In the Shadow of Terror: High School Youth Violence in Thailand.

RISK of violence; AGE distribution; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICAL correlation; HIGH school students; PHENOMENOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE analysis; PARENT-child relationships; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; STATISTICAL sampling; SCHOOL violence; SELF-evaluation; SEX distribution; STATISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; TEACHER-student relationships; VIOLENCE; DATA analysis; CULTURAL values; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; DISEASE prevalence; ADOLESCENCE

This study explored the prevalence and severity of own violence, violence in the family, the school, and the neighborhoods of high school students from three distinguished provinces in Thailand and consisted of 1305 youths. The southern Muslim province has the highest rates of violence; and males were found to be more violent than females. Own violence among Thai youth is lower than the ones in western societies. As in the west, the highest violent rates were indicated in the schools, followed by violence in the community and the family. The results were interpreted in light of the social/demographic and cultural characteristics of Thailand. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]