TITLE:
Religiosity, Social Support, Self-Control and Happiness as Moderating Factors of Physical Violence among Arab Adolescents in Israel
AUTHORS:
Qutaiba Agbaria
KEYWORDS:
Arab Adolescents; Violence; Religiosity; Happiness; Social Support; Self-Control
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.5 No.2,
February
10,
2014
ABSTRACT:
This study examines the correlation among a
number of personal and environmental resources that can reduce violence among
Arab adolescents in Israel. These are: religiosity, happiness, social support,
and self-control. The participants in the study consisted of 225 Palestinian
Arab teenagers living in Israel participated in this study. The participants
study in grades 8 and 9, in state schools in the northern part of The Triangle.
The findings indicate that all the resources that were examined contribute to
reducing the level of violence; in other words, significant negative
correlations were found between the level of religiosity, happiness, social
support and self-control on the one hand, and the level of violence on the
other hand. These findings are consistent with those of other studies conducted
elsewhere in the world on different populations (Christian and Jewish, as well
as Muslim). The present study and its findings are, however, the first to
address the understanding of violence among the populace in question. The
findings were discussed in accordance with a number of different theories.