An Ethnographic Study on the Aggressive behavior of Elementary School-children

Pai, Hang Ja; Lee, In Sun; Kim, Eun Sim

doi:1999.8.2.305

J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs > Volume 8(2); 1999 > Article

Original Article

Journal of Korean Academy of psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 1999;8(2):305-318.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12934/jkpmhn.1999.8.2.305 Published online December 31, 1999.

An Ethnographic Study on the Aggressive behavior of Elementary School-children

Hang Ja Pai¹, In Sun Lee², Eun Sim Kim¹

¹Dept, of Nursing, Medical College, Gyeongsang national university & Gerontological Health Research Center
²Yongwoo elementary school. Jin-ju city

아동의 공격행동에 대한 일상생활 기술적 연구

배행자¹, 이인선², 김은심¹

¹경상대학교 의과대학 간호학과 교수, 경상대학교 간호학과 노인건강 연구소
²진주용우초등학교 양호교사

Abstract

This study aims to understand children's aggressive behaviors which have established the sources of serious problems such as school violences and self-injured actions, and to give fundamental informations which are helpful to the effective remediation of the aggressive behaviors. So, some stud('nts of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade of an elementary school are selected as a group of subjects. This study is focused cn how the subject group did aggressive actions under the actual and specific range of social circumstance of 'school’, and the types of such actions. Thus researchers used ethnographic study - the way of describmg everyday lives -that They might accomplish the aim of this study well. The method is to deeply concern with a peculiar social culture, school, and to collect and analyze necessary data. Findings show the types of children's violent behaviors, especially some that need one’s attention. These are as follows First, one of motives of aggressive actions is that a simple mischief with no intention and hostility leads to an aggressive action. Second, some students use aggressive actions which seem to be the signs of school violence in order that they may prevent others' aggressive actions and punish them. In the process of showing the aggressive characteristic : 1) even if it is not serious, some students used knives and scissors to others. 2) Some students used the way of biting others like animals. It is also shown in findings that these aggressive actions give much emotional influence to witnesses of same age as well as aggressors and victims, and cause them to learn aggressive behaviors through thinking process, negative of positive.

Key Words: Aggressive behavior; Elementary School-Children