Assessment of Violence Behavior among Pupils in Elementary Schools at Mosul City

Background and aim:schoolviolencecould be agrowingdrawbackthat has received widespread attention. Violent behavior forschool childrenis primarily expressed as physical or verbal aggression.Variedfactors contribute to violent and aggression bykidsat homes,schoolsor individual risk factors. The aim of the present study is to measure the prevalence of violence, risk factors, and different forms among elementary school children, to identify consequence of violent exposure and children with abnormal behavior score. Materials and method: A descriptive study was done enrolling a total of 180 elementary students from school of Mosul city. Data collected from studentss parents were: violence behavior, home and family atmosphere, peer relation, exposure to violence at school; being victimized, witness, or initiator, and other risk factors. Standardized questionnaires were used as Child Behavior checklist, parent forms of Strength and Difficulty questionnaires (SDQ). Results: Prevalence of different forms of violence was higher in pupils their parents have universal level of education (22.2%) equal in male and female, the majority of the male pupils had high violence in the age group( 9-11)years which constitute (28.8%) and in female pupils had high violence in the age group (6-8)years which constitute (20%), the pupils had high violence in the middle economic status which constitute (33.3%)in male and (25.5)in female, the majority of the male pupils had high violence in the sixth class which constitute(13.3%) and female pupils had high violence in the first class which constitute (10%). Conclusion and recommendations: Abnormal and borderlineampleSDQsquare measurehigh among studied students, Follow up andsupervisingis requiredto preventviolence among them.An efficientmodelto direct student's behaviorought toreceiveadditionalconcern atthe schooland residentiallevel.