مجلة العلوم الانسانية
Volume 7, Numéro 11, Pages 29-52
2007-05-08

Violence Among High School Students In Kuwait

Authors : Amer Alsaleh .

Abstract

Parents can increase the probability of violence and other problem behaviors among their children because they serve as the primary socialization context for their adolescents. The goal of this study was to examine the associations between family attachment, parental rejection, and child discipline with the violence among High School Students in Kuwait. The sample of this study was high school students of seven hundred and sixty seven cases of 10th-grade and 12th-grade throughout Kuwait City. The sample was divided into two groups such as male (n = 443), who selected from six high schools, and female (n = 324), who selected from six high schools in order to represent a sample of the high school students in Kuwait City. Regressions analysis indicated that adolescent with high family attachment are less likely to be involved with violent behaviors namely (physical and verbal aggression). Also, the regression analysis indicated that high levels of parental rejection and harsh child discipline are more likely their children to be involved with violent behaviors namely (Physical and verbal aggressions) in high schools.

Keywords

Violence;High School ;