Gender and Grade Differences in Elementary Students' Perceptions of Conflict [microform] : Violence and Intervention Strategies / Yvetta George, Glennelle Halpin and Gerald Halpin
- Bib ID:
- 5613260
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- George, Yvetta
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED415954
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 15 p.
- Summary:
-
This study examined sex and age differences in elementary school students' perceptions of conflict and violence and of the effectiveness of various intervention strategies to resolve conflicts. A total of 51 third-graders, 75 fourth-graders, and 95 fifth-graders who had been trained by researchers to be peer mediators participated in the study. The students completed a 21-item questionnaire on their perceptions of conflict, violence, and ways to resolve conflict. The results indicated significant gender differences on 8 of the 21 items, with more girls than boys responding that they thought there was too much violence on television (72 percent versus 44 percent), tried to talk things over when there was a conflict (93 percent versus 79 percent), and tried to find out what the problem was when there was a conflict (92 percent versus 78 percent). More boys than girls thought that using violence proved that you are tough (16 percent versus 7 percent) and tried to hit the person with whom they were having the conflict (21 percent versus 10 percent). Few significant grade-level differences were found. (A copy of the questionnaire is appended.) (MDM)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association (Memphis, TN, November 1997).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1997
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.