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

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi
Titel	School Violence in Taiwan: Examining How Western Risk Factors Predict School Violence in an Asian Culture
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25 (2010) 8, S.1388-1410 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260509354576
Schlagwörter	Violence; Asian Culture; Self Control; Drinking; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Predictor Variables; Junior High School Students; Cultural Influences; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Smoking; Personality Traits; Psychological Patterns; Student Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; At Risk Persons; Correlation; Parents; Family Relationship; Peer Relationship; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Selbstbeherrschung; Trinken; Ausland; Prädiktor; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rauchen; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Schülerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Risikogruppe; Korrelation; Eltern; Peer-Beziehungen; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	The current study explores whether theorized risk factors in Western countries can be used to predict school violence perpetration in an Asian cultural context. The study examines the associations between risk factors and school violence perpetration in Taiwan. Data were obtained from a nationally representative sample of 14,022 students from elementary to high school (Grades 4 to 12) across Taiwan. The analysis reported in this study focuses on only junior high school students (Grades 7 to 9, N = 3,058). The results of a regression analysis show that gender, age, direct victimization, witness victimization, alcohol use, smoking, anger traits, lack of impulse control, attitudes toward violence, poor quality of student-teacher relationships, and involvement with at-risk peers were significantly associated with school violence in Taiwan. The overall results suggest strong similarities in risk factors found in the West and school violence in Taiwan. They therefore point toward using similar strategies developed in the West to enhance students' positive experiences in their personal, family, and school lives to decrease school violence. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10