Psychological violence is mistreatment that is severe enough to influence the
target person's health, to destroy his work or total career and overstrain his
relationship with his family or friends. The impact of psychological violence
has compelled many a company and organization to introduce policy to stop
the serious consequences thereof. It seems not to be the case in the South
African education.
The mixed method research design was used in this study to investigate the
nature and impact of psychological violence on the health of secondary school
educators in the Free State. Strategies were proposed to reduce educators'
experiences of psychological violence and the impact thereof on their health.
Two measuring instruments were used in this study to collect the quantitative
data, namely the Revised Negative Acts Questionnaire (NAQ-R) and the
Symptoms Checklist. Both these measuring instruments were distributed
amongst 727 secondary school educators at 82 schools in the five education
districts of the Free State.
The qualitative data collection was done with 32 educators. The sources of
psychological violence, likewise in the literature, are management, learners
and parents. Psychological violence often causes enormous stress and it
leads to a situation where educators feel depressed and traumatised. The
general aim of this study is to invsetigate the nature and impact of
psychological violence on secondary school educators in the Free State.
Some of the findings in this study are that there are not differences between
men and women with regard to exposure to psychological violence; older
educators experience more exposure to psychological violence; teaching
experience, qualifications and ethnicity are indeed determining factors with
regard to exposure. It is also possible, as appears from the findings, that here
a minority group is exposed more to psychological violence. The results of
both data sets, quantitative and qualitative, are mutually confirming.
It was found in this study that secondary school educators indeed experience
psychological violence. The assumption is that the findings of this study will help to strengthen information that will be useful for the enhancement of
educator health at schools. / PhD (Educational Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NWUBOLOKA1/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/15102 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Phooko, Nehemiah |
| Source Sets | North-West University |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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