Citation

Daniels JA, Volungis A, Pshenishny E, Gandhi P, Winkler A, Cramer DP, Bradley MC. Couns. Psychol. 2010; 38(1): 69-95.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0011000009344774

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The recent rash of school violence has again brought to the fore a need to investigate ways to enhance the safety of America’s children. With its emphases on prevention and collaboration with schools, a counseling psychology perspective can add much to the growing body of research on lethal school violence. This article aims to understand school violence prevention from the perspectives of school personnel who intervened to avert deadly shootings. As such, this study used consensual qualitative research methodology. Six primary domains emerged from the data, including school conditions, intervention, crisis planning, relationship, prevention efforts, and problematic issues. A seventh other domain captured important data that did not fit with the aforementioned six domains. From all domains, data were collapsed into 42 core ideas.