تأثير العنف داخل المدرسة في ظهور الاضطرابات النفسية و السلوكية لدى المراهقين المتمدرسين :دراسة ميدانية لحالتين في ولاية عين تموشنت

Abstract

The present study aimed to shed light on the phenomenon of school violence and to examine its impact on the emergence of psychological and behavioral disorders among school-going adolescents. The school environment is no longer merely a space for learning; it has increasingly become a source of psychological stress, internal conflict, and emotional distress. The study also sought to explore the underlying psychological conflicts experienced by adolescents through the use of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT). The study adopted a descriptive case-study approach. Data were collected using the School Violence Scale and the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), administered to two adolescent students: a 16-year-old female and a 14-year- old male. The research was based on the general hypothesis that school violence contributes to the development of psychological and behavioral disorders among adolescents. Additional sub-hypotheses concerned the high prevalence of psychological disturbances, the emergence of aggressive and rebellious behaviors, and the variation in the severity of disorders according to the degree of exposure to school violence. It was also assumed that TAT narratives would reveal feelings of rejection, exclusion, and internal psychological conflicts. The findings indicated that school violence constitutes a significant psychosocial stressor and a threat to the adolescent's psychological structure. Exposure to violence was associated with manifestations of anxiety, fear, and feelings of insecurity, as well as aggressive and oppositional behaviors. Furthermore, the TAT narratives revealed underlying intrapsychic conflicts characterized by feelings of exclusion, rejection, helplessness, and emotional suffering, reflecting the profound impact of school violence on adolescents' psychological functioning. The study also demonstrated that the severity of psychological and behavioral disorders increases with the level of exposure to school violence, suggesting that continued victimization contributes to the intensification of psychological distress. These findings are consistent with previous research highlighting the relationship between school violence and students' mental health. Finally, the study emphasizes the importance of strengthening preventive psychological interventions and early detection strategies within educational institutions through the provision of psychological support services, the improvement of the school climate, and the active involvement of families and school psychologists in reducing school violence and its negative consequences.