Abstract
This study examines the correlation among a number of personal and environmental resources that can reduce violence among Arab adolescents in Israel. These are: religiosity, happiness, social support, and self-control. The participants in the study consisted of 225 Palestinian Arab teenagers living in Israel participated in this study. The participants study in grades 8 and 9, in state schools in the northern part of The Triangle. The findings indicate that all the resources that were examined contribute to reducing the level of violence; in other words, significant negative correlations were found between the level of religiosity, happiness, social support and self-control on the one hand, and the level of violence on the other hand. These findings are consistent with those of other studies conducted elsewhere in the world on different populations (Christian and Jewish, as well as Muslim). The present study and its findings are, however, the first to address the understanding of violence among the populace in question. The findings were discussed in accordance with a number of different theories.
Highlights
Over recent years, violence in all its facets, and physical violence, has become a common phenomenon in the State of Israel, appearing in almost every environment in which people live: in family and society, within the framework of studies and employment, on the roads, at recreation venues and on the sports field.One of the frameworks in which we are witness to many types of physical violence is the educational system, where both children and adults are affected (Ben-Baruch, 2005; Benbenishty, 2002)
It was revealed that Jewish students have a better feeling about their schools coping with physical behavior than do Arab students (81.6% compared to 67.4% respectively); Jewish students felt more of a kinship to their schools than Arab students (75.4% compared to 67.7% respectively)
The first hypothesis focused on the correlation between self control and physical violence, and hierarchical regression analyses were conducted here as well
Summary
One of the frameworks in which we are witness to many types of physical violence is the educational system, where both children and adults are affected (Ben-Baruch, 2005; Benbenishty, 2002). Other studies have referred to the phenomenon of violence in relation to gender (Ronen, Rahav, & Moldawsky, 2007; Warman & Cohen, 2000). This present study focuses on the physical violence of Arab teenagers at school. Benbenishty et al.’s research (2006) reveals that more Arab students have reported on a violent atmosphere at school (49.8%) than the Jewish sector (40.6%). It was revealed that Jewish students have a better feeling about their schools coping with physical behavior than do Arab students (81.6% compared to 67.4% respectively); Jewish students felt more of a kinship to their schools than Arab students (75.4% compared to 67.7% respectively)
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