Students environment and its relationship to forms of school violence Baghdad, 2017
Other Title(s)
بيئة الطالب و علاقتها بأشكال العنف المدرسي
Parallel Title
بيئة الطالب و علاقتها بأشكال العنف المدرسي
Joint Authors
al-Rudayni, Riyad Shaltagh
al-Attar, Intizar Ibrahim
Idan, Imad Khazal
Source
The Journal of Psychological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 31, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.281-298, 18 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background: Violence means the use of physical force or power against another person, group, or community, with the behavior likely to cause harm.
school violence is a broader public health problem, there is an evidence that physical, psychological and sexual abuse are increasing exponentially throughout the world.
The study aims to estimate the various forms of school violence in the experience of students regularly attending public schools and their association to the students‟ environment.
Method: A cross-sectional study with a random sample group of 1080 children of both sexes in the selected 4th, 5th and 6th class from 9 public primary schools in 3 directorates of education, Baghdad/ Al-Rusafa.
A self-assessment questionnaire was administered according to Child Abuse Screening Tool Version (ICAST-C) and additional information for the child home, neighborhood and school environment.
The types of violence analyzed were abuses of physical, psychological and sexual nature.
All students were informed about the privacy, confidentiality and the voluntary nature of the study.
Results: Children were exposed to high prevalence (55%) of psychological violence, 48% of physical and 6% violence of a sexual nature.
It was significantly correlated to their environment (school, family, and neighborhood), where the majority of schools had no awareness materials to prevent violence, with about half of schools had no a suitable playground, a school garden, a real article lesson, and a real sports lessons.
More than half of the children exposed to violence inside the home, TV viewing of violent scenes, playing with violent games.
A third of them felt insecure, vulnerable to violence outside school and fifth of them felt insecure, vulnerable to violence inside the school.
Conclusion: There was a high prevalence of various forms of violence related to school, family, and neighborhood environment of children, that taking into consideration when developing strategies to reduce it.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Rudayni, Riyad Shaltagh& al-Attar, Intizar Ibrahim& Idan, Imad Khazal. 2020. Students environment and its relationship to forms of school violence Baghdad, 2017. The Journal of Psychological Sciences،Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.281-298.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Idan, Imad Khazal…[et al.]. Students environment and its relationship to forms of school violence Baghdad, 2017. The Journal of Psychological Sciences Vol. 31, no. 2 (Jun. 2020), pp.281-298.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Rudayni, Riyad Shaltagh& al-Attar, Intizar Ibrahim& Idan, Imad Khazal. Students environment and its relationship to forms of school violence Baghdad, 2017. The Journal of Psychological Sciences. 2020. Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.281-298.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-973365
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 296-298
Record ID
BIM-973365