J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2014 Dec;25(4):224-229. 10.5765/jkacap.2014.25.4.224.

Psychiatric Problems in the Student Victims of School Violence and Their Parents

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  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea. yskcpy@jejunu.ac.kr

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted in order to investigate the influences of school violence on the mental health of student victims and their parents.
METHODS
A total of 56 (aged 7-18) student victims and their parents were selected to participate in a survey. The students had experienced school violence from June 2012 to October 2013. They completed a set of self-report questionnaires, including socio-demographic characteristics, family relationship, Impact of Event Scale-Revised, Child Depression Inventory (CDI), Beck Depression Inventory, Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale, and Parental Bonding Instrument to evaluate psychiatric complications and to understand the emotional bonding between them.
RESULTS
The student's level of impact of event was significantly related to the parent's level of impact of event (p<.001). The student's high CDI score showed positive correlation with high level of impact of event (p<.001). In addition, higher level of the student's perceived emotional support and understandability of family showed association with lower level of impact of event (p<.01, p<.05).
CONCLUSION
The results of this study suggest that the psychiatric sequelae of school violence is seriously affected by family support and parent's level of impact of event. Therefore, more active intervention is needed for both students and their parents.

Keyword

School Violence; Parent; Impact of Event

MeSH Terms

Child
Depression
Family Characteristics
Humans
Manifest Anxiety Scale
Mental Health
Object Attachment
Parents*
Violence*
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