TY - JOUR
A1 - Wyschkon, Anne
A1 - Schulz, Franziska
A1 - Gallit, Finja Sunnyi
A1 - Poltz, Nadine
A1 - Kohn-Henkel, Juliane
A1 - Moraske, Svenja
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - von Aster, Michael G.
A1 - Esser, Günter
T1 - 5-Jahres-Verlauf der LRS
T1 - 5-year course of dyslexia
BT - Stabilität, Geschlechtseffekte, Schriftsprachniveau und Schulerfolg
BT - Persistence, sex effects, performance in reading and spelling, and school-related success
JF - Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
N2 - Fragestellung: Untersucht wird der Verlauf von Kindern mit Lese-Rechtschreibstörungen (LRS) über gut 5 Jahre unter Berücksichtigung des Einflusses des Geschlechts der Betroffenen. Außerdem werden Auswirkungen der LRS auf das spätere Schriftsprachniveau und den Schulerfolg überprüft. Methodik: Eingangs wurden 995 Schüler zwischen 6 und 16 Jahren untersucht. Ein Teil dieser Kinder ist nach 43 sowie 63 Monaten nachuntersucht worden. Eine LRS wurde diagnostiziert, wenn für das Lesen bzw. Rechtschreiben das doppelte Diskrepanzkriterium von 1.5 Standardabweichungen zur nonverbalen Intelligenz und dem Mittelwert der Klassenstufe erfüllt war und gleichzeitig keine Minderbegabung vorlag. Ergebnisse: Die LRS weist über einen Zeitraum von 63 Monaten eine hohe Störungspersistenz von knapp 70 % auf. Der 5-Jahres-Verlauf der mittleren Lese- und Rechtschreibleistungen wurde nicht vom Geschlecht beeinflusst. Trotz durchschnittlicher Intelligenz blieben die LRS-Schüler in der Schriftsprache mindestens eine Standardabweichung hinter durchschnittlich und etwa 0.5 Standardabweichungseinheiten hinter unterdurchschnittlich intelligenten Kindern zurück. Der Schulerfolg der LRS-Schüler glich dem unterdurchschnittlich intelligenter Kinder und fiel deutlich schlechter aus als bei durchschnittlich intelligenten Kontrollkindern. Schlussfolgerungen: Eine LRS stellt ein erhebliches Entwicklungsrisiko dar, was frühzeitige Diagnostik- und Therapiemaßnahmen erfordert. Dafür sind reliable und im Hinblick auf die resultierenden Prävalenzraten sinnvolle, allgemein anerkannte Diagnosekriterien essenziell.
N2 - Objective: The study examines the 5-year course of children with dyslexia with regard to their sex. Furthermore, the study investigates the impact of dyslexia on the performance in reading and spelling skills and school-related success. Method: A group of 995 6- to 16-year-olds were examined at the initial assessment. Part of the initial sample was then re-examined after 43 and 63 months. The diagnosis of dyslexia was based on the double discrepancy criterion using a standard deviation of 1.5. Though they had no intellectual deficits, the children showed a considerable discrepancy between their reading or writing abilities and (1) their nonverbal intelligence and (2) the mean of their grade norm. Results: Nearly 70 % of those examined had a persisting diagnosis of dyslexia over a period of 63 months. The 5-year course was not influenced by sex. Despite average intelligence, the performance in writing and spelling of children suffering from dyslexia was one standard deviation below a control group without dyslexia with average intelligence and 0.5 standard deviations below a group of children suffering from intellectual deficits. Furthermore, the school-related success of the dyslexics was significantly lower than those of children with average intelligence. Dyslexics showed similar school-related success rates to children suffering from intellectual deficits. Conclusions: Dyslexia represents a considerable developmental risk. The adverse impact of dyslexia on school-related success supports the importance of early diagnostics and intervention. It also underlines the need for reliable and general accepted diagnostic criteria. It is important to define such criteria in light of the prevalence rates.
KW - dyslexia
KW - discrepancy criterion
KW - persistence
KW - course
KW - school-related success
KW - Lese-Rechtschreibstörung
KW - Diskreptanzdefinition
KW - Stabilität
KW - Verlauf
KW - Schulerfolg
Y1 - 2017
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000535
SN - 1422-4917
SN - 1664-2880
VL - 46
IS - 2
SP - 107
EP - 122
PB - Hogrefe
CY - Bern
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Austin, Gina
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Elsner, Birgit
T1 - Executive function, theory of mind, and conduct-problem symptoms in middle childhood
JF - Frontiers in psychology
N2 - Studies show relations between executive function (EF), Theory of Mind (ToM), and conduct-problem (CP) symptoms. However, many studies have involved cross-sectional data, small clinical samples, pre-school children, and/or did not consider potential mediation effects. The present study examined the longitudinal relations between EF, ToM abilities, and CP symptoms in a population-based sample of 1,657 children between 6 and 11 years (T1: M = 8.3 years, T2: M = 9.1 years; 51.9% girls). We assessed EF skills and ToM abilities via computerized tasks at first measurement (T1), CP symptoms were rated via parent questionnaires at T1 and approximately 1 year later (T2). Structural-equation models showed a negative relation between T1 EF and T2 CP symptoms even when controlling for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and other variables. This relation was fully mediated by T1 ToM abilities. The study shows how children's abilities to control their thoughts and behaviors and to understand others' mental states interact in the development of CP symptoms.
KW - executive functions
KW - theory of mind
KW - conduct-problem symptoms
KW - middle
KW - childhood
KW - longitudinal
Y1 - 2020
U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00539
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 11
PB - Frontiers Media
CY - Lausanne
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Kill one or kill them all? Differences between single and multiple victim school attacks
JF - European journal of criminology : the journal of the European Society of Criminology
N2 - Research indicates individual pathways towards school attacks and inconsistent offender profiles. Thus, several authors have classified offenders according to mental disorders, motives, or number/kinds of victims. We assumed differences between single and multiple victim offenders (intending to kill one or more than one victim). In qualitative and quantitative analyses of data from qualitative content analyses of case files on seven school attacks in Germany, we found differences between the offender groups in seriousness, patterns, characteristics, and classes of leaking (announcements of offences), offence-related behaviour, and offence characteristics. There were only minor differences in risk factors. Our research thus adds to the understanding of school attacks and leaking. Differences between offender groups require consideration in the planning of effective preventive approaches.
KW - Leaking
KW - risk factor
KW - school attacks
KW - victim
KW - warning sign
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1477370814525904
SN - 1477-3708
SN - 1741-2609
VL - 12
IS - 3
SP - 277
EP - 299
PB - Sage Publ.
CY - London
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Birke, Joseph B.
T1 - Aggression-related sexual fantasies
BT - prevalence rates, sex differences, and links with personality, attitudes, and behavior
JF - The journal of sexual medicine : basic research and clinical studies in male and female sexual function and dysfunction
N2 - Background: Aggression-related sexual fantasies (ASF) are considered an important risk factor for sexual aggression, but empirical knowledge is limited, in part because previous research has been based on predominantly male, North-American college samples, and limited numbers of questions.
Aim: The present study aimed to foster the knowledge about the frequency and correlates of ASF, while including a large sample of women and a broad range of ASF.
Method: A convenience sample of N = 664 participants from Germany including 508 (77%) women and 156 (23%) men with a median age of 25 (21-27) years answered an online questionnaire. Participants were mainly recruited via social networks (online and in person) and were mainly students. We examined the frequencies of (aggression-related) sexual fantasies and their expected factor structure (factors reflecting affective, experimental, masochistic, and aggression-related contents) via exploratory factor analysis. We investigated potential correlates (eg, psychopathic traits, attitudes towards sexual fantasies) as predictors of ASF using multiple regression analyses. Finally, we examined whether ASF would positively predict sexual aggression beyond other pertinent risk factors using multiple regression analysis.
Outcomes: The participants rated the frequency of a broad set of 56 aggression-related and other sexual fantasies, attitudes towards sexual fantasies, the Big Five (ie, broad personality dimensions including neuroticism and extraversion), sexual aggression, and other risk factors for sexual aggression.
Results: All participants reported non-aggression-related sexual fantasies and 77% reported at least one ASF in their lives. Being male, frequent sexual fantasies, psychopathic traits, and negative attitudes towards sexual fantasies predicted more frequent ASF. ASF were the strongest predictor of sexual aggression beyond other risk factors, including general aggression, psychopathic traits, rape myth acceptance, and violent pornography consumption.
Clinical Translation: ASF may be an important risk factor for sexual aggression and should be more strongly considered in prevention and intervention efforts.
Strengths and Limitations: The strengths of the present study include using a large item pool and a large sample with a large proportion of women in order to examine ASF as a predictor of sexual aggression beyond important control variables. Its weaknesses include the reliance on cross-sectional data, that preclude causal inferences, and not continuously distinguishing between consensual and non-consensual acts.
Conclusion: ASF are a frequent phenomenon even in in the general population and among women and show strong associations with sexual aggression. Thus, they require more attention by research on sexual aggression and its prevention.
KW - aggressive sexual fantasies
KW - sexual aggression
KW - psychopathic traits
KW - rape myths acceptance
KW - big five
Y1 - 2021
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.06.006
SN - 1743-6095
SN - 1743-6109
VL - 18
IS - 8
SP - 1383
EP - 1397
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Tetzner, Julia
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Krahé, Barbara
T1 - Family risk factors and buffering factors for child internalizing and externalizing problems
JF - Journal of applied developmental psychology
N2 - Detrimental effects of adverse family conditions for children's wellbeing are well-documented, but little is known about the impact of specific risk factors, or about potential protective factors that buffer the effects of family risk factors on negative development.
We investigated the impact of five important family risk factors (e.g., parental conflict) on internalizing and externalizing problems and the potential buffering effects of peer acceptance and academic skills at two measurement points two years apart in 1195 7-to 10-year-olds (T1: M-Age = 8.54).
Latent change models showed that increases in risk factors over the two years predicted increasing internalizing and externalizing problems. Parental conflict was the most impactful risk factor, although peer acceptance and academic skills showed some buffering effects.
The results highlight the necessity of investigating cumulative and single risk factors, specifically interparental conflict, and emphasize the need to strengthen children's internal and social resources to buffer the effects of adverse family conditions.
KW - psychological problems
KW - family risk factors
KW - protective factors
KW - parental conflict
KW - academic skills
KW - peer acceptance
Y1 - 2022
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101395
SN - 0193-3973
SN - 1873-7900
VL - 80
PB - Elsevier
CY - New York
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Leuschner, Vincenz
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Allroggen, Marc
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Leaking: Frequency and correlates of announcements and threats of homicidal violence reported by Berlin schools between 1996 and 2007
JF - Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie
N2 - Threats and announcements of homicidal violence at schools may have massive consequences like evacuations, police searches, criminal investigations, or loss of the sense of security by students, teachers, and parents. However, there is a lack of systematic studies about that phenomenon. The present article would like to contribute to closing the research gap. It presents results about the frequency and structure of threats and announcements of homicidal violence in schools in Berlin. The study is based on an official dataset from school administration reports of violent acts in Berlin schools which has been studied within the Berlin Leaking-Projekt. The sample consists of 427 threats and announcements of homicidal violence between 1996 and 2007. The study is an exceptional analysis of the phenomenon: it presents crosscutting results about frequency and characteristics of threats and the threatening students as well as results of a longitudinal analysis about the development of threats and announcements. Results show a rate of 0,3 threats and announcements per 1 000 student and year. During the observation time span a steady increase of threats and announcements - year by year, influenced by imitation effects after school shootings - has been observed.
KW - threat
KW - leakage
KW - rampage
KW - school shooting
KW - school violence
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1024/1422-4917/a000423
SN - 1422-4917
SN - 1664-2880
VL - 44
SP - 208
EP - 219
PB - Hogrefe
CY - Bern
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Narcissistic Symptoms in German School Shooters
JF - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
N2 - School shooters are often described as narcissistic, but empirical evidence is scant. To provide more reliable and detailed information, we conducted an exploratory study, analyzing police investigation files on seven school shootings in Germany, looking for symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) in witnesses' and offenders' reports and expert psychological evaluations. Three out of four offenders who had been treated for mental disorders prior to the offenses displayed detached symptoms of narcissism, but none was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. Of the other three, two displayed narcissistic traits. In one case, the number of symptoms would have justified a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. Offenders showed low and high self-esteem and a range of other mental disorders. Thus, narcissism is not a common characteristic of school shooters, but possibly more frequent than in the general population. This should be considered in developing adequate preventive and intervention measures.
KW - school shooting
KW - narcissism
KW - personality disorder
KW - risk factor
KW - rampage
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X14544155
SN - 0306-624X
SN - 1552-6933
VL - 59
IS - 14
SP - 1520
EP - 1535
PB - Sage Publ.
CY - Thousand Oaks
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Elsner, Birgit
T1 - Justice Sensitivity in Childhood and Adolescence
JF - Social development
N2 - Individuals differ in their sensitivity toward injustice. Justice-sensitive persons perceive injustice more frequently and show stronger responses to it. Justice sensitivity has been studied predominantly in adults; little is known about its development in childhood and adolescence and its connection to prosocial behavior and emotional and behavioral problems. This study evaluates a version of the justice sensitivity inventory for children and adolescents (JSI-CA5) in 1472 9- to 17-year olds. Items and scales showed good psychometric properties and correlations with prosocial behavior and conduct problems similar to findings in adults, supporting the reliability and validity of the scale. We found individual differences in justice sensitivity as a function of age and gender. Furthermore, justice sensitivity predicted emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents over a 1- to 2-year period. Justice sensitivity perspectives can therefore be considered as risk and/or protective factors for mental health in childhood and adolescence.
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - development
KW - conduct problems
KW - prosocial behavior
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12098
SN - 0961-205X
SN - 1467-9507
VL - 24
IS - 2
SP - 420
EP - 441
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
CY - Hoboken
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Leaking and death-threats by students
BT - a study in German schools
T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2 - Leaking comprises observable behavior or statements that signal intentions of committing a violent offense and is considered an important warning sign for school shootings. School staff who are confronted with leaking have to assess its seriousness and react appropriately - a difficult task, because knowledge about leaking is sparse. The present study, therefore, examined how frequently leaking occurs in schools and how teachers identify leaking and respond to it. To achieve this aim, we informed teachers from eight schools in Germany about the definition of leaking and other warning signs and risk factors for school shootings in a one-hour information session. Teachers were then asked to report cases of leaking over a six- to nine-month period and to answer a questionnaire on leaking and its treatment after the information session and six to nine months later. Our results suggest that leaking is a relevant problem in German schools. Teachers mostly rated the information session positively and benefited in several aspects (e.g. reported more perceived courses of action or improved knowledge about leaking), but also expressed a constant need for support. Our findings highlight teachers' needs for further support and training and may be used in the planning of prevention measures for school shootings.
T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 388
KW - death-threats
KW - leaking
KW - prevention
KW - school shooting
KW - violence in schools
Y1 - 2018
U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404121
IS - 388
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Birke, Joseph
T1 - Links between aggressive sexual fantasies and presumably non-consensual aggressive sexual behavior when controlling for BDSM identity
JF - International journal of conflict and violence
N2 - Recent research provides evidence that aggressive sexual fantasies predict aggressive sexual behavior in the general population. However, sexual fantasies including fantasies about the infliction of pain and humiliation, should be frequent and often consensually acted upon among individuals with sadomasochistic likings. The question arises whether sexual fantasies with aggressive content still predict presumably non-consensual aggressive sexual behavior in individuals with sadomasochistic likings, given that BDSM encounters are generally considered consensual. To investigate this question, we conducted a questionnaire survey of sexual fantasies, as sessing the frequency of seventy sexual fantasies involving non-aggressive, masochistic, and aggressive acts. Our sample (N = 182) contained 99 respondents who self-identified as sadist, masochist, or switcher; 44 reported no such identification. For respondents reporting BDSM identification, we replicated a factor structure for sexual fantasies similar to that previously found in the general population, including three factors reflecting fantasies about increasingly severe aggressive sexual acts. Fantasies about injuring a partner and/or using weapons and fantasies about sexual coercion predicted presumably non-consensual sexual behavior independently of other risk factors for aggressive sexual behavior and irrespective of BDSM identification. Hence, severely aggressive sexual fantasies may predispose to presumably non-consensual sexual behavior in both individuals with and without BDSM identification.
KW - aggressive sexual fantasies
KW - BDSM
KW - sexual aggression
KW - psychopathy
Y1 - 2021
U6 - https://doi.org/10.4119/ijcv-3777
SN - 1864-1385
VL - 14
IS - 1
PB - Inst. for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Univ. of Bielefeld
CY - Bielefeld
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Leaking and death-threats by students: A study in German schools
JF - School psychology international
N2 - Leaking comprises observable behavior or statements that signal intentions of committing a violent offense and is considered an important warning sign for school shootings. School staff who are confronted with leaking have to assess its seriousness and react appropriately - a difficult task, because knowledge about leaking is sparse. The present study, therefore, examined how frequently leaking occurs in schools and how teachers identify leaking and respond to it. To achieve this aim, we informed teachers from eight schools in Germany about the definition of leaking and other warning signs and risk factors for school shootings in a one-hour information session. Teachers were then asked to report cases of leaking over a six- to nine-month period and to answer a questionnaire on leaking and its treatment after the information session and six to nine months later. Our results suggest that leaking is a relevant problem in German schools. Teachers mostly rated the information session positively and benefited in several aspects (e.g. reported more perceived courses of action or improved knowledge about leaking), but also expressed a constant need for support. Our findings highlight teachers' needs for further support and training and may be used in the planning of prevention measures for school shootings.
KW - Death-threats
KW - leaking
KW - prevention
KW - school shooting
KW - violence in schools
Y1 - 2014
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0143034314552346
SN - 0143-0343
SN - 1461-7374
VL - 35
IS - 6
SP - 592
EP - 608
PB - Sage Publ.
CY - London
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Richter, Philipp
T1 - Interrelations of Justice, Rejection, Provocation, and Moral Disgust Sensitivity and Their Links with the Hostile Attribution Bias, Trait Anger, and Aggression
JF - Frontiers in psychology
N2 - Several personality dispositions with common features capturing sensitivities to negative social cues have recently been introduced into psychological research. To date, however, little is known about their interrelations, their conjoint effects on behavior, or their interplay with other risk factors. We asked N = 349 adults from Germany to rate their justice, rejection, moral disgust, and provocation sensitivity, hostile attribution bias, trait anger, and forms and functions of aggression. The sensitivity measures were mostly positively correlated; particularly those with an egoistic focus, such as victim justice, rejection, and provocation sensitivity, hostile attributions and trait anger as well as those with an altruistic focus, such as observer justice, perpetrator justice, and moral disgust sensitivity. The sensitivity measures had independent and differential effects on forms and functions of aggression when considered simultaneously and when controlling for hostile attributions and anger. They could not be integrated into a single factor of interpersonal sensitivity or reduced to other well-known risk factors for aggression. The sensitivity measures, therefore, require consideration in predicting and preventing aggression.
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - rejection sensitivity
KW - provocation sensitivity
KW - moral disgust sensitivity
KW - trait anger
KW - hostile attribution bias
KW - aggression
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00795
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 7
PB - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY - Lausanne
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Richter, Philipp
T1 - Linking Forms and Functions of Aggression in Adults to Justice and
Rejection Sensitivity
JF - Psychology of violence
N2 - Objective: Research has linked individual differences in justice and rejection sensitivity to aggression in different age groups. However, different forms and functions of aggression have not been considered when investigating these links in adults. Furthermore, no attention has been paid to verbal aggression or the conjoint effects of justice and rejection sensitivity. Method: The present study assessed rejection sensitivity as well as victim, observer, and perpetrator justice sensitivity in 349 German adults. Links with self-reported forms (physical, relational, verbal) and functions (proactive, reactive) of aggression were examined. Results: In structural equation models controlling for age and gender, higher victim sensitivity predicted higher relational, proactive, and reactive aggression and higher observer sensitivity predicted higher physical and verbal aggression. In contrast, higher perpetrator sensitivity predicted lower physical, relational, verbal, and proactive aggression. Higher rejection sensitivity predicted higher physical and reactive, but lower verbal aggression. Using a 2-dimensional definition of aggression considering forms and functions of aggression at the same time yielded similar results. There were marked gender differences. Conclusion: Justice and rejection sensitivity may explain individual differences in forms and functions of aggression in adults and should therefore be considered in the planning of preventive and intervention measures.
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - physical aggression
KW - proactive aggression
KW - reactive aggression
KW - rejection sensitivity
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039200
SN - 2152-0828
SN - 2152-081X
VL - 6
SP - 292
EP - 302
PB - American Psychological Association
CY - Washington
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
T1 - Is bad intent negligible?
BT - Linking victim justice sensitivity, hostile attribution bias, and aggression
JF - Aggressive behavior : a multidisciplinary journal devoted to the experimental and observational analysis of conflict in humans and animals
N2 - The hostile attribution bias (HAB) is a well-established risk factor for aggression. It is considered part of the suspicious mindset that may cause highly victim-justice sensitive individuals to behave uncooperatively. Thus, links of victim justice sensitivity (JS) with negative behavior, such as aggression, may be better explained by HAB. The present study tested this hypothesis in N=279 German adolescents who rated their JS, HAB, and physical, relational, verbal, reactive, and proactive aggression. Victim JS predicted physical, relational, verbal, reactive, and proactive aggression when HAB was controlled. HAB only predicted physical and proactive aggression. There were no moderator effects. Injustice seems an important reason for aggression irrespective of whether or not it is intentionally caused, particularly among those high in victim JS. Thus, victim JS should be considered as a potential important risk factor for aggression and receive more attention by research on aggression and preventive efforts.
KW - adolescence
KW - aggression
KW - hostile attribution bias
KW - justice sensitivity
Y1 - 2018
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21764
SN - 0096-140X
SN - 1098-2337
VL - 44
IS - 5
SP - 442
EP - 450
PB - Wiley
CY - Hoboken
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Esser, Günter
T1 - Justice and rejection sensitivity in children and adolescents with ADHD symptoms
JF - European child and adolescent psychiatry : offical journal of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
N2 - Justice sensitivity captures individual differences in the frequency with which injustice is perceived and the intensity of emotional, cognitive, and behavioral reactions to it. Persons with ADHD have been reported to show high justice sensitivity, and a recent study provided evidence for this notion in an adult sample. In 1,235 German 10- to 19-year olds, we measured ADHD symptoms, justice sensitivity from the victim, observer, and perpetrator perspective, the frequency of perceptions of injustice, anxious and angry rejection sensitivity, depressive symptoms, conduct problems, and self-esteem. Participants with ADHD symptoms reported significantly higher victim justice sensitivity, more perceptions of injustice, and higher anxious and angry rejection sensitivity, but significantly lower perpetrator justice sensitivity than controls. In latent path analyses, justice sensitivity as well as rejection sensitivity partially mediated the link between ADHD symptoms and comorbid problems when considered simultaneously. Thus, both justice sensitivity and rejection sensitivity may contribute to explaining the emergence and maintenance of problems typically associated with ADHD symptoms, and should therefore be considered in ADHD therapy.
KW - ADHD
KW - Justice sensitivity
KW - Rejection sensitivity
KW - Conduct problems
KW - Depressive symptoms
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-014-0560-9
SN - 1018-8827
SN - 1435-165X
VL - 24
IS - 2
SP - 185
EP - 198
PB - Springer
CY - New York
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Krahé, Barbara
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Höse, Anna
A1 - Esser, Günter
T1 - Child Aggression as a Source and a Consequence of Parenting Stress: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
JF - Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
N2 - This longitudinal study examined the links between child aggression and parenting stress over 4years. Child aggression was hypothesized to contribute to parenting stress, which should increase aggression. Parents and teachers of 239 German children aged between 6 and 15years completed measures of child aggression at Time 1 and Time 3, complemented by children's self-reports of aggression at Time 3. Parents rated their child-focused and parent-focused stress at an intermediate measurement Time 2. Child-focused stress mediated the path from Time 1 to Time 3 aggression in boys and girls, whereas parent-focused stress was unrelated to Time 3 aggression. The findings help to understand the continuity of aggressive behavior in childhood and adolescence and highlight the need to intervene early with families susceptible to parenting stress.
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12115
SN - 1050-8392
SN - 1532-7795
VL - 25
IS - 2
SP - 328
EP - 339
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
CY - Hoboken
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Richter, Philipp
T1 - Interrelations of justice, rejection, provocation, and moral disgust sensitivity and their links with the hostile attribution bias, trait anger, and aggression
T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2 - Several personality dispositions with common features capturing sensitivities to negative social cues have recently been introduced into psychological research. To date, however, little is known about their interrelations, their conjoint effects on behavior, or their interplay with other risk factors. We asked N = 349 adults from Germany to rate their justice, rejection, moral disgust, and provocation sensitivity, hostile attribution bias, trait anger, and forms and functions of aggression. The sensitivity measures were mostly positively correlated; particularly those with an egoistic focus, such as victim justice, rejection, and provocation sensitivity, hostile attributions and trait anger as well as those with an altruistic focus, such as observer justice, perpetrator justice, and moral disgust sensitivity. The sensitivity measures had independent and differential effects on forms and functions of aggression when considered simultaneously and when controlling for hostile attributions and anger. They could not be integrated into a single factor of interpersonal sensitivity or reduced to other well-known risk factors for aggression. The sensitivity measures, therefore, require consideration in predicting and preventing aggression.
T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 446
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - rejection sensitivity
KW - provocation sensitivity
KW - moral disgust sensitivity
KW - trait anger
KW - hostile attribution bias
KW - aggression
Y1 - 2018
U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-407697
IS - 446
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Beier, Sophia
T1 - Two of a kind?
BT - differences and similarities of attacks in schools and in institutes of higher education
T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2 - School attacks are attracting increasing attention in aggression research. Recent systematic analyses provided new insights into offense and offender characteristics. Less is known about attacks in institutes of higher education (e.g., universities). It is therefore questionable whether the term “school attack” should be limited to institutions of general education or could be extended to institutions of higher education. Scientific literature is divided in distinguishing or unifying these two groups and reports similarities as well as differences. We researched 232 school attacks and 45 attacks in institutes of higher education throughout the world and conducted systematic comparisons between the two groups. The analyses yielded differences in offender (e.g., age, migration background) and offense characteristics (e.g., weapons, suicide rates), and some similarities (e.g., gender). Most differences can apparently be accounted for by offenders’ age and situational influences. We discuss the implications of our findings for future research and the development of preventative measures.
T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 391
KW - school attack
KW - IHE attack
KW - rampage
KW - higher education
KW - characteristics
KW - prevention
Y1 - 2018
U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404199
IS - 391
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Hannuschke, Marianne
A1 - Elsner, Birgit
A1 - Gollwitzer, Mario
T1 - Inter-individual stabilization of justice sensitivity in childhood and adolescence
JF - Journal of research in personality
KW - Justice sensitivity
KW - Stabilization
KW - Latent-state-trait modeling
KW - Childhood
KW - Adolescence
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.021
SN - 0092-6566
SN - 1095-7251
VL - 64
SP - 11
EP - 20
PB - Elsevier
CY - San Diego
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Narcissistic symptoms in German school shooters
T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2 - School shooters are often described as narcissistic, but empirical evidence is scant. To provide more reliable and detailed information, we conducted an exploratory study, analyzing police investigation files on seven school shootings in Germany, looking for symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) in witnesses' and offenders' reports and expert psychological evaluations. Three out of four offenders who had been treated for mental disorders prior to the offenses displayed detached symptoms of narcissism, but none was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. Of the other three, two displayed narcissistic traits. In one case, the number of symptoms would have justified a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder. Offenders showed low and high self-esteem and a range of other mental disorders. Thus, narcissism is not a common characteristic of school shooters, but possibly more frequent than in the general population. This should be considered in developing adequate preventive and intervention measures.
T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 392
KW - school shooting
KW - narcissism
KW - personality disorder
KW - risk factor
KW - rampage
Y1 - 2018
U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404452
IS - 392
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Jung, Janis Moritz
A1 - Krahé, Barbara
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Esser, Günter
A1 - Wyschkon, Anne
T1 - Dynamic progression of antisocial behavior in childhood and adolescence
BT - a three-wave longitudinal study from Germany
JF - Applied Developmental Science
N2 - This longitudinal study from Germany examined the dynamic progression of antisocial behavior in childhood and adolescence based on the social interactional model by Patterson, DeBaryshe, and Ramsey. It examined the link between antisocial behavior, social rejection, academic failure, and affiliation with deviant peers in a sample of 1,657 children and youths aged between 6 and 15 years who were studied at three measurement waves (T1 to T3) over a time period of about 5 years. Teachers rated the children on all variables, parents additionally provided ratings of antisocial behavior and social rejection. Latent structural equation modeling yielded the predicted positive paths from antisocial behavior at T1 to social rejection and academic failure at T2. As predicted, affiliation with deviant peers at T2 was positively associated with social rejection and academic failure at the same measurement point. Finally, affiliation with deviant peers at T2 significantly predicted antisocial behavior at T3.
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2016.1219228
SN - 1088-8691
SN - 1532-480X
VL - 22
IS - 1
SP - 74
EP - 88
PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Abingdon
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Rothmund, Tobias
A1 - Gollwitzer, Mario
T1 - Mutual long-term effects of school bullying, victimization, and justice
sensitivity in adolescents
JF - Journal of adolescence
N2 - In the present study, we investigate long-term relations between experiences of aggression at school and the development of justice sensitivity as a personality disposition in adolescents. We assessed justice sensitivity (from the victim, observer, and perpetrator perspective), bullying, and victimization among 565 German 12- to 18-year-olds in a one-year longitudinal study with two measurement points. Latent path analyses revealed gender differences in long-term effects of bullying and victimization on observer sensitivity and victim sensitivity. Experiences of victimization at T1 predicted an increase in victim sensitivity among girls and a decrease in victim sensitivity among boys. Bullying behavior at T1 predicted an increase in victim sensitivity among boys and a decrease in observer sensitivity among girls. We did not find long-term effects of justice sensitivity on bullying and victimization. Our findings indicate that experiences of bullying and victimization have gender-specific influences on the development of moral personality dispositions in adolescents. (C) 2016 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - Justice sensitivity
KW - Bullying
KW - Victimization
KW - Adolescence
KW - Personality development
Y1 - 2016
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.01.007
SN - 0140-1971
SN - 1095-9254
VL - 48
SP - 62
EP - 72
PB - Elsevier
CY - London
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Sahyazici-Knaak, Fidan
A1 - Esser, Günter
T1 - Long-Term Associations of Justice Sensitivity, Rejection Sensitivity, and Depressive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
JF - Frontiers in psychology
N2 - Depressive symptoms have been related to anxious rejection sensitivity, but little is known about relations with angry rejection sensitivity and justice sensitivity. We measured rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and depressive symptoms in 1,665 9-to-21-year olds at two points of measurement. Participants with high T1 levels of depressive symptoms reported higher anxious and angry rejection sensitivity and higher justice sensitivity than controls at T1 and T2. T1 rejection, but not justice sensitivity predicted T2 depressive symptoms; high victim justice sensitivity, however, added to the stabilization of depressive symptoms. T1 depressive symptoms positively predicted T2 anxious and angry rejection and victim justice sensitivity. Hence, sensitivity toward negative social cues may be cause and consequence of depressive symptoms and requires consideration in cognitive-behavioral treatment of depression.
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - rejection sensitivity
KW - depressive symptoms
KW - childhood
KW - adolescence
Y1 - 2017
U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01446
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 8
PB - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY - Lausanne
ER -
TY - THES
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
T1 - Justice Sensitivity
BT - Development during Late Childhood and Adolescence and Links with Externalizing and Internalizing Problem Behavior
N2 - Individuals differ in their tendency to perceive injustice and in their responses towards these perceptions. Those high in justice sensitivity tend to show intense negative affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses towards injustice that in part also depend on the perspective from which injustice is perceived. The present research project showed that inter-individual differences in justice sensitivity may already be measured and observed in childhood and adolescence and that early adolescence seems an important age-range and developmental stage for the stabilization of these differences. Furthermore, the different justice sensitivity perspectives were related to different forms of externalizing (aggression, ADHD, bullying) and internalizing problem behavior (depressive symptoms) both in children and adolescents as well as in adults in cross-sectional studies. Particularly victim sensitivity may apparently constitute an important risk factor for a broad range of both externalizing and internalizing maladaptive behaviors and mental health problems as shown in those studies using longitudinal data. Regarding aggressive behavior, victim justice sensitivity may even constitute a risk factor above and beyond other important and well-established risk factors for aggression and similar sensitivity constructs that had previously been linked to this kind of behavior. In contrast, observer and perpetrator sensitivity (perpetrator sensitivity in particular) tended to show negative links with externalizing problem behavior and instead predicted prosocial behavior in children and adolescents. However, there were also detached positive relations of perpetrator sensitivity with emotional problems as well as of observer sensitivity with reactive aggression and depressive symptoms. Taken together, the findings from the present research show that justice sensitivity forms in childhood at the latest and that it may have important, long-term influences on pro- and antisocial behavior and mental health. Thus, justice sensitivity requires more attention in research on the prevention and intervention of mental health problems and antisocial behavior, such as aggression.
KW - adolescence
KW - externalizing problem behavior
KW - interalizing problem behavior
KW - aggressive behavior
KW - justice sensitivity
Y1 -
CY - Potsdam
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Strauß, Sophie
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Roth, Felix
T1 - Justice sensitivity in middle childhood
BT - measurement and location in the temperamental and social skills space
JF - Journal of personality assessment
N2 - Research suggested that justice sensitivity (JS)-the tendency to perceive and negatively respond to injustice-may already manifest in middle childhood, but empirical evidence is sparse. We, therefore, examined the measurement of JS in this age range and its associations with prosocial behavior, aggressive behavior, temperamental traits, and social skills. We had 361 children between 6 and 10 years of age and/or their parents rate the children's JS and its potential correlates. We replicated the JS-factor structure with three correlated subscales in both child and parent-ratings that showed strict measurement invariance. In line with previous findings in older age groups, victim JS positively predicted aggressive and negatively predicted prosocial behavior, whereas observer and perpetrator JS positively predicted prosocial and perpetrator JS negatively predicted aggressive behavior. The JS perspectives showed expected links with temperamental traits. All three subscales were positively related to empathy and theory of mind, but victim JS was negatively related to affective self-regulation. Findings suggest that interpersonal differences in JS may reliably and validly be measured in middle childhood and that JS is associated with aggressive and prosocial behavior already in childhood. Thus, future research should consider the role of JS for moral and personality development and developmental psychopathology.
Y1 - 2020
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2020.1753754
SN - 0022-3891
SN - 1532-7752
VL - 103
IS - 4
SP - 476
EP - 488
PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY - Philadelphia, Pa. [u.a]
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Birke, Joseph
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
T1 - From fantasy to reality
BT - self-reported aggression-related sexual fantasies predict sexually sadistic behavior beyond indirect and direct measures of sexual preference
JF - The journal of sex research
N2 - Aggression-related sexual fantasies (ASF) have been related to various forms of harmful sexual behavior in both sex offender and community samples. However, more research is needed to fully understand this relation, particularly whether ASF is associated with harmful sexual behavior beyond hostile sexism against women and a sexual preference for violence and sexual violence. In the present study, N = 428 participants (61.9% women) between 18 and 83 years of age (M = 28.17, SD = 9.7) reported their ASF and hostile sexism. They rated their sexual arousal by erotic, violent, and sexually violent pictures as a direct measure of sexual preference. Response latencies between stimulus presentation and arousal ratings were used as an indirect measure of sexual preference. ASF and the directly and indirectly assessed sexual preference for violent and sexually violent stimuli were positively correlated. They were unrelated to hostile sexism against women. ASF showed the strongest associations with self-reported sexually sadistic behavior and presumably non-consensual sexual sadism beyond these preferences and hostile sexism in the total group and separately among men and women. The findings indicate that ASF and sexual preference are not equivalent constructs and further underscore the potential relevance of ASF for harmful sexual behavior.
Y1 - 2022
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.2022588
SN - 0022-4499
SN - 1559-8519
VL - 60
IS - 4
SP - 558
EP - 573
PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY - New York, NY
ER -
TY - GEN
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Scheithauer, Herbert
T1 - Kill one or kill them all?
BT - differences between single and multiple victim school attacks
T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2 - Research indicates individual pathways towards school attacks and inconsistent offender profiles. Thus, several authors have classified offenders according to mental disorders, motives, or number/kinds of victims. We assumed differences between single and multiple victim offenders (intending to kill one or more than one victim). In qualitative and quantitative analyses of data from qualitative content analyses of case files on seven school attacks in Germany, we found differences between the offender groups in seriousness, patterns, characteristics, and classes of leaking (announcements of offences), offence-related behaviour, and offence characteristics. There were only minor differences in risk factors. Our research thus adds to the understanding of school attacks and leaking. Differences between offender groups require consideration in the planning of effective preventive approaches.
T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 397
KW - leaking
KW - risk factor
KW - school attacks
KW - victim
KW - warning sign
Y1 - 2018
U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-404559
IS - 397
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Warschburger, Petra
A1 - Gmeiner, Michaela Silvia
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Klein, Alexandra-Maria
A1 - Busching, Robert
A1 - Elsner, Birgit
T1 - Self-regulation as a resource for coping with developmental challenges during middle childhood and adolescence
BT - the prospective longitudinal PIER YOUTH-study
JF - BMC Psychology
N2 - Background
Self-regulation (SR) as the ability to regulate one's own physical state, emotions, cognitions, and behavior, is considered to play a pivotal role in the concurrent and subsequent mental and physical health of an individual. Although SR skills encompass numerous sub-facets, previous research has often focused on only one or a few of these sub-facets, and only rarely on adolescence. Therefore, little is known about the development of the sub-facets, their interplay, and their specific contributions to future developmental outcomes, particularly in adolescence. To fill these research gaps, this study aims to prospectively examine (1) the development of SR and (2) their influence on adolescent-specific developmental outcomes in a large community sample.
Methods/design
Based on previously collected data from the Potsdam Intrapersonal Developmental Risk (PIER) study with three measurement points, the present prospective, longitudinal study aims to add a fourth measurement point (PIERYOUTH). We aim to retain at least 1074 participants now between 16 and 23 years of the initially 1657 participants (6-11 years of age at the first measurement point in 2012/2013; 52.2% female). The study will continue to follow a multi-method (questionnaires, physiological assessments, performance-based computer tasks), multi-facet (assessing various domains of SR), and multi-rater (self-, parent-, and teacher-report) approach. In addition, a broad range of adolescent-specific developmental outcomes is considered. In doing so, we will cover the development of SR and relevant outcomes over the period of 10 years. In addition, we intend to conduct a fifth measurement point (given prolonged funding) to investigate development up to young adulthood.
Discussion
With its broad and multimethodological approach, PIERYOUTH aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the development and role of various SR sub-facets from middle childhood to adolescence. The large sample size and low drop-out rates in the first three measurements points form a sound database for our present prospective research.Trial registration German Clinical Trials Register, registration number DRKS00030847.
KW - Self-regulation
KW - Adolescence
KW - Prospective longitudinal study
KW - Mental health
Y1 - 2023
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01140-3
SN - 2050-7283
VL - 11
IS - 1
PB - Springer Nature
CY - London
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Bilgin, Ayten
A1 - Warschburger, Petra
T1 - Justice sensitivity and rejection sensitivity as predictors and outcomes of eating disorder pathology
BT - a 5-year longitudinal study
JF - The international journal of eating disorders
N2 - Objective:
Rejection sensitivity and justice sensitivity are personality traits that are characterized by frequent perceptions and intense adverse responses to negative social cues. Whereas there is good evidence for associations between rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and internalizing problems, no longitudinal studies have investigated their association with eating disorder (ED) pathology so far. Thus, the present study examined longitudinal relations between rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and ED pathology.
Method:
Participants (N = 769) reported on their rejection sensitivity, justice sensitivity, and ED pathology at 9-19 (T1), 11-21 (T2), and 14-22 years of age (T3).
Results:
Latent cross-lagged models showed longitudinal associations between ED pathology and anxious rejection sensitivity, observer and victim justice sensitivity. T1 and T2 ED pathology predicted higher T2 and T3 anxious rejection sensitivity, respectively. In turn, T2 anxious rejection sensitivity predicted more T3 ED pathology. T1 observer justice sensitivity predicted more T2 ED pathology, which predicted higher T3 observer justice sensitivity. Furthermore, T1 ED pathology predicted higher T2 victim justice sensitivity.
Discussion:
Rejection sensitivity-particularly anxious rejection sensitivity-and justice sensitivity may be involved in the maintenance or worsening of ED pathology and should be considered by future research and in prevention and treatment of ED pathology. Also, mental health problems may increase rejection sensitivity and justice sensitivity traits in the long term.
KW - eating disorder pathology
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - longitudinal
KW - rejection
KW - sensitivity
Y1 - 2020
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23273
SN - 0276-3478
SN - 1098-108X
VL - 53
IS - 6
SP - 926
EP - 936
PB - Wiley
CY - New York, NY
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Krahé, Barbara
T1 - Links of justice and rejection sensitivity with aggression in childhood and adolescence
JF - Aggressive behavior : a multidisciplinary journal devoted to the experimental and observational analysis of conflict in humans and animals
N2 - Individual differences in justice sensitivity and rejection sensitivity have been linked to differences in aggressive behavior in adults. However, there is little research studying this association in children and adolescents and considering the two constructs in combination. We assessed justice sensitivity from the victim, observer, and perpetrator perspective as well as anxious and angry rejection sensitivity and linked both constructs to different forms (physical, relational), and functions (proactive, reactive) of self-reported aggression and to teacher- and parent-rated aggression in N=1,489 9- to 19-year olds in Germany. Victim sensitivity and both angry and anxious rejection sensitivity showed positive correlations with all forms and functions of aggression. Angry rejection sensitivity also correlated positively with teacher-rated aggression. Perpetrator sensitivity was negatively correlated with all aggression measures, and observer sensitivity also correlated negatively with all aggression measures except for a positive correlation with reactive aggression. Path models considering the sensitivity facets in combination and controlling for age and gender showed that higher victim justice sensitivity predicted higher aggression on all measures. Higher perpetrator sensitivity predicted lower physical, relational, proactive, and reactive aggression. Higher observer sensitivity predicted lower teacher-rated aggression. Angry rejection sensitivity predicted higher proactive and reactive aggression, whereas anxious rejection sensitivity did not make an additional contribution to the prediction of aggression. The findings are discussed in terms of social information processing models of aggression in childhood and adolescence. Aggr. Behav. 41:353-368, 2015. (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
KW - proactive aggression
KW - reactive aggression
KW - relational aggression
KW - justice sensitivity
KW - rejection sensitivity
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21556
SN - 0096-140X
SN - 1098-2337
VL - 41
IS - 4
SP - 353
EP - 368
PB - Wiley-Blackwell
CY - Hoboken
ER -
TY - JOUR
A1 - Bondü, Rebecca
A1 - Beier, Sophia
T1 - Two of a Kind? Differences and similarities of attacks in schools and in institutes of higher aducation
JF - Journal of interpersonal violence : concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence
N2 - School attacks are attracting increasing attention in aggression research. Recent systematic analyses provided new insights into offense and offender characteristics. Less is known about attacks in institutes of higher education (e.g., universities). It is therefore questionable whether the term “school attack” should be limited to institutions of general education or could be extended to institutions of higher education. Scientific literature is divided in distinguishing or unifying these two groups and reports similarities as well as differences. We researched 232 school attacks and 45 attacks in institutes of higher education throughout the world and conducted systematic comparisons between the two groups. The analyses yielded differences in offender (e.g., age, migration background) and offense characteristics (e.g., weapons, suicide rates), and some similarities (e.g., gender). Most differences can apparently be accounted for by offenders’ age and situational influences. We discuss the implications of our findings for future research and the development of preventative measures.
KW - school attack
KW - IHE attack
KW - rampage
KW - higher education
KW - characteristics
KW - prevention
Y1 - 2015
U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260514533156
SN - 0886-2605
SN - 1552-6518
VL - 30
IS - 2
SP - 253
EP - 271
PB - Sage Publ.
CY - Thousand Oaks
ER -