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<language>eng</language>
<publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
<journalTitle>American Journal of Applied Psychology</journalTitle>
<eissn>2327-6150</eissn>
<publicationDate>2014-06-17</publicationDate>
<volume>2</volume>
<issue>2</issue>
<startPage>42</startPage>
<endPage>52</endPage>
<doi>10.12691/ajap-2-2-3</doi>
<publisherRecordId>AJAP2014223</publisherRecordId>
<documentType>article</documentType>
<title language="eng">Classroom Environment and Self-Control Skills and Their Relationship with Adolescents Violence in the Arabic Community of Israel</title>
<authors>
<author>
<name>Qutaiba Agbaria</name>
<email>Qutaiba100psych@yahoo.com</email>
<affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
</author>
<author>
<name>Almaza Atamna</name>
<affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
</author>

</authors>
<affiliationsList>
<affiliationName affiliationId="1">Educational Research and Development Authority, Al-Qasmie College, Baqa el Gharbieh, Israel</affiliationName>
<affiliationName affiliationId="2">Learning &amp; Instruction Department, Al-Qasmie College, Baqa el Gharbieh, Israel</affiliationName>
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<abstract language="eng">This research aims to examine the relationship between classroom environment and self-control skills, and the prevalence of violence among Arab adolescents in Israel. The sample included 200 pupils with ages ranging between 13-15 from seventh to the ninth grade. Research hypotheses predicted that there was a statistically-significant inverse correlation between classroom environment and physical violence, and between self-control and physical violence; and that there is a statistically-significant positive correlation between age and self-control and between physical violence and classroom environment. Finally, the hypothesis predicted that there were statistically significant differences in physical violence, self-control and classroom environment that can be attributed to gender. The results of the research showed that there was an inverse correlation between the classroom environment and between self-control and violence. The more self-control pupils have, the lower the level of violence would be, which supports the hypothesis. The findings also revealed that there was no statistically-significant correlation between age, anger and physical violence. The results also reflected a positive correlation between age and classroom environment, and an inverse correlation between age and self-control, that is, growing in age leads to lowering the level of self-control, and these results supported the hypothesis on this regard. Finally, the research concluded a number of recommendations that will be discussed.</abstract>
<fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajap/2/2/3/ajap-2-2-3.pdf</fullTextUrl>
<keywords language="eng"><keyword>classroom environment</keyword>
<keyword>Self-Control</keyword>
<keyword>arab adolescents</keyword>
<keyword>violence</keyword>
</keywords>
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