Thesis information "The impact of informal groups on physical violence in high school students (Case study of Le Viet Thuat High School, Vinh city, Nghe An)" by HVCH Ong Thi Mai Thuong, major in Sociology.1. Full name of student: Mr. Thi Mai Thuong 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of birth: October 18, 1985 4. Place of birth: Nghe An 5. Decision to recognize student No.: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH dated October 24, 2008 by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in the training process: None 7. Thesis topic: "The impact of informal groups on physical violence in high school students" (Case study of Le Viet Thuat High School, Vinh City, Nghe An). 8. Major: Sociology; Code: 60 31 30 9. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Quyet, Department of Postgraduate Training, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 10. Summary of the results of the thesis: The study answered the questions raised, specifically as follows: The study described the social characteristics of groups of students with fighting behavior. Regarding family circumstances, the common point among these students is that their parents spend little time caring for their psychology and emotions, and that is one of the important factors that cause deviant behavior in students, including fighting behavior. In addition, the study described the daily activities of groups of students with both boys and girls. In particular, male students already know how to earn money to spend right from the time they entered high school. It is worth noting that they choose jobs that are not only inappropriate for their age but also very dangerous for them, even those activities are listed as illegal jobs such as football betting, gambling, and being a bodyguard for gambling clubs. This is a discovery that inevitably makes researchers surprised and worried about the future of male students in these groups. On the other hand, groups of male students have used dangerous weapons when fighting with groups of students from other schools such as knives, swords, homemade guns... to increase their group's advantage. Group values also have an influence on students' fighting behavior. Group values are expressed in the spirit of solidarity, which creates a framework for group members to carry out their activities and ensures a common sense of the so-called "we". The level of cohesion in the group has an influence on the fighting behavior of individual students. Members with similar personality traits and family circumstances are the basis for creating cohesion in the group. In individual student groups, there is no official leader and there is no hierarchy of positions in the group. However, there are still some individuals who have a certain influence on the members of the group due to their advantages in money, recklessness when fighting, especially the relationship with other groups of students and gangs in society. The intergroup relationship between groups of students with other social groups affects the fighting behavior of students, expressed in two forms: on the one hand, there is "hostility" towards other groups of students - this is one of the factors that increases the cohesion between members and increases the aggressiveness of these groups; and on the other hand, there is the relationship of mutual support and assistance of gangs in society that have a fairly close relationship with one of the members of these groups of students. 11. Practical applicability: The study has shown the influence of informal groups on the fighting behavior of high school students - specifically the group of friends that students participate in, thereby providing more practical basis for authorities as well as educators to build intervention models suitable for the characteristics of the group of high school students who are the subject of violent behavior, contributing to preventing risk factors of the problem of violence in schools in our country today. 12. Further research directions: None 13. Published works related to the thesis: None
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1. Full name : Ong Thi Mai Thuong 2. Sex: female 3. Date of birth: October 18, 1985 4. Place of birth: Nghe An 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SĐH Dated October 24, 2008 By the Principal of the social sciences and humanities college – Hanoi National University 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: The effects of informal groups on phisically violent behaviors of highschool students (Case study at Le Viet Thuat highschool, Vinh city, Nghe An Province). 8. Major: sociology 9. Code: 60 31 30 10. Supervisors: Pham Van Quyet – The associate professor and Doctor of philosophy of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The research describes the social portrait of rebelious students with fighting. Particularly in family conditions, they are the students whose parents spend little time caring about their thoughts and feelings, which is one of the serious factors causing their deviations, especially their fighting. Besides, the research portrays the daily activities of the rebelious schoolboys and schoolgirls. Especially the schoolboys have known how to make money for their expenditure since they went to high school. It is noticeable and alarming to see that they have chosen the unsuitable work for their age, not only dangerous to themselves, but also illegal such as doing the football pools and protecting the gambling groups. That is a surprising discovery and worrying the researcher about the schoolboys' future. On the other hand, when fighting against others from high schools, they use dangerous weapons such as knives, swords, guns to keep their upper hands. Also, there are the group's values having influence on their fighting behavior, which manifests in their solidarity and creates the scope for their activities and the consciousness of what is called “we”. Their groups' rally requirement also influenced the fighting behavior of the rebelious students. The cement of the group results from family condition similarity of the group members. The rebel groups do not have an official leader or any other positions. However, some students of them may have a given effect on others due to his advantage of money, his venture in fighting, especially his relationship with other rebelious groups and gangs in the society. The inter-relationship between the rebel groups and other social ones affects the fighting behavior and manifests in two ways: On the one hand, it's owing to “animosity” towards other groups- one of the factors augmenting their rally among the members, and their bellicosity as well. On the other hand, it is owing to the mutual relationship between the gangs and one of the group members, which contributes to their close relationship. 12. Practical applicability: The research indicates the effective methods of the unofficial groups on the fighting behavior of the high school students specifically the different groups they join, which produces practical bases for appropriate authorities as well as the educators to construct the intervening therapies which are suitable for the characteristics of the rebel high school students- the subject causing violence, and contributing to preventing the dangerous violence evils from schools in our country today. 13. Further research directions, if any: None 14. Thesis-related publications: None
