A Constant Comparative Analysis on the School Violence Victimization and Protective Factors for Revictimization from the Violence Victim Assessment Reports

This study identified the psychosocial aspects of school violence victimization & revictimization and found protective factors for revictimization based on the victim assessment reports and derived interventions to help school violence victims recover and return to their daily lives. Six school violence victim assessment reports from Chungcheong-do during the last 2 years were used. Open coding, primary and secondary categorization, and category confirmation were performed for the constant comparative analysis. As a result, psychological victimization experiences were categorized into 7 primary factors and 9 secondary factors: avoidance, re-experience (psychological distress & automatic re-experiencing), anxiety about retaliation (negative thoughts & recalling previous school violence experience), somatization symptoms, sleep problems (insomnia & nightmares), fear (fear of the perpetrator & fear due to spreading negative thoughts), and anger against the perpetrator (resenting the perpetrator's lack of remorse). Second, the social victimization experience was categorized into 3 primary factors and 5 secondary factors: public avoidance (social avoidance & distrust), academic problems (side effects of recovery & difficulty in concentrating due to psychological issues), and family problems (anxiety about family members). Third, the re-victimization experience was categorized into 1 primary factor and 3 secondary factors (re-victimization experience (unwanted contact, threats & unwanted environmental change), and finally, the protective factors were categorized into three primary factors and four secondary factors including interpersonal relationships (positive friendships), separation from perpetrators (school measures), and external help (reporting & psychotherapy). Based on the findings, priorities on school violence victims intervention and protective policies were discussed.