Abstract :
School-based violence is one of the most visible forms of violence against children. School violence is pervasive, affecting a sizable proportion of adolescents and children in every country. It is mainly done by peers, on other hand teachers and other school personnel may also commit it. The aim of present study is to assess the attitudes of primary school teachers toward school violence and find out the relationship between teachers' attitudes with regard to demographic characteristics. A descriptive design was implemented through the current study with to assess the attitudes of primary school teachers toward school violence from September 15, 2020 to May 10, 2022. The researcher created an attitudes that includes (18) items to reach the study objectives. A purposeful, non-probability sample of (80) primary teachers was selected so that the data are representative and accurate. The sample size (80) teachers divided into two groups. The selected teachers were equally distributed to two groups (study and control) (40) participants per group. The results of the study showed that the study and control groups had negative attitudes toward school violence. Demographic characteristic including: Age, marital status, and educational level affected their attitudes toward school violence. Study and control groups had negative attitudes toward school violence due to lack of experiences to deal with this specific critical situation. Demographic characteristic including: Age, marital status, and educational level affected their attitudes toward school violence.