Kulig Judith C, Hall Barry L, Kalischuk Ruth Grant
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
Rural Remote Health. 2006 Jan-Mar;6(1):500. Epub 2006 Feb 10.
The current available literature does not present the viewpoints of rural youths regarding the meaning of violence.
A mixed method exploratory, descriptive study was conducted to generate information from rural youth about violence. The qualitative phase of the exploratory, descriptive study is reported here.
Interviews with fifty-two youth (20 males and 32 females), ranging in age from 11 to 19 years in grades 7-12 in the public school system were conducted in two rural communities. The participants initially defined violence as a physical act with intent to harm, but did not consider weapon carrying as an issue in their communities. They identified alcohol consumption as a trigger for violence and described planned fights that occurred away from school grounds. Physical fights were not limited to the male students. The youth openly stated that violence exists in rural communities and felt isolated from adults with regard to understanding the youths' experiences with violence.
It is important to generate information about violence directly from rural youth. Programs to reduce violence that include the youth are important to pursue.
当前可得的文献并未呈现农村青少年对于暴力含义的观点。
开展了一项混合方法的探索性描述性研究，以收集农村青少年关于暴力的信息。本文报告了该探索性描述性研究的定性阶段。
在两个农村社区对公立学校系统中7至12年级、年龄在11至19岁的52名青少年（20名男性和32名女性）进行了访谈。参与者最初将暴力定义为故意伤害的身体行为，但不认为携带武器在他们的社区是个问题。他们将饮酒视为暴力的诱因，并描述了在校外发生的有预谋的打架事件。肢体冲突并不局限于男学生。这些青少年公开表示农村社区存在暴力现象，并且在理解青少年的暴力经历方面，他们感到与成年人隔绝。
直接从农村青少年那里收集有关暴力的信息很重要。开展包含青少年的减少暴力项目很有必要。
