School Violence, Social Support and Psychological Health among Taiwanese Junior High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Ji-Kang; Wei, Hsi-Sheng
Titel	School Violence, Social Support and Psychological Health among Taiwanese Junior High School Students
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 37 (2013) 4, S.252-262 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.01.001
Schlagwörter	Violence; Intervention; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Educational Environment; Victims; Gender Differences; Junior High School Students; Structural Equation Models; Correlation; Mental Health; Ethnicity; Social Support Groups; Questionnaires; Prevention; Public Policy; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gewalt; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Victim; Opfer; Geschlechterkonflikt; Junior High Schools; Student; Students; Sekundarstufe I; Schüler; Schülerin; Korrelation; Psychohygiene; Ethnizität; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Fragebogen; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Öffentliche Ordnung
Abstract	Objectives: This paper examines how peer social support mediates the association between school victimization and student psychological health among junior-high students in an Asian context (Taiwan), and further examines how gender and ethnicity differ in the interrelationships of school violence, peer social support and psychological health. Methods: Data were obtained from a large-scale random sample of 1650 junior-high students (grades 7-9) in one diverse county of Taiwan. Students were given an anonymous structured questionnaire, including items regarding basic demographics and school social experiences. Results: The results of structural equation modeling analysis provided a good fit for the sample as a whole. The final model accounted for 26% of the variance in student psychological health. Overall findings showed that student psychological health is not significantly directly associated with victimization by students and student maltreatment by teachers; however, student psychological health is indirectly associated with victimization by students, mediated through peer social support. Similar findings were found for both male and female and both Han Chinese and Indigenous students. Conclusion: The findings imply that peer social support plays an important mediating role between exposure to school violence and student psychological health. The findings provide empirical evidence and information to help school practitioners and policymakers justify developing or incorporating social support into prevention and intervention strategies. The findings suggest that interventions or policies promoting social support incorporated at a national level could be effective across genders and ethnicities in Taiwan. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10