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- Title
Prevalence of various forms of violence among school students.
- Authors
Paz Ribeiro, Iglê Moura; Teixeira Ribeiro, Álvaro Sebastião; Pratesi, Riccardo; Gandolfi, Lenora
- Abstract
Objective: Estimating the prevalence of violent events in the experience of students aged between 11 and 15 years regularly attending public schools. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a random sample group of children from public schools. The questionnaire called Child Abuse Screening Tool Version (ICAST-C) was administered to 288 children aged between 11 and 15 years randomly selected. The types of violence analyzed were abuses of physical, psychological and sexual nature. Results: The fragmentation of the nuclear family was frequent, with less than 50% of children living with both parents; frequent feelings of insecurity in schools, associated with a high prevalence of physical violence (85.4%), psychological (62.5%); and violence of a sexual nature (34.7%). Conclusion: There was high prevalence of various forms of violence in the family and school environment of these children.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SCHOOL violence &; psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; BULLYING; CHI-squared test; CHILD sexual abuse; CHILDREN'S accident prevention; CONTENT analysis; STATISTICAL correlation; ELEMENTARY schools; MIDDLE school students; MIDDLE schools; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICAL sampling; SCHOOL children; SCHOOL environment; SCHOOL violence; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 1, p54
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201500010