Exposure to school violence at school and mental health of victimized adolescents: The mediation role of social support |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Social Welfare, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;2. Department of Public Health, Keimyung University, Daegu, South Korea;3. Department of Sociology, The Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), South Korea;1. Harry Cummings and Associates, 96 Kathleen St, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;3. School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, Ontario, Canada;1. VA Health Service Research & Development (HSR&D) Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy (CSHIIP), VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, 11301 Wilshire Boulevard, Bldg. 206, Los Angeles, CA, 90073, United States;2. UCLA Nathanson Family Resilience Center, 760 Westwood Plaza, Rm A8-224, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States;3. Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States;4. Division of Public Health Practice, Meharry Medical College, 1005 Dr. D.B. Todd Blvd, Nashville, TN, 37208, United States;5. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, 375 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States;6. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte, MDCC 12-467, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States |
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| Abstract: | The purpose of the current study is to examine the mediation role of social support in the relationship between exposure to violence at school and mental health among adolescents within the framework of two structured models via structural equation model (SEM). The participants consist of a total of 1420 9th, 10th, and 11th grades high school students (54.5% girls and 45.5% boys). The students’ ages ranged from 14 to 18 years with a mean of 16.11 (SD = 0.91) for total sample. 38 percent of the participants are in the 9th grade, 34.1 percent are in the 10th grade, and 28 percent are in the 11th grade. Findings from both models indicated that social support mediated the relationships between exposure to violence and mental health among adolescents. Additionally, both models showed that the associations between exposure to violence, social support and mental health varied by gender. Contributions and implications of the current findings are discussed in detail. |
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| Keywords: | Exposure to violence Mental health Social support Adolescents Gender |
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