Original scientific paper
Experienced peer violence: relation to age, gender, class climate and school achievement
Ina Reić Ercegovac
orcid.org/0000-0003-4228-6054
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Split, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of experienced peer violent behaviours of different forms in terms of age and gender. Furthermore, study aimed at examining the association between the frequency of experienced violence, school achievement, and certain elements of classroom climate. It was hypothesised that boys, more often than girls, experience violent behaviours and that the most common form of bullying is verbal. A total of 400 participants, 195 boys and 205 girls, grades 5th-8th took part in the study. Several instruments were applied: General data questionnaire, Frequency of experienced violent behaviour scale and Sensitivity to violence in the classroom context scale. Results largely confirmed the initial hypothesis. It turned out that boys more often than girls experience violent behaviours; that verbal forms of bullying are the most frequent, that experienced bullying is most frequent in 8th grade, and that there is a significant correlation between experienced violent behaviour, academic achievement and sensitivity to violence in the classroom. The results were interpreted in the context of existing models of peer violence with the emphasis on implications for school work.
Keywords
experienced violent behaviour; sensitivity to violence; school achievement; elementary school students
Hrčak ID:
177992
URI
Publication date:
16.6.2016.
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