School Students In Rural Community Research Articles

Feasibility of a Bullying Bystander Intervention (STAC) Parent Module for Rural Schools.

The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of parent training designed as a companion module to a bullying bystander intervention (STAC) for middle school students in rural communities. Parents (N = 23) invited from three rural middle schools viewed a parent training and completed measures to assess limited efficacy through immediate program outcomes (e.g., knowledge, confidence, self-efficacy, attitudes, behavioral intentions) and program feasibility, as well as participated in focus groups to provide feedback about program acceptability, demand, practicality, and online delivery adaptation. Parents reported increases in knowledge and confidence in supporting their adolescents to intervene in bullying situations, confidence and comfort in managing bullying, bullying self-efficacy, communication self-efficacy, responsibility to actively engage in bullying prevention, and anti-bullying attitudes from pre-training to post-training. Parents also reported behavioral intentions to use strategies they learned to support their adolescents to intervene in bullying situations. Further, parents' responses suggested high levels of program acceptability, as well as interest in an interactive, self-paced online parent training. Themes from focus groups (n = 12) revealed a need for bullying prevention training for both students and parents in rural communities and found the training to be useful, easy to understand, and relevant and appropriate for their community. Parents identified barriers including cost, time, program flexibility, and the importance of parent buy-in. Parents also provided feedback specific to an online training, including a preference for a smartphone application and design elements to increase engagement. Implications for program development for rural communities are discussed.

Patterns of alcohol use among middle school students in rural communities: Associations with community violence exposure.

Stress-coping theory posits that exposure to stressors, such as community violence, increases risk for early alcohol initiation. The current study identified patterns of alcohol use in an ethnically diverse sample of early adolescents in rural communities, and examined relations between different forms of exposure to community violence and severity of adolescents' alcohol use patterns. Participants were 5011 middle school students (46.4% non-Hispanic White, 25.5% Latinx, and 13.4% Black; 50% female) living in rural communities in the southeastern United States. Latent class analysis identified subgroups that differed in their patterns of lifetime and past 30-day alcohol use, and subgroup differences in exposure to community violence. Five subgroups were identified: abstainers (56.5%), initiators of wine and beer (12.5%); moderately frequent wine and beer users (10.3%); moderately frequent wine, beer, and liquor users who got drunk (12.0%); and highly frequent wine, beer, and liquor users who got drunk (8.6%). Subgroups differed across sex, grade, and racial-ethnic background. Subgroups characterized by severe alcohol use reported more frequent exposure to community violence and physical victimization, while controlling for nonviolent stressors. Consistent with stress-coping theory, the results indicate that experiencing physical victimization and witnessing community violence robustly relate to adolescents' high-risk alcohol use.

Prevalence and Determinants of Smoking among School Students at Rural Community, Lahore

Background: Smoking is the non-communicable and chronic disease of lungs. This study determines the rate of prevalence and determinants of smoking among school students in rural community of Lahore. Significance: This study was conducted to determine the factors that effects on their health status include both physiological and psychological status and how it influences on their personality development. Methodology: Descriptive cross sectional quantitative study was conducted at Malikpur community Lahore. Researchers collected the sample by using simple random sampling technique. Total out of 90 students the 73 students voluntarily participated in this study. Result: The findings of the study showed that prevalence of smoking among school students was 30.1% in which the female students was excluded.15.1% students smoke for pleasure seeking while 5.5% smoke due to stress and 4.1% smoke because of peers pressure and 2.7% smoke due to curiosity. Conclusion: There is a need to conduct preventive programs to focus on various social and behavioral aspects to help in smoking cessation and reduce prevalence and determinants of smoking.

THE ROLE OF COOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON STUDENTS COMMITMENT TO PHYSICS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF KOGI STATE

Physics has continued to generate favorable commendation in the educational landscape of every society in the modern-day world. However, the concern about the increasing decline in students performance and the growing purported difficulties associated with the subject has continued to attract research attention. There are intimations that secondary school students in rural communities are more likely to commit less effort to science subjects. Thus, the primary purpose of this study was to investigate cooperative instructional strategy as a well-researched teaching method that could also improve students commitment to physics. Two hundred and nineteen secondary school students in the rural communities in Kogi State, Nigeria, enrolled in the science classes participated in the study. A quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test research design was employed for the study. The participants were grouped into two different groups for the pre-test and post-test analyses. The experimental group was exposed to the cooperative instructional teaching method, while the control group was taught conventionally. An independent-samples t-test was performed to determine differences between the observed and the control groups on a commitment to physics in the post-test study with a statistically significant MD= 10.85, t (117) = 20.026, p = .001. It was concluded that cooperative instructional strategy enhances students commitment to physics. The study recommends robust training of teachers on the use of collaborative instructional strategies.

IMPROVING MATHEMATICAL SKILLS AMONG RURAL STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE USING IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUE

Mathematics remains an essential part of the education system in the educational landscape of Nigeria. It is a compulsory subject at all levels of education and a prerequisite for academic transition. Thus, proficiency in the basic concepts of mathematic is essential for educational progression and better adjustment in contemporary society. However, the subject has been fraught with challenges ranging from learner characteristics to instructional strategies. Intimations point to the prevalence of poor mathematical skills among rural students in the Kogi state of Nigeria. The present study aimed to test the effect of improvising instructional materials on improving math-related skills among students in the states rural communities. The population of the study included primary school students. One hundred and eighty-six primary 5 and 6 students constituted the study samples. A quasi-experimental design was used. The result established a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control group on math skills. The study concludes that improvisation of mathematics instructional materials is a widely researched approach that could enhance the mathematics skills of primary school students in rural communities. The findings and recommendations are discussed.

Indigenous people’s education, career aspirations, career choice and challenges among senior high school students in rural communities in Palawan

The study aims to determine the Indigenous people’s education, career aspirations, career choice, and challenges among senior high school students in rural communities in Palawan. The qualitative and quantitative methods used in the study. Mean, frequency counts, percentages, T-test, and Pearson Moment Correlation were employed. Results revealed that most of the parents had ages 39-44 years old, female, high school level, farmers, and earned below 1,000. As for ethnicity, most of them belong to the Palawan tribe, had 3-4 number of children, and a cash conditional transfer recipient. It also revealed that most of the learners had ages between 18-19 years old, female, Palawan, the first child in the family, enrolled under Technical Vocational and Livelihood, and traveled 5 kilometers distance of residence to the school. There is no significant relationship Between Parent-Respondents Profile and Career Aspirations of the Learners except in parents’ age. There is no significant Relationship Between Learner-Respondents Profile and their Career Aspirations except in age, sex, and track profile. There is no significant relationship between the demographic profile of the parents and the educational challenges except in parent’s occupation, cash conditional transfer recipient, and several children. There is no significant relationship between the learner’s demographic profile and the educational challenges except in distance from school, birth order, and sex. There is a significant difference between career aspirations among learners and their parents, while there is no significant difference between the career choice among indigenous learners and their parents and educational challenges among learners and parents.

Prevalence and associated factor of Internet addiction among population-based sample of secondary school students in rural community, Thailand

Introduction Over the past 10 years, technology has greatly progressed and Internet has become more accessible and an indispensable aspect of our lives. The number of internet users has dramatically risen over the last decade. Although it provides convenience, it can also cause negative outcomes. Internet addiction (IA), psychiatric disorders caused by internet abuse, have become much more common throughout the world. However, the prevalence of Internet addiction (IA) among adolescents has not been reported using a large sample in rural community of Thailand. To clarify the actual status of addictive Internet use among, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and the factors associated with Internet addiction (IA) among secondary school students in rural community of Thailand. Methods Cross-sectional study was performed during December 2017 to January 2018 among 12 secondary schools in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. Participants completed a standardized questionnaire on their activities and factors related to Internet use. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify potential risk factors for internet addiction. Results A total of 4986 undergraduate students were enrolled into the study. Of those 1559 (33.2%) had internet addiction. Addicted Internet users were younger, more likely to be males and failed the exam compared to non-addicted Internet users. Internet addiction was significantly associated with failed exam (OR = 1.25), online sex seeking (OR = 1.74), school bullying perpetrator (OR = 1.49), alcohol used (OR = 1.49), recreational drug used (OR = 1.87), depression (OR = 1.68), anxiety (OR = 1.66), stress (OR = 1.80), and type of school (private/public school) (OR = 1.75) after controlling for gender, school victimization, family restriction internet use, cyber victimization, and cyber perpetrator. Conclusion Internet addiction is a new public health concern of young adults. We found the high prevalence of internet addiction among secondary school students in rural community of Thailand. It is found to associate with various risky behaviors and psychological symptoms. Results from this study can be used to help educational agencies and mental health organizations create policies and design programs that will help in the prevention of internet addiction in adolescents. Strategies should address this phenomenon with attention to specific needs of gender while managing psychological disturbances.

Cyber-bullying perpetrator and victimization among adolescents: Prevalence and associated factors in population-based sample of secondary school student in rural community of Thailand

Cyber bullying is misbehavior by using electronic communication technologies to bully the others. Nowadays, it has been a serious global problem. However, the study of cyber bullying in Thailand is still limited. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence and associated factors of cyber bullying perpetrator and cyber victimization among secondary school in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. A cross-sectional study was performed during December 2017 to January 2018. Students were completed a standardized questionnaire on their activities and factors related to Cyber bullying perpetrator and cyber victimization. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify potential risk factors for Cyber bullying perpetrator and cyber victimization. A total of 4928 secondary school students were enrolled into the study. Of those 1080 (21.9%) reported as being cyber victimization, 857 (17.4%) reported as being cyber perpetrator and 655 (13.3%) reported as being dual cyber perpetrator and victimization. Cyber perpetrators and cyber victims were more likely to be males, failed to exam, smoke, alcohol drinking, school absenteeism and school bully. Cyber perpetrators was significantly associated with not living with parents (OR = 1.52), internet addiction (OR = 1.44), online sex seeking (OR = 1.68), traditional victimization (OR = 1.84), traditional perpetrator (OR = 3.63), alcohol drinking (OR = 1.53), school absenteeism (OR = 1.21), mild stress (OR= 1.33), moderate to severe stress (OR = 1.56) and sleeping duration less than 8 hours (OR = 1.27) after controlling for gender and failed to exam. Cyber perpetrators was significantly associated with not living with parents (OR = 1.40), internet addiction (OR = 1.38), online sex seeking (OR = 1.68), traditional victimization (OR = 2.80), traditional perpetrator (OR = 1.68), alcohol drinking (OR = 1.58), school absenteeism (OR = 1.19), mild stress (OR = 1.23), moderate to severe stress (OR = 1.65), smoking (OR = 1.27) and suicidal idea (OR = 1.57) after controlling for gender and failed to exam. Cyber perpetrator and cyber victimization is a new public health priority of adolescent in Thailand. This study found that the high prevalence of both cyber perpetrator and victimization among secondary school students in rural community of Thailand. It is found to associate with various risky behaviors and traditional school bullying. Given the greater risk and unique challenges experienced by youth in rural community, prevention and intervention programs may need to be tailored to their specific needs and circumstances. Further research is needed to understand the specific factors and mechanisms involved in bullying victimization among immigrant youth. Future studies are needed to establish causation and to further investigate the relative importance of correlates of the traditional bullying and cyber bullying.

Prevalence and associated factors of traditional bully among population-based sample of secondary school students in rural community, Thailand

Introduction The bullying problem in schools is well-known to students, teachers, educational personnel and parents. School bullying is a serious personal, social and academic problem that affects a substantial proportion of school children. Traditional bullying in school is a new public health concern of adolescents. However, the study of traditional bullying in Thailand is still limited. The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence and associated factors of traditional bullying perpetrator and victimization among secondary school in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. Methods Cross-sectional study was performed during December 2017 to January 2018 among 12 secondary schools in Chachoengsao province, Thailand. Participants completed a standardized questionnaire on their activities and factors related to traditional bullying. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify potential risk factors for traditional bullying. Results A total of 4928 secondary school students were participated into the study. Of those 1592 (32.31%) reported as being traditional victimization, 1506 (30.56%) reported as being traditional perpetrator and 1180 (23.94%) reported as being dual perpetrator and victimization. Victim was significantly associated with male (OR = 1.79), internet addiction (OR = 1.214), cyber-bullied (OR = 2.65), cyber-bullying (OR = 2.062), control using internet (OR = 1.31), private school (OR = 1.41), GPA Conclusion Our study indicated that the traditional bullying is high prevalence, with the result we provide evidence that there were association between traditional bullying with various risk factor behavior included alcohol usage, internet addiction. This event also cause the anxiety in victim and also perpetrator. Therefore, the intervention that aim to reduce traditional bullying must be changed because it can not decrease the prevalence of traditional bullying. Further research is needed to find the mechanism of perpetrator and more specific factor that cause to increase the prevalence of traditional bullying, and to investigate the correlation of internet addiction with traditional bullying.

The Effects of Activity-Oriented Career Group Counseling on Career Maturity and Achievement Motivation of Elementary School Students in Rural Community

The Effects of Activity-Oriented Career Group Counseling on Career Maturity and Achievement Motivation of Elementary School Students in Rural Community

The use of Licit and Illicit Drugs by Junior and Senior High School Students in Rural Communities: 1990

ABSTRACTOver 6000 youths in grades 6 through 12, from rural communities, were surveyed for prevalence of licit and illicit drug use over a one year period ending June 30, 1990. The PRIDE CANADA survey indicated drug use has decreased, although not significantly, since 1988. The most prevalent drugs of abuse are alcohol and cigarettes followed by marihuana, uppers, inhalants, downers, hallucinogens and cocaine.

Internal-external locus of control, alcohol use and adjustment among high school students in rural communities

Internal-external locus of control, alcohol use and adjustment among high school students in rural communities