Children's peer violence perpetration and victimization: Prevalence and associated factors among school children in Afghanistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Child peer violence is a global problem and seriously impacts children's physical and psychological health, and their education outcomes. There are few research studies on children's peer violence available in South Asian countries, particularly in Afghanistan. This paper describes the prevalence of children's peer violence perpetration and victimization and associated factors among school children in Afghanistan.

Methods

A total of 770 children were recruited into a baseline study conducted as part of an intervention evaluation in 11 schools (seven girls' and four boys' schools). All children were interviewed with a questionnaire developed for the study. The main outcome is a three-level peer violence variable consisting of (a) no violence, (b) victimization only

SUBMITTER: Corboz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5811021 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature