Assessment of aggressive behavior among preparatory school children in Tanta City

Assaf, Abd El-Rahman A; El-Hay, Mohamed Abd; Eissa, Mai; Abohammar, Shereen Desoky Ahmed

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“…Intact family (father and mother) is important to have better physical, emotional, academic well-being, raising, and enhance resilience (40). This result is in agreement with that reported in Egypt (24).…”

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threatening a teacher

Hassan

2021

JFacMedBagdad

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Abstract Background: Threatening teachers increases teacher stress and impairs emotional well-being. There are many reasons for violence against teachers. There are communication errors and conceptual differences in applying the rules that emphasizes corporal punishment rather than persuasive punishment. Also, it is related to a parent complaint that expresses Parents' belief in the education their child received in school is getting weaker. In addition to the incompetence that teachers must implement, like personal, social and professional aspects that make students offend teachers. Threatening someone considered as physical aggression. Aggression is any behavior intended to harm another person that wishes to avoid such harm High rates of aggression were reported recently in Iraq, especially after wars. Some studies have shown that students, whose friends engage in negative activities such as dropping out of school and have lower academic performance, may engage in aggressive activities toward teachers and/or other students. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of students’ aggressive act towards teachers. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Al-Sadr city in Baghdad. A total of 720 adolescent secondary schools students from both genders were included in the study. They were selected by multistage random sampling. Their age was ranged from 13-21 years. Data was collected from 1st of February 2019 to 30 of April 2019 through a self-reported questionnaire (Aggression-Problem Behavior Frequency Scale). Results: The mean age of participants was 16.2±2.04 years. Of all participants, 84.3% were assessed to be aggressive. There was a significant difference between aggressive act (threatening a teacher) and sex, school type, grade, history of absence from school and employed mother,(P=0.038, 0.009, 0.0001,p= 0.02 and p=0.018, respectively). 10% of male threatening a teacher. Conclusion: A high prevalence of aggression among students was found. Threatening a teacher was dominant among male students, intermediate schools, 4th grade, students with history of absence from school, and not employed mother.

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“…This result was similar to other studies in Baghdad (13) and Egypt. (24) It is inconsistent with that conducted in India (29) where aggression was significantly associated with adolescence. These differences may be due to the high prevalence of aggression and the limited age range (adolescents) in our study.…”

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threatening a teacher

Hassan

2021

JFacMedBagdad

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“…Modified Overt Aggression Scale (M-OAS): was used to assess frequency, type and severity of aggressive behavior (Assaf et al, 2018;Coccaro et al, 1991). It rates aggressive behavior considering four types of aggression (verbal, self-aggression aggression against objects and against others).…”

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Crystal Methamphetamine Abuse among Patients Attending Ismailia Mental Health Clinic: Aggressive Behavior and Psychiatric Comorbidity

Hashisha

Hassan

Ali

2022

Ain Shams Journal of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology

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Introduction: Addiction is one of the serious health problems worldwide. In Egypt it is a highly growing health problem . Methamphetamine addiction is one of the most dangerous health issues as it is highly addictive drug and its abuse is strongly associated with severe aggressive behavior and violent crimes. Over the past few years; there is an alarming increase in crystal methamphetamine (Shabu) abuse in the Egyptian market. Aim of the study: To describe the clinical characteristics of crystal methamphetamine (Shabu) abuse and to detect its association with aggression and psychiatric disorders Patients and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study, it was conducted upon crystal methamphetamine abusers attending Ismailia Mental Health Clinic; they were clinically and psychologically assessed by an expert psychiatrist to determine the presence of aggressive behavior, cognitive impairment and mental health disorders. Results:The study was conducted upon 82 crystal meth abusers. Most participants are males with mean age were 27.4 years, the majority of the participants suffered from headache, numbness and tingling. The study revealed that about half of the study participants had severe degree of aggression, more than half of them had severe depression and more than three fourths had moderate and severe anxiety. Conclusion and recommendations: Crystal methamphetamine abuse is a major risk factor of aggression/violence, depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment. We should pay attention towards early detection and proper management of crystal meth abuse.

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“…Table (1) shows that the mean age ± SD of the elementary school children was 11.66±1.6 and 51.7% of them were males, 35.8% in the fifth grade.…”

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Effect of Play Intervention on Aggression Behavior and Social Skills among Elementary School Children

Saad

Elzehiri

Amr

2022

International Egyptian Journal of Nursing Sciences and Research

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Background: Play is critical for the healthy development of elementary school children. Play intervention assists children to reduce aggression tendencies while also build of social skills in a healthy manner. Aim: Assess the effect of play intervention on aggression behavior and social skills among elementary school children. Design: A Quasi-experimental research design was utilized to carry out the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at three governmental elementary schools at Ezbet Elwalda, which is affiliated to Helwan district Sample: A multi-stage random sample of 120 children was taken from three schools. Tools: Included (1) An interviewing questionnaire involved three parts; part I-Child demographic characteristics, part II-Plays data and history of the child, and part III: Aggressive behavior scale. (2) Social skills observational checklist. Results: The mean age ± SD of the children was 11.66±1.6, 51.7% of them were males and one-third of them were in the fifth grade. After the application of play intervention, there was a statistically significant difference in aggressive behavior among elementary school children at (p <0.001). Also, the result revealed that there was a statistical improvement in the mean score of social skills and all its sub-items among the studied sample at (p <0.001). Conclusions: Using play intervention was effective in decreasing aggressive behavior and improving social skills in all items among elementary school children. Recommendation: Continuous education programs should be applied in the school to raise the awareness of school children's parents and the teachers regarding the prevention of aggressive behaviors.

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Assessment of aggressive behavior among preparatory school children in Tanta City

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Crystal Methamphetamine Abuse among Patients Attending Ismailia Mental Health Clinic: Aggressive Behavior and Psychiatric Comorbidity

Effect of Play Intervention on Aggression Behavior and Social Skills among Elementary School Children

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