Relationship between Educational Justice and Violence (Case Study: Upper Secondary School in the City of ShareKord, Iran)

Modern societies are undergoing various changes, and one of the important areas of change is educational equity and justice. This study aims to explore the state of educational justice and its relationship with violence among secondary school students in Shahrekord, Iran.

Methods and Data: 

The study used survey method. The statistical population consisted of all upper secondary school students in district 1 in Shahrekord (N=5075). The sample was selected based on Cochran's formula. 360 people were randomly selected using cluster sampling technique. A standard violence questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire for educational justice were used for data collection.

The correlation coefficient between conflict, verbal-psychological and physical tactics with distributive, procedural and interactional justice was significant. (p > 0.05). The final model showed that educational justice had a negative effect on violence (-0.460), which was significant at the 0.01 level.

There is a significant inverse relationship between conflict, verbal-psychological and physical tactics and distributive, procedural and interactional justice. That is, as educational justice increases, the rate of violence in each of the above three dimensions decreases. This research shows that reducing educational justice leads to an increase in violence among students.