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Article: Students who feel connected to peers, teachers are more inclined to warn of dangerous fellow student.
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- NewsRx Health & Science
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- March 1, 2009
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Students who feel connected to their peers and teachers are more inclined to alert a teacher or principal if they hear a fellow student "wants to do something dangerous," according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association.
But those students who don't feel connected are less likely to act. Researchers from The Pennsylvania State University and Missouri State University looked into why some students adopt a "code of silence" when faced with a fellow student's dangerous intentions. Their findings appear in the February Journal of Educational Psychology, published by APA.
The researchers presented a hypothetical scenario of a ...