Relationship Between Emotional Self-Regulation and the Perception of School Violence: Pilot Study in La Araucanía, Chile

Flavio Muñoz-Troncoso and Enrique Riquelme-Mella ()
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Flavio Muñoz-Troncoso: Faculty of Education, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco 4810296, Chile
Enrique Riquelme-Mella: Faculty of Social Sciences and Arts, Universidad Mayor, Temuco 4801043, Chile

Societies, 2025, vol. 15, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: The increase in school violence, especially post-pandemic, has been widely addressed in various research studies. This pilot study, carried out in the Araucanía Region (Chile), aims to explore the relationship between negative emotional self-regulation of stress and perceptions of school violence. A cross-sectional and descriptive methodology was used, with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to evaluate the validity of the scales applied, and a structural equation model (SEM) to analyze the influence of self-regulation on the perception of types of school violence. The participants were 239 students between the ages of 9 and 15 (M = 11.45; SD = 1.47). The results showed a positive and statistically significant relationship between negative stress self-regulation and the perception of school violence, indicating that those with a greater tendency to avoid negative emotions perceived or experienced more violence. The findings suggest that emotional self-regulation, particularly avoidance, can be a relevant factor in the perception and management of school violence, highlighting the importance of educational interventions and policies that promote adaptive emotional skills within the school context.

Keywords: school violence; emotional self-regulation; educational intervention; perception of violence; educational policies; mental health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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