Violence Related Attitudes, Behaviors and Influences among Adolescents

Violence against adolescents is understood as being any sort of mistreatment of adolescents within or outside of the family environment. The aggressor inflicts light or severe damage, the causes of which can be related to individual, family, socioeconomic, environmental or cultural factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of implementing an educational intervention concerning violence among adolescents. Assessment was done for (500) students from seven prep-schools (one school from each educational sector) in Beni Suef Governorate to assess violence-related attitudes and behaviors among adolescents and assess factors that lead to violence related attitudes and behaviors among adolescents. One school was selected randomly from the seven school of seven educational sectors’ to implement the program. The sample consisted of 138 students.Nurses must work to increase awareness and develop the skills of both teachers and parents, to use alternatives other than the corporal punishment.