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Cohen-Posey, 1995; Coloroso, 2003; Crick, 1996; Cullerton-Sen & Crick, 2005a; Cummings,
Hennessy, Rabideau, & Cicchetti, 1994; Curtner-Smith et al., 2006; Directorate, 2002;
Edinburgh, 2005; Field, 2003; Freedman, 2002; Ladd & Burgess, 2001; Ladd & Profilet, 1996;
Larson & Lochman, 2002; Olweus, 1993, 2003; Olweus, Limber, & Mihalic, 1999; Rigby,
2002a, 2002b; Slavens, 2004; Voors, 2004). See Appendix A.
Procedures
With The University of Alabama IRB approval and school district approval, individual
schools were provided with information packets explaining the purpose and procedures of the
study. Each packet contained copies of the following documents that bore the dated IRB stamp:
1. The IRB approval letter;
2. School district approval letter;
3. Teacher consent form;
4. Parent cover letter;
5. Parent consent form; and
6. Child assent form.
Twelve school systems were invited to participate in the study. Of the twelve school
systems invited to participate, five school systems elected to participate in the study. The
investigator met with school administrators representing each of the five participating school
systems. At this meeting, school administrators recommended specific schools within their
system to invite into the study. Of these five school systems participating in this study, three
were individual private schools and two were public school systems, representing a total of 35
intermediate and elementary schools. One public system administrator recommended four
schools, of which one school agreed to participate in the study. The other public school system
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