1. Effects of a Violence Prevention Education Program Using Empathy (VPEP-E) on Fifth-Grade Students in South Korea.
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Kang, Kyung-Ah, Kim, Shin-Jeong, Kang, SoRa, and Lee, JungMin
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PREVENTION of school violence ,EMPATHY ,EMOTION regulation ,RESEARCH funding ,T-test (Statistics) ,RESPECT ,EDUCATIONAL outcomes ,CLINICAL trials ,STATISTICAL sampling ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,CHI-squared test ,BEHAVIOR ,PRE-tests & post-tests ,SCHOOL children ,SCHOOL violence ,RESEARCH methodology ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,DATA analysis software ,STUDENT attitudes ,INTERPERSONAL relations ,SELF-perception ,EDUCATION - Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the effects of a violence-prevention education program using empathy (VPEP-E) on elementary school students. This quasi-experimental design examined fifth-grade students' (a) empathy level, (b) perception of violence, and (c) permissive and negligent attitudes toward violence, using a pre- and post-test design. A total of 101 students participated: the experimental group (n = 48) received eight sessions of VPEP-E, whereas the control group (n = 53) received violence prevention education through classroom lectures. Significant differences were observed between the groups' empathy level (t = 6.81, p <.001), perception of violence (t = 2.79, p =.006), and permissive and negligent attitudes toward violence (t = -2.21, p =.030; t = -2.02, p =.046). Thus, a school-based VPEP-E may help elementary school students. Long-term studies evaluating behavioral changes from VPEP-E implementation are needed for establishing the effects on violent behavior. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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