Abstract
The Robb Elementary School shootings on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas tragically took the lives of nineteen students and two teachers. A great deal of research and media attention has been given to the warning signs of school shootings. Applying the social-ecological framework, this chapter explored how the families of the victims, survivors, and the entire community of Uvalde coped after the shootings. The coping responses were as follows: trauma, survivor’s guilt, and resilience at the individual level; bonding among victims’ families and tension between the residents of Uvalde and law enforcement at the relational level; community solidarity after the shooting at the community level; demand for gun reform at the societal level. Exploring the responses to school shootings could facilitate the development of healthy coping responses.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Handbook of School Violence, Bullying and Safety |
| Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. |
| Pages | 209-217 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781035301362 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781035301355 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© Jun Sung Hong, Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Annis Lai Chu FUNG and Jungup Lee 2024. All rights reserved.
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- Children
- Coping
- Gun violence
- School shootings
- Social-ecological framework
- Teachers
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