Paauglių smurtas mokykloje: situacija ir analizė Vilniaus pedagoginio universiteto, Socialinės komunikacijos instituto, neakivaizdinių studijų socialinio darbo antro kurso studentės Žanetos Bagdžiūnienės magistro darbo „Paauglių smurtas mokykloje: situacija ir analizė“ tyrimu siekiama išsiaiškinti paauglių smurto apraiškas bei paplitimą mokykloje, atskleisti priežastis, prevencijos galimybes. Iškelta hipotezė - manoma, jog vis dar aktuali problema mokykloje yra paauglių fizinis smurtas, nemokėjimas konfliktų spręsti socialiai priimtinu būdu. Magistro tiriamajame darbe atliktas kiekybinis tyrimas, kuriuo norima išsiaiškinti paauglių smurto paplitimą mokykloje. Parengta uždaro tipo anketa. Gauti duomenys pateikiami stulpelinėse diagramose procentine išraiška. Tiriamąją imtį sudarė Simno gimnazijos 7-10 klasių 136 paaugliai. Iš jų 63 vaikinai ir 73 merginos. Antrajame etape atliktas kokybinis smurto priežasčių ir prevencijos galimybių tyrimas. Interviu forma apklausti 10 smurtaujančių paauglių, 20 mokytojų/klasės auklėtojų. Taip pat pateikti socialinio pedagogo pildyti 10 – ties smurtaujančių paauglių duomenys. Gautų tyrimo duomenų analizė patvirtino keltą hipotezę: 1. Mokykloje labiausiai paplitęs emocinis bei fizinis paauglių smurtas. Pasitaiko smurto atvejų ir iš mokytojų pusės. Gaujos, reketavimas bei seksualinis priekabiavimas nėra paplitę mokykloje. 2. Pagrindinės paauglių smurto pasireiškimo priežastys pastebimos paauglio aplinkoje, šeimoje. Dažniausiai sutinkamos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This research work is presented by Žaneta Bagdžiūnienė the 2nd course social work student from Vilnius pedagogical university, social communication institute, extramural studies. The aim of the master work “Teenagers violence at school: situation and analysis” is to find out the manifestations of violence performed by teenagers and its spread at school and to discover reasons and facilities of prevention. The hypothesis is held – it is thought that topical problem at school is still the teenagers physical violence at school and inaptitude to solve conflicts in social way. Quantative research is done in a master`s research work which has the aim to clear the teenagers spread of violence at school. Private questionnaire forms were prepared. Received information is introduced in column diagrams in percents. Exploratories were 136 teenagers from 7-10 forms from Simnas gymnasium. 63 boys and 73 girls took pat in this research. Qualatative reasons of violence and facilities of prevention research were produced in the second stage. 10 teenagers using violence and 20 teachers/mentors were questionared in a form of interview. The material of 10 teenagers using violence is presented by a social pedagogue. Available material analysis of this research approved the hypothesis: 1. Emotional and physical violence of teenagers is mostly spread at school. Sometimes violence from the side of teachers appear. Gangs, racketeering or sexual faultfinding are not spread at school. 2. The main... [to full text]

The objectives of this work are to: - Explore the concept of adolescent vulnerability; - Establish easily administered, reliable means of early identification of the most vulnerable; and - Suggest some school level interventions. This research focuses on adolescents in a socially deprived area. The thesis contains two parts: Part I explores the theoretical contexts, examining the social, educational and moral climate, and concludes that potential vulnerability is not being identified early enough in young people's lives for effective interventions to be implemented. The phenomenon and experience of adolescence is explored from a variety of perspectives, and various definitions of adolescence examined. The broad range of experience representing both typical and atypical adolescence is considered. A range of socio-economic factors and psychometric measures are reviewed for potential use as early indicators of vulnerability. The four screening measures chosen from the range reviewed are social deprivation, selfesteem, locus of control (LoC) and coping strategies. Social deprivation indicators establish background levels of life chances and prospects. Selfesteem is used to identify the most vulnerable; locus of control adds information about the nature of their vulnerability, and coping strategies informs potential practical interventions. Part 2 focuses on practical research. The prospects of the subject population are explored using a range of indicators, including the social and educational alienation and dysfunction of its young adolescents. Six hypotheses are defined and the selected psychometric tools piloted and administered on all of Year 7 of the subject school. Pupils are identified as either vulnerable or not identifiably vulnerable. Case studies using semi-structured interviews are conducted, adding a qualitative, experiential dimension to the statistical, psychometric findings. Based on this research conclusions are drawn which have academic application and directly inform practical interventions which, if implemented in early adolescence, would potentially alleviate the identified vulnerability.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2002. / Typescript. Vol. 2 subtitled: TANDEM intervention package. Includes bibliographical references.

The contribution of this research is in the area of adolescent decision making. The specific decision examined is the decision to use or not use drugs. Several factors were expected to have significant impacts on this crucial adolescent decision. These factors included peer, school, family, and religion influences. The source of the data was a sample of ninth through twelfth grade students in a north Texas city. The students responded to a survey questionnaire in the spring semester of 1989. A total of 632 students responded to the questions about alcohol- and drug-related attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Four major hypotheses were tested, and each one was supported by the research findings. In the first hypothesis, it was expected that family drug use factors would have a positive effect on adolescent drug use. Family factors included the following: parental use of alcohol, problems for family members due to parental drinking, and problems for the respondent due to parental drinking. Family factors had a statistically significant effect on alcohol use and any drug use.

How adolescents spend their time is a crucial predictor of their engagement in delinquency. Activities with peers away from direct supervision of adults are of concern as more opportunities and motivation to use marijuana exist in such situations. However, adolescents may vary in their propensity to use marijuana when faced the opportunity. Especially adolescents living with a single parent may have a higher propensity compared to those from two-parent households to use marijuana due to reduced parental monitoring and increased peer attachment. This thesis investigates the moderating effects of family structure on the routine leisure activities and adolescent marijuana use relationship, using data from Monitoring the Future Study 2007, 12th Grade Survey. The results provide partial support for the moderating effects.

The body composition of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease and residual pulmonary regurgitation (PR) was compared to that of healthy age- and sex-matched controls. Testing included height, weight, skinfolds, skeletal widths, circumferences, bio-electrical impedance (for estimation of total body water from resistance index), hydrostatic weighing, bone mineral content from single photon absorptiometry, and an assessment of maturational status. Activity levels were assessed by questionnaires and an accelerometer. The two groups were found to be different in height, skeletal widths, bone mineral content, bone mineral index and total body water determined by bio-electrical impedance. After adjusting the data for height differences, the groups were different for skeletal widths and bone mineral index. The PR and control subjects had similar skinfolds and circumferences, as well as percent fat determined by body density, body water and bone mineral content.

Inspired by Mexican-American folktale, La Llorona, (the Weeping Woman), Malas is a work of fiction. The novel is set in the early 1990s, in Las Cienegas, a fictional town on the Texas-Mexico border. Nerdy high school freshman by day, wannabe rock singer by night, fourteen-year-old Lulu Muñoz is out to make her mark on the world in spite of her complicated father, Julio Muñoz. When her father’s relationship with a married woman brings violence into Lulu’s life, and he reacts by shutting her out, Lulu decides to take matters into her own hands. She sets out to find the truth about her father while keeping him from discovering her own secret life. She’s the front-man for a high school punk band, Pink Vomit. She’s sneaking into night clubs across the Mexican border. Battling her father for her own autonomy, she breaks the family taboo and seeks out Pilar Aguirre, her estranged biological grandmother, and the woman who, local history says, tried to drown Julio at birth.

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Education / Master / Master of Science in Information Technology in Education