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Edilberto Cepeda-Cuervo1, Evelyn Moncada-Sánchez, Viviana P Alvarez
1Departamento de Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota. ecepedac@unal.edu.co
Objective:
Determining levels of intra-family violence associated with students attending schools in Ciudad Bolivar, Bogotá, Colombia.
Material And Methods:
The sample consisted of 3,226 students from the 6th to 11th grades attending state schools located in Ciudad Bolivar in Bogotá. The data was collected from a survey in which the students' perception of violence in their homes was determined; data was statistically analysed by using SPSS 14.0.
Results:
A high percentage of students had difficulty in communicating with their parents and felt rejected and a lack of love from some of the members in their homes. 28.4% of those surveyed (915 students) had been victims of more than 20 of the violent situations; 35% of the students in the sample had a family atmosphere characterised by high levels of violence. The percentage of students who stated that they had been physically mistreated depended on their education level; the highest percentages being presented in the 7th and 8th grades.
Conclusions:
The middle- and upper-school student community in Ciudad Bolivar in Bogotá, Colombia, is affected by many situations concerning intra-family violence.
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