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School Variables as Mediators of Personal and Family Factors on School Violence in Taiwanese Junior High Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Youth & Society, 2012
Using a nationally representative sample of 3,058 junior high school students in Taiwan, this study examines a model of how personal traits, family factors, and school dynamics influence school violence committed by students against students and teachers. This model proposed that school violence is directly influenced by personal traits,…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Violence, Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students
School Engagement, Risky Peers, and Student-Teacher Relationships as Mediators of School Violence in Taiwanese Vocational versus Academically Oriented High Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of Community Psychology, 2011
Educational tracking based on academic ability accounts for different school dynamics between vocational versus academically-oriented high schools in Taiwan. Many educational practitioners predict that the settings of vocational schools and academic schools mediate school violence in different ways. Alternatively, some researchers argue the actual…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Violence, Structural Equation Models
Students' Personal Traits, Violence Exposure, Family Factors, School Dynamics and the Perpetration of Violence in Taiwanese Elementary Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Health Education Research, 2011
School violence has become an international problem affecting the well-being of students. To date, few studies have examined how school variables mediate between personal and family factors and school violence in the context of elementary schools in Asian cultures. Using a nationally representative sample of 3122 elementary school students in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools, Violence, Structural Equation Models
The Perpetration of School Violence in Taiwan: An Analysis of Gender, Grade Level and School Type
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – School Psychology International, 2009
Using a nationally representative sample in Taiwan, this study aims to describe the prevalence of perpetration of school violence in Taiwan. The study explores how gender, age and school type relate to students' perpetration of violence in an Asian culture context. The sample included 14,022 students from elementary to high schools in grades 4 to…
Descriptors: Violence, Asian Culture, Incidence, Prevention
Students' Reports of Violence against Teachers in Taiwanese Schools
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of School Violence, 2009
This study reports preliminary findings of a national survey on student violence against teachers in Taiwanese schools; 14,022 students from elementary to high school (grades 4 to 12) participate in this study. Students were given a structured and anonymous questionnaire including a scale for reporting their violent behavior against teachers.…
Descriptors: Intervention, Violence, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
School Violence in Taiwan: Examining How Western Risk Factors Predict School Violence in an Asian Culture
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Chen, Ji-Kang; Astor, Ron Avi – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
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…
Descriptors: Violence, Asian Culture, Self Control, Drinking