Emotional Intelligence & School Violence: A Public Health Issue

Professor Selena M. Respass

Professor Sherry Rix

May 3, 2012

Emotional Self-Awareness

Knowing your feelings in the moment.

Social AwarenessEmphasizing accurately with other peoples

emotion

Relationship Management

Handling emotions in relationships with skill and harmony

Types of Violence

School Domestic Dating Hate & Bias Crimes Bullying/Cyber-Bullying Road Rage

What is School Violence and Bullying?

School violence is an incident that occurs on public/ private school property or college/university campus

Bullying is the intimidation or humiliation of another human being regardless of their race, color, creed or gender

Cyberbullying can be defined as "willful and repeated harm inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices."

What do you need for school?

What you should know

Who is Bullied and in what grade?

Cyber Bullying Research Center

According to the Cyberbullying Research Center : Approximately 20% of the students report experiencing cyberbullying in their lifetimes.

Mean or hurtful comments (13.7%) and rumors spread (12.9%) online are the most common types of cyberbullying.

Adolescent girls are significantly more likely to have experienced cyberbullying in their lifetimes (25.8% vs. 16%).

Cyberbullying Victims

How do cyberbulllying victims feel?

According to the Cyberbullying Research Centerboth boys and girls are likely to report feelingangry, sad, and embarrassed.

Slightly more girls than boys feel frustrated, while significantly more boys are scared as a result of cyberbulllying. 

According to the AP-MTV survey, 56% of those who have been bullied reported that they were “very” or “extremely” upset the most recent time they were targeted. Moreover, young people who have been bullied were twice as likely to have received treatment from a mental health professional and nearly 3 times more likely to have considered dropping out of school!

How do Cyber-bullying victims feel?

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What will MDC Students choose?

What does this mean?

Students must be educated that ethics and cultural diversity is key in being a part of this global community as it relates to being proactive to violence as a public health issue

Students must recognize that violence is a part of the world’s culture and that we must seek to change this historical fact.

Does Race Matter When it relates to Violence and Bullying?

Understanding Violence

Racial, ethnic, cultural diversity, gender differences, same sex orientation, socio-economic status, environmental issues , and religious beliefs have an impact on violence in our society

What is difference between you or “them” and who is them?

As Miami Dade College Students and Faculty how do we co-exist as human beings and stop the violence that effects/affects , school, home and work recognizing violence as a public health issue?

My Question is what do you want to do?

MDC & School of Justice and Social Science Department Violence Prevention Initiative “Increase the Peace”

Do you want to support the:

Miami Dade College & School of Justice and Social Science Department,

Violence Prevention Initiative “ Increase the Peace” and promote our College as a leader in Violence Prevention in the community and across the nation?

Contact the School of Justice or the Social Science Departments to make a difference and remember this is not a club or student organization, but a “wake up and smell the coffee “ moment about :

MDC & School of Justice and Social Science Department

Violence Prevention Initiative, “Increase the Peace”

Professor(s) Selena M. Respass and Sherry Rix

Miami Dade College, School of Justice & Social Science Department

MDC Students

Thank you for your Attention

References

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References

Thornberg, R. (2011). “She Weird”-The Social Construction of Bullying in School: A Review of

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