@article{ref1,
title="An exploratory study of secondary school student victimization in Kosovo and its correlates",
journal="Journal of school violence",
year="2023",
author="Kelmendi, Kaltrina and Arënliu, Aliriza and Benbenishty, Rami and Astor, Ron Avi and Hyseni Duraku, Zamira and Konjufca, Jon",
volume="22",
number="4",
pages="459-473",
abstract="Most of the existing literature and evidence on school violence and victimization comes from high-income countries, and there is a lack of evidence on developing countries. This study examines the prevalence of student victimization and its association with individual, family, and school-related correlates, focusing on the representative sample from 13 municipalities of Kosovo among 12,040 students. Overall, 77% of the students reported being victimized by at least one type of harmful act of violence in the last month; the most prevalent acts were cursing or verbal victimization (61%), followed by pushing and grabbing (45%) while being threatened with a weapon was relatively rare (2.2%). Of all factors, students' perception of risky peers had the most significant impact on school victimization. The authors recommend a multidisciplinary approach is required to respond to the complexity of school victimization in Kosovo<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1538-8220",
doi="10.1080/15388220.2023.2214736",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15388220.2023.2214736"
}