Effects of the Solution-focused Group Counseling for School Violence Prevention on the Victimization Behavior and Indifferent Attitude of Elementary School Students

Purpose: This study describes the development of a violence prevention educational program for elementary school children using empathy (VPEP-E) that teachers can use during class.Methods: Hoffman's theory of empathy and Seels and Richey's (1994) ADDIE model were applied to develop this program.Results: The developed program consisted of eight sessions: "Orientation/definition of violence and empathy", "Types and boundaries of violence", "Look into my feelings", "Say it with a facial expression", "Preventing non-empathic violence due to social prejudice", "Preventing physical violence", "Verbal and online violence prevention: empathic conversation", and "I can do well: review of the whole curriculum". The program was evaluated by 15 elementary school teachers, who considered it to be easily accessible to elementary school students. The final VPEP-E, which will be provided in eight times for 40 minutes each for fifth-grade students, will provide a basis for preventing violence by fostering empathy.Conclusion: We expect the developed educational program to be effective in preventing violence among elementary school students. However, further research involving children from various age groups is needed.

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The Development of a Group Counseling Program Utilizing Audio-Visual Media to Enhance the Empathy Ability of Upper Grade Elementary School Students

Korea Journal of Counseling ◽

10.15703/kjc.17.3.201606.151 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 151-167

Author(s):

정연홍 ◽

우미혜 ◽

Hyeong Keun Yu

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Group Counseling ◽

Visual Media ◽

Counseling Program ◽

School Students

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Empathy, Awareness and Attitudes toward Violence among Elementary School Students

Child Health Nursing Research ◽

10.4094/chnr.2020.26.2.164 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 164-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

So Ra Kang ◽

Haeryun Cho ◽

Shin-Jeong Kim

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Data Collection ◽

Violence Prevention ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Sixth Grade ◽

School Students ◽

Attitudes Toward Violence ◽

Sixth Grade Students ◽

Data Collection Period ◽

Collection Period

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate empathy, awareness, and attitudes toward violence among elementary school students. Methods: The participants were 195 fifth and sixth grade students in Y elementary school. The data collection period was from June 24 to July 4, 2019. Results: Empathy scores significantly differed according to participants' gender and need for education on violence prevention. Attitudes towards violence (permissive and neglectful) significantly differed according to students' grade and need for education on violence prevention. Empathy was negatively correlated with permissive attitudes toward violence (r=-.26, <i>p</i><.001) and neglectful attitudes toward violence (r=-.24, <i>p</i>=.001). Conclusion: The results of this study are expected to be utilized as basic data for education on violence prevention through empathy.

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