Experiencing Violence 1991/92

Development of violence and threat of violence, personal experience of violence and personal participation in violent actions, thinking about causes and protective behavior. Topics: School degree sought; increase of hostility among schoolchildren; assessment of frequency of use of violence among schoolchildren in comparison to earlier; types of threat of violence and use of violence; use of violence by groups and their development in comparison to the past years; personal experience as victim of violent actions or threats of violence; personal experience as one using violence or threatening violence and frequency in comparison to past years; increase in damage to school property; reasons for use of violence; increase of considerations on protection against violence from other schoolchildren; preferred methods to protect against violence; equiped with objects of defense and comparison with earlier; assessment of effectiveness of conversations with parents or teachers; reasons for senselessness of conversations with parents or teachers.