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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

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
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
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
TOTAL/AVERAGE 158 138,675 810 -0.09
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