School counselors should observe adolescent peer relations and identify high-risk girls early for prevention and intervention¶

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Description¶

Based on the finding that peer relations and peer deviance are differently related to reactive and proactive aggression, the article recommends that school counselors observe adolescent peer relations in terms of their relationships with aggressive behaviors, increase awareness of negative outcomes of girls' aggression, identify high-risk girls early, and provide school-based supports such as promoting social and emotional development and building social skills. The authors state these differences "should be considered when planning prevention and intervention programs."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• School counselors and teachers with access to adolescent girls' peer contexts
• Awareness that reactive and proactive aggression relate differently to peer relations and peer deviance

Constraints¶

• The supporting data are cross-sectional, correlational, and self-reported, from a single all-girls vocational high school in İzmir

Target Learners¶

• high school girls
• adolescents

Target Learning Goals¶

• social and emotional development
• social skills building
• prevention of aggressive behavior

Related Strategies¶

• Shadowing to Address Behavior Problems

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Uz Baş, A., & Öz Soysal, F. S. (2016). Peer relations and peer deviance as predictors of reactive and proactive aggression among high school girls. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16, 173-186. http://dx.doi.org/10.12738/estp.2016.1.0287