Role of school-climate in school-based violence among homeless and nonhomeless students: Individual- and school-level analysis

Research is scarce regarding homeless students’ school-violence experiences, specifically while considering the role of school-climate and the different groups within the homeless student population. Understanding the relation between school-violence and school-climate might help towards the develop...

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Published in:Child abuse & neglect 2020-04, Vol.102, p.104378-14, Article 104378
Main Authors: Moore, Hadass, Astor, Ron Avi, Benbenishty, Rami
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Bullying
Discrimination
Hierarchies
High School Students
Homeless people
Homeless students
Participation
Protective factors
School based intervention
School climate
School environment
School violence
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Students
Victimization
Victims of Crime
Violence
Weapon involvement
Weapons
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Summary:Research is scarce regarding homeless students’ school-violence experiences, specifically while considering the role of school-climate and the different groups within the homeless student population. Understanding the relation between school-violence and school-climate might help towards the development of support for homeless students. Examine the association between school-climate components, homelessness and school discriminatory bullying, behavioral victimization and weapon involvement at the student and school levels. 389,569 high school students and 811 schools from a representative California statewide sample (2011–2013). Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to examine differences between the subgroups of homeless students as compared to nonhomeless students. Hierarchical logistic regressions were conducted to examine the relation between school-climate and discriminatory bullying, behavioral victimization and weapon involvement in school at the individual level, and hierarchical linear regressions were conducted at the school level. At the student level adding school-climate dimensions contributed significantly to each outcome. Positive school-climate was associated with lower rates of all school-violence outcomes. Safety, positive relationship and connectedness were all significantly negatively associated with the outcomes, especially safety. At the school level, the partial linear regression coefficient of school-climate is negative and significantly (p 
ISSN:0145-2134
1873-7757
DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104378