Resumo

COVARRUBIAS FEREGRINO, Arlette  e  CARO LUJAN, Nelly Rosa. Determinants of violence among peers in secondary schools of the State of Mexico: quality of relationships with teachers and family. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.13, pp.220-249. ISSN 2007-7467.

The aim of this article is to analyze, using a Probit model, if the student relations with their teachers and family members increase the probability for they to exercise violence against their colleagues in secondary schools of the State of Mexico. There are various types of violence: verbal, physical, psychological, sexual and towards the belongings of others. The sample was composed of 1 217 teenagers from both sexes, and is representative of students in Secondary school in the State of Mexico. The results indicate that a better relationship of the student with his teacher and with their parents decreases the probability of commit major assaults.

Palavras-chave : school violence; Secondary education; school coexistence; Teacher-Student Relationship; Family Relationships.