ADOLESCENTS’ PERCEPTION OF VIOLENCE, WELL-BEING, SATISFACTION AT SCHOOL, AND TEACHERS SUPPORT
Keywords:
satisfaction at school, students-teacher’s relationships, well-being, violence,Abstract
Adolescents involved in school violence, as bullies, victims or bystanders,
experience problems in multiple areas. They reported lower life satisfaction and
psychological well-being and others unfavourable consequences. This study aims to
analyse relationships between perception of violence, well-being, satisfaction at
school, and teachers support, using a correlational approach. The findings show
that the reported well-being (mental and social), school satisfaction, student grades
and teachers’ support are directly associated. Aggression, victimization, indirect
exposure to violence and violence in the community are negatively associated with
teachers’ support. Satisfaction at school can be explained by gender, studentteacher
relationships, student form-teacher relationship and violence in
community. Adolescents’ social well-being is poor explained by investigated
variables. Mental well-being, expressed by negative indicators, may be explained
by father education level, age, student-teacher relationships, student form-teacher
relationship and violence in community.
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