出版社：Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Department of Social Work
摘要：Research on violence among children is most commonly conducted in the school environment. Research into this phenomenon in the context of children’s homes where children are placed permanently is scarce. The paper presents results of a research on violence in children’s homes among children who are separated from their families and can be burdened with numerous problems. The research has been conducted in 14 public children’s homes in Croatia with 301 children participating. The results have shown that 7% of children did not experience, and 15% did not perpetrate any kind of violence in the last year. The hierarchical regression analysis has anticipated a specific combination of predictors of perpetrated and experienced violence among children in children’s homes. The analysis included socio-demographic variables, information on child’s accommodation, perception of psychosocial climate in the children’s home, perceived social support, self-perspective and perpetrated and experienced violence. The results show that perpetrated violent behaviour is the most important predictor of experienced behaviour and vice versa.
关键词：violence among children; children’s homes; psychosocial climate; social support; self-perspective
