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Version 1.3 – Updated November 2024

Aggression / violence

Overview

  • Influence: Aggression / violence
  • Domain: Student
  • Sub-Domain: Emotions
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Likely to have a negative impact
  • Influence Definition: Violence includes fighting, swearing, and aggression to others.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 3
  • Number of studies: 158
  • Number of students: 138,675
  • Number of effects: 810
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.03
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Aggression and Violent Behavior Savage, Ferguson, & Flores USA The effect of academic achievement on aggression and violent behavior: A meta-analysis 2017 Violence and achievement 28 43,057 28 -0.29
Child Abuse and Neglect Fry, Fang, Elliott, Casey, Zheng, Li, Florian, & McCluskey UK The relationships between violence in childhood and educational outcomes: a global systematic review and meta-analysis 2018 Violence and achievement 16 0 26 -0.10
Psychological Bulletin Polanin, Espelage, Grotpeter, Spinney, Ingram, Valido, Sheikh, Torgal, & Robinson, USA A meta-analysis of longitudinal partial correlations between school violence and mental health, school performance, and criminal or delinquent acts. 2020 School violence 114 95,618 756 0.12
TOTAL/AVERAGE 158 138,675 810 -0.09
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