Wongtongkam Nualnong, Ward Paul Russell, Day Andrew, Winefield Anthony Harold
a School of Biomedical Sciences , Charles Sturt University , New South Wales , Australia.
b School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences , Flinders University , South Australia , Australia.
J Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2017 May;29(1):1-10. doi: 10.2989/17280583.2016.1269772. Epub 2017 Apr 13.
Young people who are victims of, or witnesses to, aggression are at increased risk of developing a psychological disorder and behaving aggressively themselves. The aim of this study was to report the prevalence of exposure to aggression in a sample of 1 770 students, aged 15-26 years recruited from technical colleges in Thailand.
Self-report questionnaires were used to assess the prevalence rates for both experiencing aggression as a victim and for witnessing an aggressive incident. Logistic regression methods were then used to examine the possible association between acting aggressively and being a victim of, or a witness to, aggression.
In the previous six months, over half of all students reported being yelled at and had witnessed friends being hit. Those students who reported 'being pushed' or 'being hit' themselves had higher levels of anger expression. Being an indirect victim and witnessing aggression were only weakly associated with anger expression.
Adolescents in Thailand experience high rates of victimisation and commonly witness aggression. Being personally victimised was shown to be significantly related to a subsequent expression of anger, suggesting that interventions to prevent direct confrontation may help to reduce the likelihood of victims becoming perpetrators.
遭受攻击或目睹攻击行为的年轻人患心理障碍及自身表现出攻击性行为的风险会增加。本研究旨在报告从泰国技术学院招募的1770名15至26岁学生样本中遭受攻击的发生率。
使用自我报告问卷来评估作为受害者经历攻击行为以及目睹攻击事件的发生率。然后采用逻辑回归方法来检验攻击性行为与成为攻击行为的受害者或目击者之间可能存在的关联。
在过去六个月中，超过一半的学生报告曾被大声呵斥，并且目睹过朋友被打。那些报告自己“被推”或“被打”的学生有更高程度的愤怒表达。成为间接受害者和目睹攻击行为与愤怒表达之间仅有微弱关联。
泰国青少年遭受攻击的发生率很高，且经常目睹攻击行为。个人遭受攻击被证明与随后的愤怒表达显著相关，这表明预防直接冲突的干预措施可能有助于降低受害者成为攻击者的可能性。
