[The social construction of violence in a group of young people of both sexes in a public middle school].
In this article we will address some factors that promote violence in schools from the youth viewpoint. We present an overview of what young people understand about violence; in which way its take places; in what forms they express it; and what aspects they consider more important than others. At the same time, it compares the social construction of violence on both, boys and girls, and describe how violence is interpreted from the gender perspective. The latter means that assumption of violent behavior varies with the gender of the person describing it. In other words, any project that pretends to promote schools free of violence need to deal with gender issues. Finally, I will share a few general considerations about what we may call social construction of violence in young people and its implications for a violence prevention project.
Centro de Prevención de Violencia en Jóvenes Hispanos, Instituto FILIUS, Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Carlos
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Vázquez Rivera
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000378:Agonistic Behavior; D001290:Attitude; D002649:Child Abuse; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D011902:Rape; D012307:Risk Factors; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology