Trinh Viet Then * , & Tran Tuan Lo

* Correspondence: Trinh Viet Then (email: thentv@vhu.edu.vn; loTT@vhu.edu.vn)

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Abstract

In this article, we talk about causes of violence toward children in kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh city. Participants of this study include 177 teachers belonged to public and private schools. Questionnaire and deep interview methods were applied to study real causes of violence toward children in kindergartens. The results of this study show that there are four causes leading to violence toward children: causes from children and job's requirements related to children; causes from relationship between teachers and children's parents, cause from job's pressure and biological and psycological change of teachers; causes from violating job's disciplines and conflicts in working relation of teachers. There is a significant and very close relation among group of causes leading to violence toward children in kindergartens.
Keywords: violence, violence toward children, kindergartens

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