The Relationships among Media Reading, Victimization Experience, Locus of Control, and the Fear of School Victimization of Junior high School Students

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 教育研究所 === 96 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate: (a) the proportion of media reading and the fear of school victimization of junior high school students; (b) the relationship between media reading and the fear of school victimization; (c) the relationship betwee...

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Main Authors: Wang ya-li, 王雅麗
Other Authors: Yuk-ying Tung
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2008
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/01258052065949457824
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Summary:碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 教育研究所 === 96 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate: (a) the proportion of media reading and the fear of school victimization of junior high school students; (b) the relationship between media reading and the fear of school victimization; (c) the relationship between victimization experience and the fear of school victimization; (d) the relationship between locus of control and the fear of school victimization; (e) effect of victimization experience and locus of control on the relationship between media reading and the fear of school victimization. The sample in this study consisted of 1,100 students from 6 junior high schools in the metropolitans of Taiwan. In this study, statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and nested regression model analysis. The results of this study were summarized as follows: (a) media reading acceptance, television, newspaper, comic were related to the fear of school victimization; (b) Students who experienced more victimization, would had higher degree of fear of victimization; (c) Students who possessed higher degree of external locus of control, would had higher degree of fear of victimization. (d) when victimization experience and locus of control were included, the significant relationships between media reading acceptance, television, newspaper and the fear of school victimization were not changed, but the significant relationships between media reading amount, comic and the fear of school victimization were changed. (e) when control variables were included, the significant relationships between media reading amount and the fear of school victimization were changed, but the significant relationship between the other variables and the fear of school victimization was not changed. Finally, possible explanations for these findings and implications were discussed. Based on the findings, this study also proposed some relevant suggestions that can be a reference to mass media, parents, teachers, counselors, and further researches.