Ecologically Based Assessment & Intervention for Schools


Upcoming Research Presentations 

Dorothy L. Espleage & Susan M. Swearer. Thursday, March 4, 2010. Hyatt Regency Chicago, Plaza A. Homophobia and Bullying: An Update and Call to Action. Presentation at the National Association of School Psychologists. Chicago, Il.

Susan M. Swearer will give a talk entitled, "Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Realistic Strategies for Schools" that will be presented on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Nobody's Perfect Workshop: Exploring Deaf Culture. 9am to 3pm (includes lunch). To register, please contact Nancy Engen-Wedin at 402-472-4707. Workshop fee: $20 (free for LPS teachers). Workshop will be held at the Lied Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.


Recent Research Presentations 
*Student authors are in italics 

Susan M. Swearer & Dorothy L. Espelage. Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Sheraton Dallas Hotel. 400 North Olive Street. Dallas, TX. Stories of Us: Promoting Positive Peer Relationships (P3R) Bullying Prevention Program. Half-day workshop presented at the National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan: Forging a Shared Agenda.

Swearer, S. M. (2009, September). Exclusion and Aggression: Identifying and Intervening in Bullying Behavior. Featured presentation at the Exclusion and Aggression Conference. Bettendorf, IA. 

Swearer, S. M. (2009, September). Bullying and Mental Health Issues. Workshop presented at the Exclusion and Aggression Conference. Bettendorf, IA. 

Wang, C., Swearer, S.M., & Givens, J. (2009, August). School attachment and bullying behavior. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association annual meeting. Toronto, Canada. 

Buhs, E.S., Swearer, S.M., & Lieske, J. (2009, April). Early adolescent victimization and links to internalizing problems: The role of gender, ethnicity, and victims’ causal attributions. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Buhs, E.S., Troop, W., Wang, C., & Swearer, S.M. (2009, April). Peer aggression and victimization as predictors of internalizing problems: The role of ethnicity and gender in early adolescence. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Givens, J.E., Toland, M., Swearer, S.M., & Bovaird, J. (2009, April). Evaluating the children’s version of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test using item response theory. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Siebecker, A.B., Wang, C., & Swearer, S.M. (2009, April). The relationship between being severity of being bullied and internalizing symptoms. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Turner, R., Swearer, S.M., & Buhs, E. (2009, April). Moral disengagement as a preditor of bullying and aggression: Are there gender differences? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Wang, C., Swearer, S.M., Givens, J., & Soulakova, J. (2009, April). Bullying: A longitudinal investigation of depression, anxiety, and aggression. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO. 

Jimerson, S.R., Swearer, S.M., & Espelage, D.L. (2009, February). Collaborating with students to reduce bullying: Promoting Positive Peer relationships (P3R). Mini-skills session presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of School Psychologists, Boston, MA. 

Swearer, S.M., Espelage, D.L., Merrell, K.W., & Napolitano, S.A. (2009, February). Bullying Prevention and Intervention: Essential Strategies for School Psychologists. Full-day workshop presented at the National Association of School Psychologist (NASP). Boston, MA. 

Swearer, S. M., Maag, J., W., Siebecker, A. B., Frerichs, L. A., & Wang, C. (2008, March). Risky business: Are students with disabilities at greater risk for involvement than their non-disabled peers? Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting, Chicago, IL. 

Konishi, C., Hymel, S., Zumbo, B. D., Taki, M., Slee, P., Pepler, D., Sim, H., Craig, W., Swearer, S., & Kwak, K. (2008, March). Investigating the comparability of a self-report measure of childhood bullying across countries. Paper presented at the AERA annual meeting. New York, NY. 


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