The Relationship between Students’ Negative Coping Strategies with School Violence and Social Support Factors: A Case Study in Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Mai Huong; Nguyen Thu Trang

doi:10.22158/ct.v4n1p31

The Relationship between Students’ Negative Coping Strategies with School Violence and Social Support Factors: A Case Study in Vietnam

Children and Teenagers ◽

10.22158/ct.v4n1p31 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. p31

Author(s):

Nguyen Thi Mai Huong ◽

Nguyen Thu Trang

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

School Violence ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Peer Relations ◽

Family Relationships ◽

School Environment ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Teacher Student ◽

Negative Coping

This study examined relationships between the social support factors such as peer relations (3 items), teacher influences (6 items), familial influences (5 items) and the negative coping strategies of students experiencing school violence including negative thought (5 items); negative emotion (7 items) and negative action (8 items).Participants were a sample of 482 students from four middle schools around Hanoi who had experienced at least 1 violence or more participating in the study. They are distributed relatively evenly by school and from grades 6 to 9. The major finding was social support factors (peer relationships, teacher-student relationship and school environment and family relationships) and negative coping strategies were negatively correlated (p<0.01). Students who had negative relationships with friends, teachers, and family members often showed negative coping strategies after experiencing school violence. The article proposes the solution of social work intervention in building a safe and friendly environment to minimize the negative coping strategies of students at schools.

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What Type of Social Support Is Important for Student Resilience During COVID-19? A Latent Profile Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646145 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Yingping Mai ◽

Yenchun Jim Wu ◽

Yanni Huang

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Latent Profile Analysis ◽

Perceived Social Support ◽

Profile Analysis ◽

School Type ◽

General Anxiety ◽

Low Levels ◽

Negative Coping

In the face of the sudden outbreak of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), some students showed resilience in coping with difficulties while some did not. While different types of students showed different levels of resilience, are there significant characteristics among students with similar levels of resilience? In this study, 3,454 students (aged 15–25 years) were surveyed to understand students' perceived social support-coping modes while investigating the demographic characteristics and mental health status of subclasses of different modes. We found that (1) in the two subgroups of students with extremely low and low levels of perceived social support, the source of students' perceived social support did not have a clear orientation; in the two subgroups with moderate and high levels of perceived social support, the most perceived emotional support was from family and friends, while the least perceived support was companionship from teachers, classmates, and relatives, and problems related to the dependability of friends and communication with family. (2) The degree of social support perceived by students is directly proportional to the coping tendency, i.e., as the degree of perceived social support increases, the proportion of students adopting active coping strategies increases while that of students adopting negative coping strategies decreases; thus, we concluded that high levels of emotional support from family and friends can increase students' tendency of adopting positive strategies to cope with difficulties, while problems related to the dependability of friends and communication with family decrease students' tendency of adopting positive coping strategies. (3) Gender had a significant impact on the extremely low and low levels of perceived social support-negative coping tendencies; these subgroups accounted for 34.6% of the total students. Gender showed no significant influence on other subgroups, a school type had no impact on the distribution of the subgroups. (4) The higher the degree of perceived social support, the lower is the degree of students' general anxiety, and the lower is the degree of impact by the COVID-19 pandemic. The subdivision of student groups allows us to design more targeted support programmes for students with different psychological characteristics to help them alleviate stress during the COVID-19 epidemic.

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Physical Fitness and Peer Relationships in Spanish Preadolescents

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17061890 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (6) ◽

pp. 1890

Author(s):

Juan Gregorio Fernández-Bustos ◽

Juan Carlos Pastor-Vicedo ◽

Irene González-Martí ◽

Ricardo Cuevas-Campos

Keyword(s):

Physical Fitness ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Peer Relations ◽

School Environment ◽

Social Health ◽

The Social ◽

Promotion Of Physical Activity ◽

Cardio Respiratory Fitness ◽

The Aesthetic ◽

Standard Weight

Several studies have linked physical fitness (PF) with improvements in health, at a physiological and psychological level; however, there is little evidence of its relationship with health in the social field. Hence, the main aim of this study was to determine the existing relationship between PF and peer relations, as an indicator of social health in Spanish pre-teens. For that purpose, 642 participants aged 9 to 12 were chosen and given the high-priority Alpha Fitness battery in order to assess the PF, as well as the Classroom Social Experiences Query (CESC) to assess their social status. The results showed that those students with a better cardio-respiratory fitness obtained more nominations from their classmates in pro-sociality and positive status, and fewer in victimisation and negative status. Additionally, although to a lesser extent, muscular fitness was also related to a higher positive status and lower victimisation. The weight condition was also related to social behaviours, although the resulting data were differentiated by sex. While females with a standard weight stood out for their positive status, underweight males obtained worse results in positive status and fewer in negative status. These results all correspond with the aesthetic models imposed by society for females and males, respectively. These results show that PF is related to social health, which makes necessary the promotion of physical activity and the development of PF within the school environment, with attention to its relationship with the social health of the students.

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Caregivers—Who Copes How?

The International Journal of Aging and Human Development ◽

10.2190/ag.69.3.d ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 221-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Neena L. Chappell ◽

Carren Dujela

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Coping Strategy ◽

Negative Emotion ◽

Path Model ◽

Care Recipient ◽

Model Data ◽

Purposive Sample ◽

Major Emphasis ◽

Caregiver Capacity

Within gerontological caregiving research, there is a major emphasis on stresses and burdens of this role. Yet there has been little attention directed toward the coping strategies that caregivers engage in to cope with this role and the factors that influence their adoption of different coping strategies. This article examines coping strategies and change in coping strategy over a 1-year period. In particular the differential importance of caregiver capacity (such as social support, health, and personality) compared with careload (such as hours of caregiving and need of the care recipient) is examined within a path model. Data came from a purposive sample of caregivers experiencing heavy demands. Overall, problem-focused coping is used more often than emotion-focused coping (either positive or negative) or seeking social support, but caregivers use all types simultaneously. Caregiver capacity, specifically neuroticism, is the strongest predictor of problem-focused coping with those high in neuroticism less likely to use this strategy. High neuroticism also predicts less use overall and negative emotion-focused coping strategies. Few significant predictors emerge of change; those that did were caregiver capacity, not careload variables. The use of all coping strategies, except seeking social support which remained stable, decreased over a 1-year period.

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Stressors and Coping Methods of Turkish Adolescents With High and Low Risk of Depression: A Qualitative Study

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association ◽

10.1177/1078390319895088 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107839031989508

Author(s):

Burcu Özkul ◽

Neslihan Partlak Günüşen

Keyword(s):

High Risk ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Family Relationship ◽

Low Risk ◽

Western Turkey ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

And Coping

BACKGROUND: Stress and coping skills are essential factors in the etiology of depression. Understanding the stressors and coping strategies of adolescents in Turkey may help determine the content of the country-specific depression prevention program. AIMS: The purpose of this study was to understand the stressors of adolescents with a high or low risk of depression and how they coped with these stressors. METHOD: This descriptive qualitative study was conducted in a high school in western Turkey. The data were collected via semistructured individual interviews. Eleven adolescents with high risk of depression and 10 adolescents with low risk of depression were included in the study. Content analysis technique was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The stressors of adolescents and their coping were grouped into three themes: stressors, factors affecting coping strategies of adolescents, and coping. Stressors theme consists of three subthemes: family relationship, peer relationship, and telephone/internet usage. The factors affecting coping strategies of adolescents theme consists of four subthemes: cognitive distortions, self-perception, family relationships, and peer relationships. The coping theme consists of two subthemes: engagement coping and disengagement coping. CONCLUSIONS: It was determined that adolescents with a high risk of depression had more stressors and used more disengagement-coping techniques. It is recommended that to prevent depression among adolescents, school nurses should take initiatives to strengthen the coping strategies of adolescents with high risk of depression.

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VIOLÊNCIA ESCOLAR NO MUNICÍPIO DE APUCARANA: UMA ANÁLISE A PARTIR DAS OCORRÊNCIAS ATENDIDAS PELA PATRULHA ESCOLAR COMUNITÁRIA.

Revista LEVS ◽

10.36311/1983-2192.2018.v19n19.06.p91 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (19) ◽

Author(s):

Douglas Pereira SILVA

Keyword(s):

School Violence ◽

School Environment ◽

Community School ◽

Social Science Theory ◽

Teacher Student ◽

Bodily Injury ◽

Science Theory ◽

School Events ◽

Violencia Escolar

Resumo: A questão norteadora do trabalho foi procurar compreender qual o papel da polícia no ambiente escolar, dentro da filosofia do policiamento comunitário. A hipótese fundamental alicerçou-se no fato que os eventos que ocorrem no ambiente escolar, principalmente na relação entre pessoas (professor-aluno, aluno-aluno, aluno-funcionário, etc.) são aqueles classificados pelos pesquisadores como microviolências ou incivilidades. Nesse aspecto, os eventos, vítimas e autores das principais ocorrências escolares foram identificados. Em seguida, foram selecionadas determinadas ocorrências policiais, como a lesão corporal, desacato, ameaça, vias de fato, injúria e, com o auxílio da teoria das ciências sociais, procurou-se identificar se o evento era da competência da polícia ou se poderia ser resolvido por outras formas. Com os resultados obtidos, procurou-se identificar um conjunto de recomendações necessárias à atuação da patrulha escolar comunitária. Palavras-Chave: Violência escolar; Município de Apucarana; Patrulha escolar comunitária; Funções. Summary: The guiding question of the work was to understand the role of the police, in the school environment, within the philosophy of community policing. The fundamental hypothesis was based on the fact that the events that occur in the school environment, especially in the relationship between people (teacher-student, student-student, student-employee, etc.) are those classified by researchers as microviolence or incivilities. In this aspect, the events, victims and authors of the main school events were identified. Next, certain police events were selected, such as bodily injury, contempt, threat, confusion, injury and, with the help of social science theory, we tried to identify If the event was within the competence of the police or if it could be resolved in other ways. With the results obtained, we tried to identify a set of recommendations necessary for the community school patrol. Key Words: School violence, City of Apucarana; Community; school patrol; Functions.

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Features of coping strategies of older adolescents from single-parent families

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2020100109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 103-115

Author(s):

O.I. Ivanova ◽

O.R. Busarova

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

Family Relationships ◽

Single Parent ◽

Single Parent Family ◽

Test Analysis ◽

Single Parent Families ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Older Adolescents ◽

Coping Scale ◽

Negative Coping

The article presents the results of an empirical study with the purpose to determine the characteristics of the coping strategies of older adolescents from single-parent families. The sample consisted of 98 students of a Moscow secondary school at age of 14-16, 60 of which were adolescents from full families (30 boys and 30 girls) and 38 - from single-parent families (15 boys and 23 girls). The study was conducted using the questionnaires “Strategic Approach to Coping Scale, SACS” (S. Hobfall) and “Parents are Assessed by Children” - a modification of the test “Analysis of Family Relationships” by E.G. Eidemiller and V.V. Yustitskis . The paper identifies the dominant coping strategies of older adolescents and assesses their constructiveness, establishes significant differences in the coping strategies of adolescents from full families and single-parent ones, identifies family education styles that are predictors of a number of coping strategies of older adolescents, including those specific to boys and girls brought up in both types of families. The results of the study will help determine the direction of work on the correction negative coping strategies in adolescents from a single-parent family.

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Strategies to Prevent Leaner-on-Educator Violence in South African Schools

International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research ◽

10.26803/ijlter.20.9.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (9) ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

RJ (Nico) Botha ◽

RP Zwane

Keyword(s):

Coping Strategies ◽

School Violence ◽

South African ◽

School Environment ◽

Research Paradigm ◽

Literature Study ◽

School Environments ◽

Collegial Support ◽

Training Programmes ◽

School Training

School violence is singled out by many researchers as an area of salient concern, both nationally and internationally. Moreover, learner-on-educator violence has become a phenomenon of great concern in schools worldwide; and no school is ruled out of this challenge. Various studies in the field of school violence focus on the safety of learners at schools, with inadequate attention paid to violence perpetrated against educators in school environments. Although some local studies on school-related violence do focus on educator-on-learner violence and the causes thereof, little or no studies have been conducted on coping strategies to deal with this concern. This literature study focused on learner-on-educator violence in South African schools and the coping strategies that educators use or can use to manage and restrict violence perpetrated against them. Located in the constructivist research paradigm, this study emanated from an empirical study by the authors on how educators, as victims of school violence, experience and understand learner-on-educator violence in the school environment. The findings of the current study revealed that South African educators use different coping strategies such as departmental directives; collegial support; in-school training programmes; monitoring of classroom access; collaboration with the school environment and participation of parents. It is concluded that these strategies are pertinent in stimulating the reduction of learner-on-educator violence in South African schools.

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Satysfakcja z życia w grupie młodzieży przez pryzmat zaburzeń w zakresie masy ciała

Innowacje w Pielęgniarstwie ◽

10.21784/iwp.2020.010 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 76-101

Author(s):

Dorota Kochman ◽

Danuta Wojciechowska

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Body Weight ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Peer Relationships ◽

School Environment ◽

Satisfaction With Life ◽

Well Being ◽

Overweight And Obesity ◽

Physical And Mental Health ◽

Mental Well Being

Admission. In recent years can be seen propensity for weight disorders among school children and adolescents. It can be said that this phenomenon is intensifying from year to year. One such phenomenon is the constant spending time on the computer or mobile phone which leads to uprising excessive body weight. The second is the pursuit of excellence as a result of promoting too perfect appearance in the media through it children and adolescents lead to weight deficiency. Both of these behaviours very often cause serious physical and mental health disorders. Aim. Thesis purpose is analysis of life satisfaction of schoolchildren with disorders in terms of body weight. Material and method. In thesis to conduct the study was used survey questionnaire KIDSCREEN- 27 for children and young people- version for children’s 8-18 years old. It examines the level of satisfaction with life in five dimension: physical activity, mental well-being, family and free time, peer relationships and relations in the school environment. In the study took part 100 children in 14-18 years old. Results. In terms of physical well-being, highest scores were obtained subjects by overweight and obese. In mental well-being the highest with obesity and underweight. In independence and relationships with parents and the school environment, the highest results subjects with underweight. Social support and friends the highest results obtained, subjects with overweight and obesity. In the school environment got the highest score students with underweight. The lowest results in physical well-being, psychological well-being and social support subjects with correct BMI value. independence and relationships with parents and the school environment subjects with obesity obtained the lowest results. Conclusions. Both subjects with underweight and overweight and obesity, based on the results of the conducted research, promote satisfaction with the life and environment in which they operate.

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