to considerations for future directions","authors":"Josanne D.M. van Dongen ,&nbsp;Yudith Haveman ,&nbsp;Carmen S. Sergiou ,&nbsp;Olivia Choy","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Violent conduct in society is a major health concern, and therefore one of the major aims in forensic mental healthcare is the assessment of the risk for (future) violence. The prediction of violence risk is traditionally done by using violence risk assessment tools in the form of actuarial instruments and structured professional judgments. However, research has shown that the risk assessment tools that are currently being used, are not as accurate in predicting future risk as one would hope for. Therefore, some scholars advocate a paradigm shift by incorporating a biopsychosocial model, including neurobiological measures in risk assessment models. The current review aimed to give answer to the question whether neuro-imaging measurements add in the accuracy of predicting aggression and violent (criminal) recidivism, and to discuss what next steps need to be taken to move neuro-imaging informed risk assessment forward in forensic clinical practice. The results of the current review showed that findings regarding ‘neuroprediction’ are mainly based on cross-sectional studies and that studies using rigorous methods for determining the incremental predictive accuracy of neural parameters are lacking. Future studies need to rely on prospective and longitudinal data that address the added value of neural measures over traditional risk factors specifically, taken different ethical and judicial considerations into account. Studies that take a personalized approach, focusing on neurobiologically informed risk assessment at the individual level to translate this into forensic clinical practice, is in our view the next step that will move this forward.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102008"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Association between self-related cognitions and cyberbullying victimization in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Florina Magdalena Anichitoae ,&nbsp;Anca Dobrean ,&nbsp;Raluca Diana Georgescu ,&nbsp;Gabriela Diana Roman","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102021","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102021","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Self-efficacy, self-esteem, self-concept, and self-blame have been proposed as potential factors in the development and maintenance of cybervictimization in a unidirectional, but also in a cyclic paradigm. Our objective was to synthesize the existing evidence and assess potential moderators of the relationship between these self-related cognitions and cybervictimization. We searched five electronic databases (PsycINFO, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochrane) from inception until October 2022. A total of 81 studies were included, encompassing a cohort of 110,095 children and adolescents with a mean age of 11.51 years. Nearly half of the studies were rated as having fair quality. Across the examined self-related cognitions, high level of cybervictimization was associated with low level of self-concept, low self-efficacy and low self-esteem. Cognitions related to self-blame were not statistically significantly associated with cybervictimization in our review. These findings included high heterogeneity and were consistent across sensitivity analyses. Meta-regression analyses revealed that the number of participants significantly moderated the relationship between self-esteem and cybervictimization, but the percentage of victims and mean age of participants did not exhibit significant moderation effects. This preregistered systematic review and meta-analysis showed modest yet statistically significant correlations between self-related cognitions and cybervictimization. The discussion addresses the implications for future research and anti-cyberbullying programs.</div><div>PROSPERO reference number CRD42021289512.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102021"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142889353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cyberhate in adolescents and youths: A systematic review of labels and associated factors","authors":"Olga Jiménez-Díaz,&nbsp;Rosario Del Rey","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102023","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Cyberhate in adolescents and youth has recently attracted attention in the scientific literature. Early research has provided relevant information about the characteristics of cyberhate and its associated factors. However, given the rapidly growing scientific literature on cyberhate, it is now necessary to systematically evaluate and integrate the manifold empirical results. Therefore, this research aims to provide a comprehensive and systematised overview of existing findings on the labelling of cyberhate and the factors associated with seeing, being subjected to, and perpetrating it. A systematic review was carried out, based on the PRISMA strategy, of 42 articles that met the established inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results offer evidence of the diverse labels for cyberhate in the scientific literature, especially in recent years, and shed light on the phenomenon. Key factors associated with cyberhate involvement are identified, such as the online context, the normalization of violence, and group norms and behaviours. The results highlight the influence of previous bullying experiences on being subjected to cyberhate, being male on perpetrating it, and the time spent online on seeing it. This review offers a systematized and updated view of the literature on cyberhate published to date; it provides important findings for broader and more inclusive studies, and highlights key factors meriting future research and consideration in psychoeducational prevention programs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102023"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142990228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The management of aggression in third wave behavioral therapies: A systematic review","authors":"Kaique P. de Almeida,&nbsp;André H.N. da Silva,&nbsp;Vanessa D. Di Rienzo","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Aggressive behavior has long been a focal point of inquiry within behavioral therapies. However, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews synthesizing the efficacy of third-wave behavioral therapies in managing aggression. This study addresses this gap through a systematic review, examining the effectiveness of third-generation behavioral therapies—Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP), and Behavioral Activation (BA)—in managing aggressive behavior among adults.</div><div>Out of 38 articles selected for full reading, only six met the criteria for inclusion in this synthesis: three employing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an intervention strategy and three employing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Merely three of these studies were RCTs. Overall, these interventions exhibited a notable reduction in aggressive behavior during the treatment phase but failed to maintain this improvement during follow-up assessments.</div><div>This review contextualizes its findings in relation to existing systematic reviews and employs the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies to gauge the level of evidence. The collective evidence underscores the need for additional research employing diverse intervention strategies, with the objective of establishing more robust and enduring treatments for aggressive behavior.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102012"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142578052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Hate/bias crime against racial/ethnic minorities in the United States: A systematic review of empirical research and assessment of next steps","authors":"Chunrye Kim ,&nbsp;Hyeyoung Lim ,&nbsp;Claire Seungeun Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Hate/bias crimes against race and national origins have been among the most critical and long-standing issues in America. However, hate/bias crimes against minorities, especially targeting Asians, have been insufficiently studied. Using a systematic review, we examine how hate crimes against racial/ethnic minorities have been studied. To be included in this review, studies needed to meet the following criteria: (1) exclusively use peer-reviewed empirical articles published in English, (2) be published between 2000 and 2022, (3) focus on original empirical research examining hate and bias crimes against racial/ethnic minorities in the United States, (4) measure hate or bias crimes (i.e., bias victimization) using official reports or self-reports, and (5) directly measure hate/bias crime as either exposure or an outcome. A total of 26 articles from Web of Science, Scopus, PsycINFO, and Crossref that met the criteria were analyzed. This study finds that the number of articles on hate and bias crimes has significantly increased since the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, there was a notable lack of studies specifically measuring hate and bias crimes against Asians before 2022. Additionally, all the studies included in this review were quantitative and predominantly cross-sectional. Most of these studies focused on multiple racial groups, including Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians, often comparing their experiences with hate crimes by racial group. While many studies used secondary datasets such as UCR, NIBRS, and NCVS, only a few offered policy recommendations based on their findings. We recommend future research to address the gap in scholarly articles on hate and bias crimes against racial and ethnic minorities in the US.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102005"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effects of hot spots policing on violence: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Brandon Turchan ,&nbsp;Anthony A. Braga","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102011","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Violence is highly concentrated in a small number of very specific “hot spot” locations within cities. The concentration of violence at these places tends to be stable over extended time periods, suggesting highly localized place characteristics and dynamics generate persistent violence. Research suggests police can be effective in controlling violence when they focus their attention on these small high-violence locations. Past systematic reviews and meta-analyses of hot spots policing studies have not fully considered how this strategy impacts violence in general and its specific effects on violent crime types such as assaults, robberies, and violent firearm crimes. This study draws on data used in a previously completed systematic review of hot spots policing programs including 32 studies with 38 tests of the effects of this police strategy on violence. Meta-analyses report hot spots policing is associated with significant reductions in violence in treated places relative to comparison places without evidence of violent crime displacement. Increased traditional policing interventions reduced violence in treated hot spots as did problem-oriented policing interventions when implemented properly. Police departments adopting this effective violence reduction approach must design these programs in ways that do not create unintended harms, such as excessive enforcement, on communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102011"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142571430","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Longitudinal associations between peer victimisation subtypes and children and adolescents' anxiety: A meta-analysis","authors":"Elene Nicola,&nbsp;Kiki Mastroyannopoulou,&nbsp;Honor Reeves,&nbsp;Laura Pass","doi":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.avb.2024.102013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This meta-analysis examined the bidirectional effects between types of peer victimisation and anxiety. It also investigated types of anxiety as a potential moderator of this relationship, which has not been examined within a meta-analytic framework previously. Five electronic databases were searched and longitudinal studies exclusively utilising published and validated measures for peer victimisation subtypes and anxiety symptomology were included. A total of 3760 articles were screened and 14 studies with a total of 11,307 participants met inclusion criteria. Results showed significant bidirectional effects between anxiety and several subtypes of victimisations including cyber, overt, relational, and reputational victimisation. Although significant effects were seen among all associations, these were all deemed as small, except for relational peer victimisation predicting anxiety over time which was considered to be a moderate effect size. Moderator analysis of anxiety types suggested that relational peer victimisation predicted social anxiety to a greater and more significant extent than general symptoms of anxiety. It was also found that general anxiety symptoms were significantly greater at predicting overt peer victimisation over time than social anxiety symptoms. These results hold implications for theories around the development and maintenance of anxiety, as well as providing evidence to inform treatments and interventions for both anxiety disorders and programmes aimed to prevent peer victimisation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51360,"journal":{"name":"Aggression and Violent Behavior","volume":"79 ","pages":"Article 102013"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142658652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}