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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2000 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Ron Avi Astor is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of social sciences and psychology, with a particular focus on education and social psychology.

This scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Education Discipline and Inequality
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Gun Ownership and Violence Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Youth Development and Social Support

Ron Avi Astor's work often appears in journals such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of School Violence
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Journal of Community Psychology
  • School Psychology

Prominent coauthors frequently collaborating with Astor include:

  • Susan D. McMahon
  • Frank C. Worrell
  • Linda A. Reddy
  • Dorothy L. Espelage
  • Rami Benbenishty

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Ron Avi Astor are:

  • "A Call for the Conceptual Integration of Opportunity Structures Within School Safety Research", 2021, School Psychology Review
  • ""We Need to Address the Trauma": School Social Workers' Views About Student and Staff Mental Health During COVID-19", 2022, School Mental Health
  • "Practice in a Pandemic: School Social Workers' Adaptations and Experiences During the 2020 COVID-19 School Disruptions", 2021, Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services
  • "Role of school-climate in school-based violence among homeless and nonhomeless students: Individual- and school-level analysis", 2020, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "Violence and aggression against educators and school personnel, retention, stress, and training needs: National survey results.", 2024, American Psychologist

Their primary fields of study include social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions to education, clinical psychology, and health-related subfields.

Ron Avi Astor has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 2016
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2012
  • Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association, 2000

Best Publications

  • School Violence in Context: Culture, Neighborhood, Family, School, and Gender

    Rami Benbenishty;Ron Avi Astor

  • A Research Synthesis of the Associations between Socioeconomic Background, Inequality, School Climate, and Academic Achievement.

    Ruth Berkowitz;Hadass Moore;Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty

  • Unowned Places and Times: Maps and Interviews About Violence in High Schools:

    Ron Avi Astor;Heather Ann Meyer;William J. Behre

  • The contributions of community, family, and school variables to student victimization.

    Mona Khoury-Kassabri;Rami Benbenishty;Ron Avi Astor;Anat Zeira

  • Students' Reports of Violence Against Teachers in Taiwanese Schools

    Ji-Kang Chen;Ron Avi Astor

  • School Violence in Israel: Findings of a National Survey

    Anat Zeira;Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty

  • School Violence and Theoretically Atypical Schools: The Principal’s Centrality in Orchestrating Safe Schools

    Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty;Jose Nuñez Estrada

  • School Climate, Observed Risky Behaviors, and Victimization as Predictors of High School Students’ Fear and Judgments of School Violence as a Problem

    Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty;Anat Zeira;Amiram Vinokur

  • Children's Moral Reasoning about Family and Peer Violence: The Role of Provocation and Retribution

    Ron A. Astor

  • How Can We Improve School Safety Research

    Ron Avi Astor;Nancy Guerra;Richard Van Acker

  • School Safety Interventions: Best Practices and Programs

    Ron Avi Astor;Heather Ann Meyer;Rami Benbenishty;Roxana Marachi

  • Elementary and Middle School Students' Perceptions of Violence-Prone School Subcontexts.

    Ron Avi Astor;Heather Ann Meyer;Ronald O. Pitner

  • The Children of Military Service Members Challenges, Supports, and Future Educational Research

    Kris M. Tunac De Pedro;Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty;Jose Estrada

  • Testing the Causal Links Between School Climate, School Violence, and School Academic Performance A Cross-Lagged Panel Autoregressive Model

    Rami Benbenishty;Ron Avi Astor;Ilan Roziner;Stephani L. Wrabel

  • Middle Eastern Adolescents' Perpetration of School Violence Against Peers and Teachers A Cross-Cultural and Ecological Analysis

    Mona Khoury-Kassabri;Ron Avi Astor;Rami Benbenishty

  • Well-being and suicidal ideation of secondary school students from military families

    Julie A. Cederbaum;Tamika D. Gilreath;Rami Benbenishty;Ron Avi Astor

  • School Violence in Taiwan: Examining How Western Risk Factors Predict School Violence in an Asian Culture

    Ji-Kang Chen;Ron Avi Astor

  • School Social Workers and School Violence: Personal Safety, Training, and Violence Programs

    Ron Avi Astor;William J. Behre;John M. Wallace;Kimberly A. Fravil

  • Children's reports of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatment by educational staff in Israel

    Rami Benbenishty;Anat Zeira;Ron Avi Astor

  • Perceptions of School Violence as a Problem and Reports of Violent Events: A National Survey of School Social Workers

    Ron Avi Astor;William J. Behre;Kimberly A. Fravil;John M. Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Rami Benbenishty
Rami Benbenishty Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eric Rice
Eric Rice University of Southern California
Amiram D. Vinokur
Amiram D. Vinokur University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Marc A. Zimmerman
Marc A. Zimmerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nancy G. Guerra
Nancy G. Guerra University of California, Irvine
Jennifer Greif Green
Jennifer Greif Green Boston University
Michael J. Furlong
Michael J. Furlong University of California, Santa Barbara

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