title: Prevention of Targeted School Violence by Responding to Students' Psychosocial Crises: The NETWASS Program.
abstract: The standardized, indicated school-based prevention program "Networks Against School Shootings" combines a threat assessment approach with a general model of prevention of emergency situations in schools through early intervention in student psychosocial crises and training teachers to recognize warning signs of targeted school violence. An evaluation study in 98 German schools with 3,473 school staff participants (Mage= 46.2 years) used a quasi-experimental comparison group design with three measurement points (pre, post, and 7 months followup) with schools randomly allocated to implementation conditions. The study found increases in teachers' expertise and evaluation skills, enhanced abilities to identify students experiencing a psychosocial crisis, and positive secondary effects (e.g., teacher-student interaction, feelings of safety).
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Vincenz
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Leuschner
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fiedler
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schultze
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ahlig
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Göbel
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Friederike
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholl
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia.
authors.forename: Dewey
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cornell
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Scheithauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000070777:School Teachers; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*