The Effect of Hope Level and Self-Concept on Peer Victimization Among Adolescents in Rural Areas of Turkey: A Path Analysis      
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Fatma Zehra Genç
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Suzan YILDIZ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Naile Bilgili
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Açık Erişim Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
Dergi ISSN 1073-6077 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler ESCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 02-2025
Cilt No 38
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 1 / 8
DOI Numarası 10.1111/jcap.70010
Makale Linki https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jcap.70010
Özet
Problem: Early adolescence (10–14 years) is a critical period in which peer victimization (PV) is common. In protecting, maintaining, and improving the health of adolescents, it is important to detect PV and evaluate its relationship with the level of hope and self-concept. This study aimed to determine the PV situation of adolescents living in rural areas and establish the effect of the level of hope and self-concept on this situation. Method: This research was conducted with 830 adolescents studying at 7 secondary schools in rural Turkey. The predictive model study was conducted between May and June 2023. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Peer Victimization Scale, the Children's Hope Scale, and Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale. Path analysis were used to evaluate the data. Findings: It was determined that the level of PV was low, the level of hope was high, and the self-concept was moderate in adolescents living in rural areas. It was found that hope had a negative effect (β = −0.339; p < 0.001) and self-concept had a positive effect (β = 0.284; p < 0.001) on PV. Conclusions: Of the PV cases, 19.6% were explained with hope and self-concept in adolescents. It was concluded that hope and self-concept had a protective role in PV. This study results can be used by researchers to guide PV studies targeting adolescents living in rural areas and structure intervention studies aimed at preventing victimization. Being aware of protective factors, such as strengthening the individual's internal mechanisms such as self-concept and hope, may be important for interventions against PV.
Anahtar Kelimeler
adolescent | peer victimization | rural area